CC RESOLUTION 3513RESOLUTION NO. 3513
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 87 -3 AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ASSESSMENT NO. 136 FOR EXPANSION OF THE
HYPERION SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AT 12000
VISTA DEL MAR; PETITIONED BY THE CITY OF LOS
ANGELES.
WHEREAS, an application has been received from the City of
Los Angeles to construct a new primary sedimentation tank,
retaining walls, utilities and site grading to allow expansion of
the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant at 12000 Vista Del Mar, a
portion of which is located within the Open Space Zone of the
City of El Segundo; and
WHEREAS, Environmental Impact Report for the proposed
improvements was prepared and certified by the City of Los
Angeles as lead agency under the California Environmental Quality
Act on September 28, 1982, copies of which were distributed to
the Planning Commission for review; and
WHEREAS, the City Council did hold, pursuant to law, a duly
advertised public hearing on such matter in the Council Chamber
of the City Hall, 350 Main Street, in the City of E1 Segundo on
November 3, 1987 and notice of said hearing was given in the
time, form and manner prescribed by law; and
WHEREAS, opportunity was given to all persons to present
- testimony or documentary evidence for or against proposed
Conditional Use Permit 87 -3, and extensive public testimony was
received regarding odor, noise, views, dust, air emissions,
location of the digester gas line, construction impacts and
pedestrian access; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed the Certified
Environmental Impact Report and supporting evidence in accordance
with the authority and criteria contained in the California
Environmental Quality Act, State CEQA Guidelines and the City of
E1 Segundo Guidelines for the Implementation of the California
Environmental Quality Act (Resolution No. 3319) for a responsible
permitting agency; and
WHEREAS, at said hearing the following facts and findings
were established:
1. The proposed project involves construction of a new primary
sedimentation tank, retaining walls up to 40 feet in height,
installation of utilities, and site grading.for` the future
construction of the secondary, clarifiers forthe Hyperion
Sewage Treatment Plant expansion. Approximately six
percent, or 4,610 sq. ft. of the 73,000 sq ..ft.
sedimentation tank and roughly 50% of the retaining walls
for the sedimentation tank will be located.wthin the City
of El. Segundo. Portions of the additional a te< grading,
utility connections, service roads and construction of
retaining walls for the secondary clarifier - expansion will
also be located within the City of El Segundo.
2. The portion of the'project within the City of El Segundo is
located within the Open Space Zone, which allows utility
facilities and similar uses through Conditional Use Permit
approval by the City Council.
3. The Open Space Zone establishes a height limit of twenty
feet, with additional height allowable through granting a
conditional use permit.
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4. The Land Use Element of the General Plan designates the site
as Open Space use within the E1 Segundo city limits, and as
an Area of Concern within the Los Angeles city limits.
5. The City of E1 Segundo, as a permitting agency for the
project, is a Responsible Agency under the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), and participated in the
review and comment of the Environmental Impact Report which
was prepared by the City of Los Angeles and certified in
September 1982.
6. The surrounding land uses within the City of E1 Segundo are
developed in accordance with their respective zone
designations of Open Space to the east which is utilized as
an Open Space buffer and utility transmission line right -of-
way, with single - family residences beyond. Land uses in all
other directions are within the City of Los Angeles and
consist of the airport to the north across Imperial Highway;
Dockweiler State Beach to the west across Vista Del Mar, and
the Scattergood Steam Plant to the south with the Chevron
Refinery beyond across Grand Avenue.
7. The proposed new primary sedimentation tank will be covered
and equipped with odor scrubbers to reduce odor emissions.
8. The proposed use is consistent with the Open Space and Area
of Concern designations to the General Plan Land Use Map and
is otherwise consistent with all other elements of the
General Plan.
9. The proposed use is consistent with the intent of the Open
Space Zone to accommodate necessary public facilities which
service the City of E1 Segundo and surrounding communities.
10. Significant environment impacts regarding noise, dust,
odors, air emissions and construction impacts of the project
are the responsibility of the City of Los Angeles to enforce
and are adequately addressed by conditions of approval which
have been coordinated with the City of E1 Segundo Building
and Safety Department and Public Works Department.
11. The excess height of the retaining walls is necessary to
insure the stability of the transmission towers and
reconfigured slope, will not be visible to adjacent
residences to the east, and the view of the walls will be
screened or softened by architectural treatment and
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL SEGUNDO,
CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1. The City Council hereby approves the
Conditional Use Permit 87 -3 and Environmental Assessment No. 136
for expansion of the Hyperion Sewage Treatment Plant at 12000
Vista Del Mar, subject to the following conditions:
(1) The proposed improvements shall be constructed in
substantial compliance with the site plans and elevations
reviewed by the Planning Commission and on file in the
Planning Department. Additional landscape plans shall be
submitted which provide median landscaping, including street
trees, along Imperial Highway running the length of the
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Hyperion Treatment Plant frontage, subject to approval of
the Director of Planning and Director of Recreation and
Parks. Median landscaping shall be installed by December
31, 1992.
(2) The applicant shall minimize construction impacts by
requiring that the following procedures be specified and
adhered to in construction contracts:
(a) Construction activity shall be limited to the hours of
7:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday through Saturday in
conformance with City Noise regulations.
(b) Construction equipment shall be maintained in good
operating condition and include muffling devices.
(c) Excavation and grading should not occur on extremely
windy days.
(d) Excavation and grading sites shall be periodically
watered down to control dust.
(e) Earth haul vehicles shall be tarped or watered down
prior to hauling.
(3) Prior to issuance of a grading permit, the applicant shall
submit a truck haul route and schedule for review and
approval by the Director of Public Works.
(4) The applicant shall comply with the schedules and agreements
outlined in the October 29, 1987 and December 8, 1987
letters from the City Engineer of the City of Los Angeles,
to the City of El Segundo, as follows:
(a) Air scrubbers to control odors shall be installed and
operational on or before August, 1988, at the East
Headworks Building.
(b) Applicant shall continue its present practice of not
aerating the primary effluent as it flows to the
secondary aeration system, in order to minimize odors
from escaping to the atmosphere.
(c) Applicant shall install temporary covers over the
launders at the West Launder Building no later than
March, 1988 to reduce the escape of hydrogen sulfides
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(d) In connection with applicant's Primary Batteries
Modernization, Unit 1 Project at the Primary
Sedimentation Tanks, applicant shall install odor
scrubbing equipment by mid- August, 1989.
(e) Applicant shall pay one -half of the liquidated damages
that the City of Los Angeles receives for delays in
installing odor control facilities to the City of E1
Segundo, up to a maximum of $1,000 per day, as approved
by the City Council of the City of Los Angeles.
(f) All new processing facilities including Primary
Sedimentation Tank Battery D shall be installed with
odor scrubbing equipment prior to operation. Existing
building and Primary Batteries A -C shall be
retrofitted with odor scrubbing equipment. The
applicant shall notify the Public Works Director of the
City of E1 Segundo at such time the contracts for the
proposed improvements are awarded, and upon completion
of installation. Failure to meet the anticipated
schedule shall be reported to the Director of Planning
for possible reconsideration at a public hearing.
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(g)
The City of Los Angeles shall set up a fund in the
amount of $2,000,000 as approved by the Los Angeles
City Council on December 8, 1987 to expedite the
settlement of legitimate construction damage claims.
(h)
Applicant shall continue to monitor the vibration
problem caused as a result of start -up of applicant's
new gas flare project and shall cease and desist this
testing procedure at the first sign of any vibration.
(i)
Applicant shall work with City of El Segundo