okay all right good morning welcome to the Friday session of the December
California Coastal Commission meeting we'll call this meeting to order and
begin with a roll call please miss Miller commissioner O'Malley
present Commissioner Escalante present Commissioner Hart present
Commissioner Jackson the elf is on the commission shelf Commissioner Kelly
here Commissioner Lee here Commissioner Lopez commissioner not off here
Commissioner pres Seattle here Commissioner Wilson present chair
Harmon here you have a quorum thank you very much okay now we'll move to the
meeting procedure.
You have a question.
So if you have any questions
for the committee, we will
be able to answer any
virtual meeting procedures.
Good morning.
This council commission
meeting is occurring both in
person and through Zoom.
Hold on.
I forgot three people.
I forgot.
Just kidding.
Final roll call.
I'm a lot of sorts this
morning.
Commissioner Larson.
Here.
Commissioner Eckrell.
Here.
You have a coral.
Thank you.
Thank you.
All right. Good morning. This Coastal Commission meeting is occurring both in
person and through Zoom. This meeting is also being webcast and can be viewed
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Madam Chair, that concludes the virtual hearing procedures.
Great.
Thank you very much, Simone.
Okay.
Now we will go to agenda changes, and I think I will turn that over to Mr. Hudson.
Thank you.
And good morning, Chair Harmon, Vice Chair Hart, and commissioners.
I'll now go over those changes.
First, item 9A is move to consent.
That's the University of California of Santa Barbara, notice of impending development for
for a baseball scoreboard.
Likewise, I'm sorry, item 9A and 10A are related.
One is UCSB LRDP minor amendment
for that same baseball scoreboard.
Item 10A is the related notice of impending development.
Next, item 11A is postponed.
And that is the appeal
for a Southern California Edison project.
Item 12A is moved to consent.
That's the CDP application by the California
Department of State Parks.
Item 13A is moved to consent as well.
That's the application by the name of 1338 LLC.
And item 15A is moved to consent.
And that's also a CDP application
with the name Redondo 100 LLC.
And lastly, item 15B is moved to consent.
the CDP application by the Santa Monica concessions.
That concludes our changes to today's agenda.
So that brings us to item four, general public comment.
And with that, I'll turn the mic back over to you,
Madam Chair.
Great, thank you very much.
Okay, now we will go to our council, Ms. Warren.
Thank you, Chair Herman.
The commission met in closed session.
It received litigation information and advice
and took action on the following cases
and one matter of potential litigation.
Morro Bay Commercial Fisherman's Organization at All
versus California State Lands Commission at All
and Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
versus California Coastal Commission.
It also received litigation information and advice
on the following case,
City of Trinidad versus Troy Ancestral Society at All
and that concludes my report.
Great, thank you very much.
Okay, now we will go to general public comment.
Yes, for members of the public, I will be announcing the names of the upcoming speakers
and invite you to speak when it's your turn.
Each speaker will be allowed two minutes during general public comments at the discretion
of the chair.
In order to allow for live video testimony on Zoom, we will be bringing you in as a panelist.
As we bring you in, your Zoom will reload.
This may take a moment to speed up the process.
We will bring several people in at a time, but please remain muted and keep your video
off until we ask you to speak. After your time is up, you will be moved back to
attendee mode. For members of the public present in the room, I will call your
name as in the order that they appear on our sign-up list. When you hear your name,
please line up behind the podium and introduce yourself when you approach to
speak. There is a raise hand function that will help us find you in
the attendee list. If you are using a phone for audio, you can raise your hand
Darling Star 9. If you are participating by Zoom you should see a button on your
Zoom screen. If you have signed up to speak for this item and are able to do
so please raise your hand now. When it's your time to speak we will invite you to
unmute and turn on your camera. You can unmute yourself on a phone by
Darling Star 6. First up we'll start in person. Peyton Richardson followed by
Andrew Mayer, followed by Savannah Stallings, and Scott Andrews. Hello, good
morning. Oh, it's on, okay. My name is Peyton Richardson. I'm a recent graduate
of UC Santa Barbara's Environmental Studies Program, and I'm here not just as
a graduated student, but as someone who has spent real time in the field
studying and protecting our coastal ecosystems. During a lot of my coursework
and internships, I've worked in several Southern California estuaries, monitoring
wildlife, collecting water samples, and seeing firsthand how fragile these
ecosystems are. Even the small disturbances like extra runoff, light
pollution, and more human activity can ripple through the food web and
threatened species that depend on these marshes. The proposed construction of a
relatively large residence on the Carpinteria Salt Marsh at 501 Sandpoint
Road in Carpinteria isn't a small disturbance. It would permanently change
habitat that's already home to endangered species and protected ecosystems.
These aren't just names in a textbook, these are living creatures whose
survival depends on the decisions made in rooms like this one today. The Coastal
Act asked us to safeguard public trust resources for everyone in future
generations. We have alternatives, build in less sensitive areas, and invest in
restoration instead of destruction. But once an estuary is gone, it's gone for
good. I urge you respectfully and passionately to reject this project and
and protect the estuary and its species
and preserve the integrity of California's coastline
for all of us who will inherit it.
Thank you so much.
Good morning.
I have a PowerPoint presentation, I think,
with some, yep.
Oh, I think I'm next, sorry.
Yes, I am.
Aha, if you could just scroll through it
every 20 seconds or so.
There's no, it's just beautiful pictures.
Thank you very much.
Well, yeah.
With that, with that raising the bar.
My name is Andrew Meyer.
Good morning.
I'm the Director of Conservation
at the San Diego Bird Alliance.
It's a pleasure to be here.
Thanks for the opportunity to speak.
I'm here to talk about our project,
Rewild Mission Bay and the 101 Rewild Coalition members
who are supporting substantial wetland restoration
in Mission Bay, just north of San Diego Bay here.
I was, I got the opportunity to be at this meeting
on Shelter Island over the summer,
and I played some very cute videos
of light-footed Ridgway's rails,
the federally and state endangered bird
that relies on this habitat in Mission Bay.
Part of the rewild project is to also talk
about the recreational benefits that we will get,
not just water quality,
not just endangered species habitat,
not just sea level rise resilience,
not just access and restored access
for communities in Mission Bay,
but also the recreational benefit
that we will get from a restored wetland.
And I'm here to just talk about an event
We had just last week with a bunch of partners that was organized by the Climate Action Campaign
in the County of San Diego, folks came to the bay right where this wetland will be restored
and painted themselves in a restored wetland.
And the point of the activity was to make sure that we were all brainstorming and all
on the same page and all as good artists as possible thinking about ourselves in a restored
wetland.
There's only 40 acres of tidal wetland remaining in Mission Bay now.
used to be over 4,000 acres and we need to see a much larger wetland and ourselves in that wetland
in order to be able to appreciate and restore it. And the activities like this, even though this is
a very bad example of art right there, give us an opportunity to see ourselves paddle boarding,
kayaking, painting, that's me by the way, I'm allowed to make fun of that person, painting,
watching birds, doing all of the things that we do around the marsh at the moment, but we need to
to see ourselves in that marsh and the community, the public sees a restored marsh as a recreational
benefit in Mission Bay because we don't have any of this kind of habitat remaining in which
to do this in.
So thank you very much.
Thank you.
Next Savannah Stallings followed by Scott Andrews.
And then we'll go to zoom after that.
We have about eight, 10 people in there.
Good morning commissioners and staff.
My name is Savannah Stallings.
I'm the advocacy coordinator for the San Diego Bertilence.
also with Three Wild Mission Bay, echoing all of Andrew's wonderful sharing. We
really appreciate the Coastal Commission's diligent work to protect our
natural resources in San Diego and across the state. Earlier this week you
heard comments from some of our partners on concerns for the planned top golf on
Harbor Island. I know that Coastal Commission staff have expressed to the
Port the same concerns that the Bird Alliance has about this type of use in
public tide lands and bird impacts from netting and lighting in a Bayfront
drying bing range. There's a clear history of birds, especially raptors,
becoming entangled in nets atop of golfs across the nation that are adjacent to
water. This would be an improper use of public tide lands. It's impossible to
fully mitigate the impacts of this netting and we're really concerned about
this combining with other future development plans degrading the overall
habitat quality of San Diego Bay. Especially as San Diego Bay was home to
over almost 60,000 elegant turtles who did not choose to return to their nesting
site in Mission Bay where they nested in the thousands last year.
Because of recreational impacts and other impacts including sea world
fireworks, we echo the remarks of the San Diego
Coastkeeper and other partners who were here
about the inadequate compliance of sea world to mitigate impacts of fireworks
to mission-based bird population, water quality,
and human health. Over the summer, we monitored
during the 4th of July fireworks shows and recorded over 196 bird disturbances
between two locations at Kendall Frost Marsh
and the San Diego River mouth.
This is just an improper use of bay area.
We urge you to continue your protection of coastal resources,
especially as the SeaWorld Master Plan update comes
and to not permit fireworks shows in the bay.
It is home to several endangered species who are already struggling
with other disturbances, degraded and disappearing habitat,
fishery availability, and other challenges.
Thank you very much.
Thank you, next is Scott Andrews followed by Diane Wokey, Debbie Peterson, and Karri Weaver.
The three on Zoom be ready we'll be moving to panelists so thank you.
Good morning Scott Andrews, Saver Access, apparently Ray's being Ray. You guys didn't
get the memo, I'm not sure which. So I'm here teasing this report, 70 pager on San Diego Bay
overdevelopment. It seems the Coastal Act does not apply to San Diego Bay, so I know
Las Vegas has 37 hotels. This bay, if the port has their way, will probably have 35,
37 hotels. That's overdevelopment. In the city of San Diego, they had over 200 acres
to redevelop. Coastal Act says under the Port Master Plan that we get a 10 acre major park.
We're not going to get it. They've privatized every parcel on both Embarcadero's and both
dredged islands. Now down south, in your area, the owner of this hotel is getting 1,500 condos
A housing tract on public islands.
Those are the stakes.
So we're waiting on some documents.
We'll have this ready unto you the first of the year.
And I hope you'll have your lawyers look into it.
Because we had, of this report, we
did a perplexity AI scan, which is a little dicey.
It tends to be favorable for those submitting for review.
But even having said that, looks like some asset fraud,
definitely poor commissioner conflicts of interest,
and numerous federal and state legal violations.
So thank you.
Thank you, now we're going to our Zoom again.
That's Diane Wokey, followed by Debbie Peterson,
Cari Weaver, and Mark Smith.
Diane Wokey, you can unmute yourself.
start your video. Good morning. Safe Healthy Plainfield would like to express its appreciation
for Diana Garcia and Dr. Janet Torres of the Long Beach office for their dedication and work
on four projects. Santa Monica Board of Education has announced plans to install synthetic turf
at Ocean Park School and the immediately adjacent Los Amigos Park both within the CDP.
It is and is planning a product that has 16 times more plastic blades for every school.
The same product is also being promoted for the baseball fields at Palisades Recreation
Center in a high fire severity and landslide zone. In March 2023, a sinkhole developed
in Patero Canyon alongside the baseball fields, and it's also where the CDP disallowed PVC and
HDPE pipe irrigation pipes due to microplastic releases. In November of 2023, the sewer pipe
became clogged with trash and debris from the baseball field with plastic turf clogging the
pipe and microplastic and other toxic leachate resulting in biofilm collecting bacteria will
become a significant public health risk as the pump station filters the drainage and returns it
to the top again. The system will not filter all microplastics, no micro nanoplastics, toxic
chemicals or bacteria. Palisades High School is in the process of replacing its 10-year-old plastic
turf field. All components contain PFAS. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of used tire
crumb will be used to replace the running track along with hundreds of gallons of toxic binders.
With a small creek running alongside the school it's a short trip to the beach and the ocean.
We need strong policies to not risk subjective determinations based on guidelines.
Please develop policies. Post them on your website. Thank you. Thank you. Next is Debbie
Debbie Peterson, followed by Kari Weaver, followed by Mark Smith, and then next will
be Leslie Kashiwada.
Please be prepared to be moved to panelists.
Debbie Peterson, if you can unmute yourself, I see you unmuted.
Thank you for your dedication to our coast.
I come to you today with an urgent plea.
Are there two of you here who would hold the line to honor the people's 1975 mandate who
will save my city's irreplaceable scenic vistas?
past the Grover Beach LCP in 2014 when I was the mayor. As the citizen planning commissioner
and council member, I shared in the public visioning project, the master plan that inspired
it. We dreamt of a vibrant coastal visitor serving zone where mixed use boosts commerce
and creates affordable housing and buildings under 40 feet to preserve our small beach
town feel and unique ocean and dune views. What we protected is now lost. The community
asked but what about the Coastal Commission? During the pandemic building heights climbed
to 66 feet with full lock cover at 2.25 square miles. As you can imagine we used to see the
coast from most streets. If two of you today initiate an appeal of the 261 Rockaway Grover
Beach CDP on public access and LCP grounds you can tackle this statewide issue. It's a 21 condo tower
on a 10,000 square foot lot in a tsunami and moderate liquefaction zone separated from
our state park only by public rights of way where habitat was destroyed without permits.
We have appealed to the city and lost.
Scenic access was ignored out of 10 tower blocks of 221 condos planned in our coastal
zone.
It is the only one with affordable housing, two 600 square foot units.
By tripling above moderate income homes, we meet RINA numbers, but now we have no room
for the 83 lower to moderate income homes that were short.
Are there two of you today who would start this appeal process to preserve and protect
this local, state, national, even international treasure?
Thank you, Debbie.
Next is Kyrie Weaver, followed by Mark Smith, followed by Leslie Koshiwada and then Gary.
Hi, before you start, can I just ask a quick question?
I have an image.
Am I allowed to put that up on the screen?
No, no, from your end now you have you would have had to submit
that ahead of time.
Yeah, I know. I forgot my apologies. I've been working on
this effort for a while. Okay, thank you. My name is Carrie
Weaver. I am a resident of Pacific Palisades. I lost my
home in the Palisades fire. I along with Diane Wilke who just
spoke are a number of people in our community who are bringing to light an issue that's happening
right now. At the Palisades Charter High School, they are actively removing the burned artificial
turf and replacing it with new artificial turf. As Diane mentioned, the school is just right up
the hill from the coastline. It's less than a mile, it's point seven miles away from the coastline.
and it it right next to a waterway that leads down to the coast. And then the second one is our
Palisades Recreation Center. The Park Advisory Board who has been told that if they vote yes
that the general manager for the Rec and Park will green light the project. They are going to
be installing artificial turf on the playing field at that city park which as Diane mentioned is
above hill from the coast. It's less than 0.6 miles away from the coast. And it runs
off into the Betrayo Canyon, which there's a waterway that goes down into the ocean from
that canyon, or there's a recirculation system, but it all goes downhill. And we are desperately
asking that someone help us and get involved because we don't want the artificial turf
to be contaminating our water system.
And again, both of these locations
are next to water systems that go down into the coastline.
Okay, thank you, Kari Weaver.
Next is Mark Smith, followed by Leslie Kashiwata,
followed by Gary Hedrick, and then Lila Renero.
Lila Renero will be moving to panelists too.
Mark Smith, go ahead and speak.
Hey, good morning, everybody, and happy Friday.
My name is Mark Smith.
I've lived near the Pacific Ocean most of my life,
and I'm familiar with much of the California coastline.
I've always been keenly aware that our coast
is a precious and irreplaceable natural asset.
That is why I strongly oppose the decision
to approve a new luxury residence at 501 Sandpoint Road
on the carpentry assault marsh.
You heard from another speaker this morning
person there on this topic. It is a project proposed on an estuary that is home to endangered
species, species that have survived fires, storms, and centuries of change only to face what may be
their greatest danger yet, habitat degradation due to human overreach. It's becoming more and more
clear our existence on this fragile planet directly depends upon the health of the natural world
of wildlife. The carp salt marsh is just one example of this. Yes, it is wild and beautiful.
I have been there, but it is also important to us. If our ecosystems are damaged or lost,
it's not just wildlife that suffer. It hurts our ability to thrive today and for generations to
come. So today I respectfully urge you to review the decision regarding the proposed property on
sand point road and carp. Doing so can provide, can protect the the estuary. It can enable
endangered species to thrive and it can preserve the integrity of a coastline that belongs to every
Californian present and future. Together let's choose to be remembered as the generation that
drew a line in the sand. Thank you for your time and consideration. I appreciate it.
Thank you. Next is Leslie Kashiwada, followed by Gary Hedrick, followed by Lila Renaro, and then
Patricia O'Patts will be moving to panelists. Leslie Kashiwada, go ahead and meet yourself.
Thank you. I have a PowerPoint presentation, please.
Okay, give them a second, please. Okay, it's up. Go ahead and speak.
Thank you. So this photo is of the Fort Bragg headlands, the Mill Ponds there.
Most of you were there in September, so this just provides context for you. I want to focus
on the beach berm that you can see and also just to the south. So next slide please.
And I'm not seeing it, so I'm sort of watching it there. It's kind of hard for me to see what's up.
Okay, I'm gonna have to wing it here.
I'm not even sure what I'm looking at.
Darn.
Okay.
Could you pause for a moment?
I have to pull the slides up on my computer because I'm not seeing them.
Okay, so we'll move to somebody else if we need to.
You have a minute and 30 seconds if you want to figure yourself out real quick, and then
we'll come back to you.
Okay, thank you.
Okay.
Okay.
So we'll come back to you.
leave you admin in 30 seconds. Next is going to be Gary Hedrick's. Gary, unmute yourself.
Sorry about that. Yeah, I have a photo I wanted to share with you. It's a photo of a canister.
And then I'll just I have another. Yeah, there we go. Thank you. So good morning, commissioners.
My name is Gary Hedrick, I'm the founder of San Clemente Green and I'd like to speak
to you about the condition of nuclear waste containers at San Onofre.
I want to begin by acknowledging a positive step.
Southern California Edison's agreement to release all visual inspection photos of the
canisters is an important move towards transparency and public trust, and I appreciate that.
That said, I think many of us are in the same position, we're not experts in interpreting
these images. In several cases, it's difficult to understand the significance of visible surface
features, and some of the photos are of such limited quality that their value for independent
review is unclear. I have no reason to doubt the good faith work of the third-party contractor
who performed the analysis. However, given what is at stake, it's essential that these images be
fully understood and independently evaluated. If anything in these photos suggests degradation
or conditions that could shorten the expected service life of the canisters, we need to identify
that sooner rather than later. These thin-walled canisters were always intended as a temporary
solution. The key question has never been whether they will eventually fail, but when. That makes
this erase against time and it raises the cost of overlooking early warning signs.
Now that these photos are available, I respectfully urge the Commission to ask questions,
seek additional expert review where appropriate, and consider whether improvements in imaging
quality are needed. There is simply too much at risk to rely on a single analysis when additional
perspectives could help confirm or challenge the conclusions. If there is less time than previously
assumed. The public and the commission need to know that now, not later. Thank you.
Thank you. Next is Lila Renaro followed by Patricia, followed by Leslee Kaushiwara. So please
be ready. Then we'll go to Patricia O'Pat and then Timothy Morrison. Be ready. I'll be moving
to panelists as well. So Lila Renaro and then Leslee Kaushiwara. Greetings. Can you hear me?
Yes. Hello. Greetings, honorable chair, commissioners, and staff. Thank you for
for your ongoing work to protect our coastline
and hearing our concerns.
I'm Lila Renero, a concerned citizen
and longtime resident of Peter Point in Pacifica,
and a founding member of the grassroots group
called Pacifica Homes Are Not Hotels.
I've provided comments in the past couple
of Coastal Commission meetings
regarding the revised short-term rental ordinance
for Pacifica, which has been put in effect
in the non-coastal areas,
and hopefully will be coming to you all soon
for ratification in the city's coastal zones
for the residents living west of Highway 1.
I'm speaking again today because my family
and our friends and neighbors are continuing to deal
with the chaos created by living next to short-term rentals
and want to have peace restored to our community.
It's stressful living with the everyday nuisances
such as loud noise, cigarette and marijuana smoke,
illegal parking that blocks access for emergency responders,
overflowing garbage and property neglect.
It's another thing entirely to just not ever feel safe
our own home. There are half a dozen STRs within a 200 foot radius of our home. We've had to deal
with numerous issues including entitled renters throwing debris towards our house, lack of privacy
because the STR uphill from us looks directly down to our home and has a telescope facing our home.
The out-of-state LLC owners even hired a lawyer who sent us letters threatening legal action for
having called the police for help with enforcement of these issues. Other neighbors have been victims
of malicious behavior including false distress calls to the police and delivery of adult bedroom
toys to an elderly neighbor. It's exhausting living like this. It's scary, nerve-wracking,
sleep-depriving, stomach ache-inducing and leaves you feeling completely helpless.
We eagerly await the return of peace and quiet in our community and the benefits of living
amongst actual neighbors. Thank you again for your time and attention to this important issue.
Have a good day. Thank you. Next is Leslie Kashiwada, followed by Patricia O'Patts,
followed by Timothy Morrison. Timothy, please accept the move to panelists.
Leslie has a minute and 30 seconds left. Okay, thank you. So this first slide just sets the
scene. What you've already, many of you have already seen this area, the Mill Ponds on the
Fort Breck Headlands. Next slide, please. This is a view just to the south of the beach berm that
shows the dam and spillway. Next slide, please. This just shows some of the erosion that was
photographed in 2009. Next slide, please. This is a close-up showing the erosion. Next slide, please.
This is a view that I took in 2023, that if you see the spillway and the dam, you can see there's
been some shoring up that was done in 2010. Next slide please. This is a view taken quite recently
in October showing that even that kind of shoring up is being undercut. So even though it was,
you know given some uh uh uh shoring up it it's it's not going to last. Next slide please.
Then I'd like to focus next on the beach berm. The beach berm here shown at high tide in 2022.
You can see in the middle there's a place where it's being cut into and and then a picture taken
a year later you can see how storm surge over tops the beach berm and especially in that middle
section. Next slide please. So this, no, go back one. Thank you. So this shows that that middle
section being eaten away even more and then quite recently in December 5th it's been eaten away even
more. Next final slide, please. So the proposed treatment of the toxins in these millponds
is to basically leave them in place and to follow these structures. And that's just not going to
work in the long term. Thank you very much. Thank you. Next is Patricia O'Patts. Good morning,
Coastal Commission. First, I want to wish you all happy holidays. And then thank you,
deeply thank you for your support in appealing the Surface Transportation Board's decision
to call Mendocino Railway a railway instead of an excursion train.
Something to not be so grateful for is the fact that the John Meyer case versus Mendocino Railway
that appeal, in appeal, it was reversed.
A huge setback for that man and his family,
as well as the possibility of developing
the entire mill site in Fort Bragg.
The reversal of John Meyer's case
is like walking up to a dead whale on the beach.
The first thing you go is, you're sad, what happened?
How did it happen?
Then you step back, partly because of the stench,
and you're in awe of the size of this creature.
It's mammoth, they're huge, it's impressive.
You step back a little more and you get encouraged.
You're encouraged because these creatures still exist,
and the reason they still exist
is because we've done something.
Thank you and do have happy holidays.
Thank you, next is Timothy Morrison,
followed by Thomas Parker.
Thomas Parker, I don't see you on Zoom.
If you do, can you please use the raise hand function
and we can find you, please?
Thank you, Timothy Morrison, go ahead.
Members of the Coastal Commission,
thank you for the opportunity to speak
on behalf of the owner of 711 Sandpoint Road.
As the architect has been developing plans
for the residents at 711 Sandpoint Road
for over 10 years, yes, 10 years,
I witnessed the evolution of changes
made by the Coast Commission.
The most significant change being the Coast Commission
officially acknowledging sea level rise.
I was present during the delays of all coast development
while the Coast Commission developed guidelines
and building standards for coastal properties.
These guidelines were initially developed
to enlighten homeowners of potential hazards
they may arise from the sea level rise.
Homeowners were required to produce extensive,
multiple layered studies to confirm their awareness
of the future potential conditions
affecting their developments.
Further delays were caused when the Coastal Commission
revised the original guidelines and studies
to a new updated set of standards,
requiring homeowners to revise the previous studies.
The new version of these studies would now be used
as building standard requirements.
The next level of restrictions added by the Commission
was to impose a revised hundred foot setback
from the salt mark for development.
This was revised from the previously established
50-foot setback.
The next restrictions used by the Coast Bank Commission
was to hire a staff biologist
to require with subjective opinions
what portions of the owners by right building envelopes
were undevelopable.
The staff biologist's work has been distributed
by at least two reputable licensed biologists,
but the result was still the imposition
of further restrictions on buildings
by the Coast Bank Commission.
In 2017, after an extensive review
by the County of Santa Barbara a land use permit
was approved for 7-11 Sandpoint Road.
The Coastal Commission used all of the above
newly created guidelines to impose restrictions
to deny 7-11 project for moving forward
as approved by the County.
Naturally having experienced the result
of increased restrictions,
the homeowner 7-11 owner is dumbfounded.
The Coastal Commission would entertain approving development
or resident of 501 Sandpoint Road with a 20 foot setback.
being considered. Thank you. Next we don't see them. Thomas Parker. Thomas
Parker, if you're on zoom, can you do the raise hand function? Again to
find you. Do star 9 if you're using the phone. I don't see him. Okay, so that
concludes our public speaking. Great, thank you very much. Thank you to the
public and thank you Simone. I'll return to the Commission. Any questions or
comments? Commissioner Nada. Just a couple to staff, maybe so wanted to know if what
the role of the Commission is at Santa Nofre at this point. Not sure what our
role is now and then the other one is we've been hearing about the Pacifica
short-term rental ordinance and I was just inquiring where that is in the
process. So in terms of San Onofre, we have an existing, well we have several
permits associated with the nuclear storage facility there, and we are, you
know, there's a requirement basically that songs inspect its
canisters essentially every five years. So throughout the permit term, and that
doesn't, the permit term is, I can't remember exactly when it ends, but we
have quite a bit of time left on it so we get the we have been looking at
photos with the can of the canisters I don't think we've seen the one that was
presented today in public comment but are aware of kind of all those photos and
sort of take in the data as we get it and review it make sure it's consistent
with the with the permit so we don't have an active role except for monitoring
our condition compliance at this time and then I am not sure about the status
status of the Pacifica LCP. I think there is an amendment in the works, but I'm not
sure what the status is. So we'll have to check with our North Central Coast staff and
get back to you on that.
My understanding is it's in process.
I believe so, but I don't have a timeline usually.
If I could.
Thank you.
Oh, wait. Hold on one second.
It's either been submitted or will be soon. So we're likely maybe looking at an early
2026 hearing, but that's not confirmed. Commissioner Presiado, did you want to
make a comment or ask a question? Well, I changed my mind, thank you.
Thank you. Commissioner Jackson. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Dr. Kate, do we have anything? We had a speaker who talked about the
60-plus foot construction, and I think it was Grover Beach.
So I think we had some public comment related to
I think it was a housing development that was approved in Grover Beach.
So I'm not aware of the specifics of those cases.
I would note that the commission takes appeals
both from commissioners but also from the public.
So I don't even know if it's ripe so I don't want to speak out of turn
but if there is a project that's been approved by local
government that's appealable to the commission
then the members of the public could appeal it or the commissioners could
appeal themselves. But it's not something on our radar as of now. I that you're aware of. Hold on.
Sorry. No it's I have I get you know real time communications here. I know.
We're almost so again not confirmed but it looks like it may not be appealable to us. We're still
we're aware of it. We're kind of checking into it but we're not sure it's appealable. Okay. Thank
you appreciate that. Thank you. Truly. Okay. I don't think that anyone else has
any other questions or comments, so we will move on. Thank you. That take us to
5a. Director Hucklebridge, is there anything? That does bring us to item 5 and item
5 is the administrative permits for all districts on the agenda today. We're not
aware of any opposition to the single administrative permit being reported
and we're asking whether four or more commissioners object to the approval of
the administrative permit being reported today. Thank you Mr. Hudson. Any ex partes?
Any public comments? None. Thank you. Do four or more commissioners object? Seeing
no objections, the Commission concurs. Thank you. And that does bring us to
Item six. The next item on our agenda is the consent calendar for all districts on the agenda today. There are three items on consent and staff is not aware of any opposition to these matters.
The applicants are in agreement with the staff recommendation and your staff is recommending the commission vote and approve the consent calendar.
Thank you. Any ex parte?
Any public commenters?
None.
Consent.
It's a motion by Vyster Hart, second by Commissioner Wilson.
They're asking for a yes vote.
May we have a roll call vote, please?
Commissioner O'Malley.
Yes.
O'Malley, yes.
Commissioner Escalante.
Yes.
Escalante, yes.
Commissioner Hart.
Yes.
Hart, yes.
Commissioner Jackson.
Aye.
Jackson, yes.
Commissioner Kelly.
Kelly, yes.
Commissioner Lee.
Yes.
Lee, yes.
Commissioner Lopez.
Yes.
Lopez, yes.
Commissioner Nottle.
I not off. Yes. Commissioner Presiano. Yes. Presiano. Yes. Commissioner Wilson. Yes, Wilson. Yes. Chair Harmon. Yes, Harmon. Yes, the vote is unanimous. Thank you. The consent calendar is adopted. Okay, item seven, please, Mr. Hudson.
Thank you. Item 7 is for applications to be moved from regular to the consent calendar
for all districts on the agenda today. As mentioned during the agenda changes earlier
this morning, there are six items that we're recommending be moved to consent and those
items are item 9A, the University of California at Santa Barbara Long Range Development Plan
minor amendment dealing with a baseball scoreboard and its related UCSB Notice of Impinning Development
And also for a baseball scoreboard.
Item 12A, that's the state parks application.
Item 13A, the 1338 LLC CDP application.
Item 15A, the Redondo 100 LLC CDP application.
And I would note that although staff is recommending item 15A, the CDP application for an 11 lot subdivision and construction of 11 new homes in the San Pedro area of the city of LA is being moved to consent. We do have an addendum for that item and addresses some concerns raised by a member of the public regarding landscaping.
raised by a member of the public regarding landscaping. Staff would note that the issues
raised were fully addressed in the addendum and in the staff report that the landscaping on site
will be native and non-invasive vegetation and that all surveys for any for some of the landscaping
trees being removed were conducted as part of the filing requirements for the application. There
are no NASA on site. And regardless, we still have a condition requiring any pre-construction
surveys by a qualified biologist occurs well to ensure that no potential impacts may occur.
I would also just like to note that that same, we also did receive an email from Ms. Robin
Roodesel this morning, also raising concerns about landscaping and deck railings and staff
beliefs. Those issues were also fully addressed in the staff report. And then lastly, on that
same project. I would just note that we wanted to highlight that project does include one of the
11 new units to be dedicated as an affordable low-cost unit. And just note your staff continues to
work to encourage and expedite new affordable housing projects in urban areas. And with that
I'll just close and note that staff is not aware of any opposition to any of the other items being
moved to the consent calendar and we're recommending that the commission vote and approve this item.
staff is available for questions. Great. Thank you very much. Are there any
ex partes? Hey, seeing none. Are there any members of the public who wish to
comment? Yes, we have two of them. Uh, Leslie Purcell for item F nine and Zoe
Collins for two items. Uh, F 12 a and F 15 B. So we'll go with Leslie Purcell
Good morning commission. Yeah, I wanted to comment on the sign.
For the 68 foot tall video display at.
It's proposed, and I just wanted to raise the issue of possible effect on nesting birds as there are.
Is on both sides of the proposed sign and it's 2 and a half times bigger than what they've had before.
And I also note that it says the sun would be used and it's lit up.
And I guess there's also some sound effects with it,
starting in February and then through the spring baseball season,
which is also nesting season.
So I'm wondering if there is any monitoring and or discussion of mitigation.
if there are birds nesting in the vicinity.
I believe it said there were no special species in the area.
But that was all I saw that was possibly related report. Thank you.
Thank you. Next is Zoe Collins.
She has F12A and then F15B as well.
Hi. Just to clarify,
do I get just two minutes for both items?
No, two minutes each.
Okay, awesome. Great. Thank you so much. My name is Zoe Collins. I'm here representing Kilda Bay, an environmental nonprofit advocating for the coastal waters and watersheds of greater Los Angeles.
For agenda item 12-D, I'm commenting in support of the staff recommendation to approve the project.
We'd love to offer our strong support for the erosion control plan, the habitat restoration plan, putting meaningful safeguards in place for ecosystems and water quality.
But today, I'd just like to stress the importance of upholding the public access plan contingency
and specifically call for the project to be completed within a reasonable timeframe as
stipulated in standard condition two.
Leo Korea state features an important site for science, education and recreation and
access needs to be maintained.
Oftentimes public access pathways such as the staircase can be deprioritized.
For example, the construction of the staircase at point due, which is definitely a much larger
project and scale, but demonstrated a need for future projects to be guided by specific timescales
to ensure prompt project execution. So thank you very much for your support of this item and public
access to our Los Angeles beaches. The second item that I wanted to speak on today is agenda item 15b
for the Santa Monica Reconnaissance. I heal debate is generally supports the staff recommendation to
to approve this after-the-fact CDP application.
I would like to specifically support special condition three
for the marine debris reduction.
According to Kielde Bay's 20 plus years
of trash cleanup data, single-use plastic food ware
from food facilities like restaurants and cafes
consistently falls in the top five categories
of the millions of items that we've removed
from LA County beaches and neighborhoods.
Kielde Bay's plastic pollution experts are strong proponents
of replacing the single-use plastic
with durable reusable alternatives
and requiring reuse for onsite dining
one of the best solutions for this source of waste. We're currently advocating for many of
the same criteria in this condition such as reuse for a dine-in to be passed as local ordinances
in surrounding jurisdictions and would strongly support these criteria becoming a standard
requirement for any food facility seeking a CDP from the commission within the coastal zone.
Setting this standard especially at sites like the Santa Monica Pier which is already plagued with
excessive trash and consistent for water quality is an essential piece of the holistic suite of
solutions needed to prevent frosted pollution in our waterways and ocean. Thank you very much for
the foresight for requiring all seven of the criteria in the marine debris reduction special
condition and we support the staff's recommendation to approve with these conditions. Thank you very
much. Thank you Zoe. That concludes our public speaking. We're good. Great, sorry, apologies.
Returning to staff if they want to make any comments or to the commission for comments,
questions? Thank you. I'd just like to take a quick chance for staff to respond to Ms. Purcell's
questions and note that potential impacts to birds was the main issue that our staff evaluated.
The university did conduct surveys and we did confirm that there was no potential impacts to
any nesting species from the scoreboard either from lighting or from its installation and that
that there was no nesting within the vicinity.
Thank you very much to the commission.
Comments, questions, or a motion?
Move approval of items, consent calendar for items removed
from the regular calendar?
Second.
That's a motion by Commissioner Notoff,
a second by Commissioner Kelly.
They're asking for a yes vote.
May we have a roll call, please, Ms. Miller?
Commissioner Escalante?
Yes.
Escalante, yes.
Commissioner Hart. Yes, part. Yes, Commissioner Jackson Jackson. Yes, Commissioner Kelly. Yes, Kelly. Yes, Commissioner Lee. Yes, Lee. Yes, Commissioner Lopez. Yes, Lopez. Yes.
Commissioner not off. I not off. Yes, Commissioner presiado.
Yes, commissioner Wilson. Yes, Wilson. Yes. Commissioner O'Malley. Yes. O'Malley. Yes. Chair Herman. Yes, Herman. Yes, the vote is unanimous. Thank you. The motion carries. Okay, now we will move on to item eight please Mr. Hudson.
Thank you. And item 8 is the deputy director's report for the South Central Coast district,
which this month includes three permit waivers and one certification review. In regards
to the certification review being reported, it is for an LCP amendment by Santa Barbara
County to update cannabis regulations related to odor control. The county's amendment was
approved by the commission at our September meeting. And the executive director has determined
At the county subsequent action accepting all of the commissions, suggested modifications
pursuant to a resolution is legally adequate and thus this amendment will become certified
upon being reported today.
This matter is being reported to the commission pursuant to our regulations and does not require
any additional action or concurrence by the commission today.
Staff is not aware of any opposition to any of the items that are being reported today
and that do require Commission action and we are asking whether three or more
commissioners object to any of the items for which action is needed today in the
Deputy Director's report. I am available for questions. Thank you. Any ex partes?
Any members of the public who wish to comment? None. Okay. To three or more.
Sorry. Any objections to any of the items in the Deputy Director's report? Okay.
seeing no objections the Commission concurs. Mr. Hudson back to you. Thank you and that brings us
to item 14 the deputy director's report for the South Coast District which includes two immaterial
permit extensions. We're not aware of any opposition to those items and we're asking whether
three or more commissioners object to the items in the deputy director's report. I am available
for questions. Thank you. Any ex partes? Any members of the public who wish to comment?
None. Thank you. Any objections to any of the items in the deputy director's report?
Seeing no objections, the commission concurs. Thank you. And then I think we've got 15C.
Thank you. And that does bring us to the last item today. 15C, which will be presented via Zoom
by Dulce Cortes, a Coastal Program Analyst in our South Coast District. We do have a
PowerPoint presentation for this if we could pull that up and Dulce, please take it away.
Thanks Steve. Good morning commissioners. item 15c is an application by EAH Housing for a Coastal
Development Permit to construct a six-story mixed-use 100 affordable housing development at 1318
and 1320 4th Street in the City of Santa Monica. The project includes 120 affordable units,
two manager units, and an 18,300 square foot ground floor grocery store, and two levels
of subterranean parking. The site is city-owned and previously contained a parking structure 3,
which was demolished under a prior CDP. Next slide please. This project qualifies—
Hold on one second Dulce. We're just trying—we're having trouble with the slides. Give us one second.
Okay we're good to go. Okay go ahead Dulce thanks. Do you want me to start over?
No we're okay. Okay slide two please. The project qualifies for streamlined ministerial approval
under state law AB 2011 as amended by AB 2243. As a result the commission's review is limited
to the objective standards of the certified Santa Monica land use plan. The project is not subject
to the full set of Chapter 3 Coal Select policies typically applied to coastal development.
Next slide please. The project site is designated Downtown Commercial in the certified LUP. This
designation allows a mix of residential, retail, visitor serving, and other complimentary uses.
The LUP allows development up to 6 stories and 84 feet in height with a 3.5 floor area ratio and a
50% floor area discount for residential uses. The proposed development conforms to each of these
objective standards. In addition, the site is not located within a scenic view corridor identified
on LUP map 13 and therefore the project will not impact existing public views. Next slide please.
The project is located within a highly urbanized portion of downtown Santa Monica served by existing
sidewalks, bicycle facilities, public transit, and municipal parking structures. The development
does not include, does not involve any encroachments into the public right away and will not
abstract existing pedestrian, bicycle, or vehicular routes to the coast. The project includes on-site
parking consistent with the objective standards of the certified LUP, which require new development
to provide off-street parking on the same parcel. Bicycle parking is also included consistent with
applicable LUP requirements. Next slide please. In closing, the proposed project meets all
applicable objective standards of the certified Santa Monica LUP. The staff recommends approval
with one special condition which requires that the 120 affordable units
be maintained as affordable for the life of the development consistent
with affordability requirements imposed by public funding sources.
There is an addendum for this item which makes minor changes to the special
condition in response to concerns by the applicant and the city of Santa Monica
to provide some additional flexibility while still ensuring that all 120 units
remain affordable for the life of the development.
With the change in the addendum both the applicant and the city have indicated
that they are in agreement with the
about this project to note that although this project does not have
as far as we are aware any opposition we did want to provide a brief
presentation in order to highlight that we think this is a
a great project providing 122 affordable units
and some of those, many of those will be provided
as support housing and low, low affordable.
And we did work very closely with the city
and the applicant to overcome some issues early on.
One of those was to ensure that our special edition
was acceptable to the local government.
Our condition, we believe is really important
because it ensures that this project
won't just be affordable for 55 years.
It'll be affordable in perpetuity
or for the life of the development.
And so we believe that that is critical
for ensuring that these projects are consistent
with the Coastal Act, especially given some of the new laws
that have gone into place that change the standard of review
and reduce some of those standards
and expedite those procedures that we believe
appropriate for affordable housing but we want to ensure that these projects
remain affordable housing in the future since they were subject to those
modified standards of review. So with that I'll just close comment note that
we are available for housing but I also want to take the opportunity to thank
the city and the applicant for working so closely with us to overcome those
issues. Thank you very much Mr. Hudson. Are there any ex partes? Any members of
the public who wish to comment none okay thank you I'll return to the
Commission for comments Commissioner Escalante mm-hmm now I just want to say
it's a beautiful thing so excited I hope that you know we'll see some headlines
how much the Coastal Commission loves affordable housing so very excited
congrats everybody Commissioner Wilson yeah I just have a quick question was
this related to the approval of the removal of the parking lot that we did
some years ago? Yes, and through the chair, I'm happy to respond and that is correct.
This is the same parcel. This once was a public parking lot in Santa Monica. The city determined
that they had a surplus of parking and part of our findings for that original project
to demolish the parking lot was that it was approval because the intent was that this
parcel be used for affordable housing. So it was another reason why we thought it was
so important that this be protected
as affordable housing in perpetuity.
I appreciate that,
because I do remember the findings that had to be made
and the, I would say the gymnastics that we performed
in order to get that through.
And I just wanna really appreciate both the staff
and everybody for getting it through that moment,
because it was, you know, it was at a time
when there was a lot of concern
about what our position was on affordable housing
and housing and its relationship to parking.
And I think we've got the ball over the line
and I really appreciate it, so thanks.
I'm just so grateful this actually manifested
into an actual project, so great.
And I'll make, I don't have the motion in front of me,
so I'll let someone else do it.
You've already had a volunteer for the motion,
But Commissioner Lopez.
Yeah, I just want to state that EAH is an amazing company
in terms of what they're able to pull off as a nonprofit.
I'm about to ribbon cut 100, all affordable units
in Greenfield here in the heart of the Salinas Valley.
We're also pulling off a veterans project
that was recently opened in Morita
called Light Fighter Village.
And so just in terms of having the right partners
and people at the table to get things done,
I'm thankful to see them taking this project on
and completing this number of units in a place
that needs so much more.
So just appreciative of EAH along with all of the comments
made by my fellow commissioners, praising staff
for helping to get this to this point today
and knowing that it's faced several hurdles over the years,
which is very grateful that we'll be able to vote
on this today and get it done.
Thankful to each and every one of you who had a part
in taking care of these units
that will house over a hundred families, so thank you.
Mr. Kelly, did you wanna make a comment?
Yeah, I just wanted to comment on the unit mix
and just give some gratitude.
I wanna align myself with the comments of my colleagues
and Commissioner Lopez as well,
just regarding working with EAH
and their ability to deliver some of these projects
in our region.
And I did wanna just add that the unit mix
from studios up to three bedrooms
and kind of seeing the combination there,
really is, you know, what we want to be seeing. I think you know for workforce
units as well as families and and not just a building that's you know one
size fits all you're gonna have seniors here you're gonna have people with with
low to very low extremely low income as well as you know working families who
are on the the pathway out of poverty and so I think just seeing that is really
helpful. I noticed in the staff report there's a comment about the play area
I don't know what language we use but a play area for for kids and just I didn't see any renderings of that
but wanted to confirm that we're hopefully going to prioritize natural materials and
You know reducing the amount of plastic that we are
Utilizing fruit for that play space and I don't need a comment just wanted to put that note out there
And then also, you know
it's wonderful to see a project with this amount of unit count and density
and we'd love to see more of them come forward in the coming year. Thank you.
Thank you. Commissioner Nada. Thank you. This project is, I'm pleased to make the
motion, it's, I know the neighborhood well, it's around the corner from the office
where I worked for many years and it's great to see this happening here and I
I also wanted to just shout out the importance of the Commission waving the application fees
for this type of affordable project, so that's great to see as well.
So with that, I move that the Commission approve Coastal Development Permit Number 5-25-0502,
pursue it to the staff recommendation and request a yes vote.
Second.
Say motion by Commissioner Notoff, a second by Commissioner Kelly. They're asking for a yes vote.
May we have a roll call vote please, Ms. Miller. Commissioner Hart? Yes. Hart, yes.
Commissioner Jackson? Aye. Jackson, yes. Commissioner Kelly? Yes. Kelly, yes. Commissioner
Lee? Yes. Lee, yes. Commissioner Lopez? Yes. Lopez, yes. Commissioner Notoff? Aye. Notoff, yes.
Commissioner presciato yes presciato yes commissioner Wilson yes Wilson yes
Commissioner O'Malley yes O'Malley yes Commissioner Escalante yes Escalante
yes chair Harmon yes Harmon yes the vote is unanimous congratulations the motion
passes okay before we adjourn there's just a couple of comments folks want to
make we will real quick we do have minutes we have minutes yes so before we
we do that, we're going to do our own minutes.
And statewide items.
We thought we were done, but we're not.
OK.
So we have, let me just get which minutes?
No, but we have Wednesday.
So this is item 18 from Wednesday, draft.
We have the minutes from October and November.
Any public comment on the minutes?
no none perfect um questions or i'll entertain a motion i move the minutes
second it's a motion by commissioner wilson a second by vice chair heart they are asking for
a yes vote miss miller thank you commissioner jackson he stepped out for a moment commissioner
kelly yes kelly yes commissioner lee yes lee yes commissioner lopez yes lopez yes
Commissioner not off not off. Yes, Commissioner Presiado. Yes, Presiado. Yes, Commissioner Wilson
Yes, Wilson. Yes
Commissioner O'Malley. Yes O'Malley. Yes
Commissioner Escalante. Yes Escalante. Yes, Commissioner Hart
Hart. Yes, Commissioner Jackson. Aye Jackson. Yes
Chair Harmon. Yes, Herman. Yes, the vote is unanimous. Thank you. The minutes are approved and then
Any Commissioner reports or subcommittee reports that anyone wants to make?
We did have a conservancy meeting. I'm not prepared to
Make any comments about that other than to say read the report which is online and there is a very cool video series on PBS
It's a six-part series about sort of the
Underrepresented voices around the coast including like just elements of art and music and it just was it's stunning and I highly recommend
Everyone, please go watch it. It's really fantastic
And I am the second meeting I'm in where I'm saying I forced my kids to watch it and they just loved it
So I think it's it's really excellent. I can't recommend it enough and PBS SoCal. I think the link is in here. Okay
Any report from the Deputy Attorney General's office? None? Okay. Well then I think we are well and truly done with our
Agendized items and we will go to Dr. Larson
Thank you, Chair Harmon. Can I have 15 minutes for my pre- I'm kidding.
Thank thank you though chair Harmon and this is the last meeting on the commission for this particular lieutenant governor's office
So I just wanted to give some brief remarks because next year
Will of course be the controller and then we will be out of office when the next LG is here. So
First on behalf of the office, it's been an enormous privilege
For us to serve on this Commission and alternating years now the last seven years
During that time, obviously a lot of amazing work's been done. I will not run down the list that my predecessor provided
in his
Just to say that it is
humbling to work on the magnitude of issues that come before this board and
I mean just this week we've talked about the Tijuana River pollution crisis. We have talked about Diablo Canyon
everything in between
Want to pass along just sincere thanks and gratitude to
the staff of the commission, fellow commissioners, and members of the public
who show up meeting after meeting after meeting, I haven't been here that long,
but the engagement is really really incredible and I think it moves the
needle, so thank you for that. And you know I just think lastly on behalf of
our office just the guiding North Star of protecting the coast and protecting
access to the coast is so important and the work this commission does is so
important just been really proud to be a part of it. Personally on behalf of
myself just my just gratitude and thanks to everyone on this commission and the
staff for welcoming me to this and just really folding me and bringing me into
the fold so quickly so generously so my thanks to everyone here for the
privilege being at this board. Thank you. Thank you. That was lovely. We appreciate
you. Thank you, Dr. Lyson, and thank you to the lieutenant governor for her
commitment. And now I will turn it over to Dr. Hucklebridge. Thanks, I wanted to
do a couple of thank-yous myself. So first to all of you to the Commission.
Thank you so much for all of your time and effort this year. It's been a long
and productive year. Really proud of the work we did here, and thank you all for
your commitment to the Coastal Act, to this Commission, and to keeping our work
going. So huge thank you to all of you and especially and again the thought
that was put into all these decisions really appreciate it. I want to give a
huge thank you to Anthony and our AGP team for keeping us online and making
our meetings accessible to the public and for you know performing magic like
James had to do for this meeting to make sure that we were able to even have an
internet connection you all are incredibly amazing and often take a bow
take a bow we we know a lot of the work that you do go goes on behind the scenes
but we want to appreciate it and make sure you know we see it and we are
grateful for you all I want to thank my staff and especially those that make
these meetings run. Huge thank you to Simone and to Chris for working and for
the other folks that aren't here today that have that have been able to work
through the public comment keep us kind of moving along and and efficient. We
appreciate you guys are amazing. Lisa Moore want to thank you. Lisa has the job
of sitting outside, she doesn't even get to hang out in here with us. She often has to
sit in the cold outside the meeting. She's the first point of contact for most people
that come to our commission hearings and she has grace and kindness and answers all the
questions and just the patience that I can't even imagine. So Lisa, thank you so much for
your patience. Again, your patience but just, you know, shepherding the public through our
process and making sure that they are welcomed in. You are their first
person and you do that so well. So thank you. And of course thank you to Vanessa.
This is her very last. Vanessa we appreciate you. We we we feted you
earlier so I won't repeat my remarks from Wednesday but just know that we
will miss you and we're grateful for all of the time and effort you've put into
this agency. We heard some really cool stories throughout the week about
Vanessa's involvement in getting the whale tail first whale tail plate just
to make it a possibility back in the day when there was called people would have
to call in with their orders and it was Vanessa on the phone with paper right
writing out the orders and taking you know anyway so you know part of the
reason we even have our the whale tail plates and the grant program we have
Vanessa was a part of that very beginning, so that's just one example.
There are many, but we're gonna miss you. I just want to say thank you to everybody.
It's been great working with all of you. A lot of changes all the time, but it's
always great to just be able to be a servant and didn't help all of you guys.
thank you to the public sometimes you know you meet some really interesting
people and but they become friends and so a lot of the members of the public
are my friends I they follow me on Facebook and you know I communicate
with a lot of them Lydia Ponce she's probably somewhere listening but I love
part but it's been great and I just want to say thank you all for being so
I'm in a blowing kind it hasn't always been like that with commissions but you
guys have been great so thank you thank you thank you and just to close out I
also want to echoes of echo Vanessa's thank you to the public we wouldn't be
here today if it weren't for all the participation and interest and just
willingness to engage in our process from the public and so I'm I am grateful
to be in the position to welcome them in and really listen and and please invite
the public to just keep keep doing what they're doing and and bringing in all
the issues letting us know what's going on engaging in our process and then
And finally, just get ready for the 50th anniversary next year.
So everybody get some rest because it's going to be a big year next year.
And just wish everybody some rest and peace over the holiday season.
Thanks.
Perfect.
And thanks to Kate, our amazing job.
Yes.
All right, thank you.
We echo all of those thanks.
Thank you too to Imperial Beach for hosting us.
and with that this meeting is adjourned we'll see you all in 2026.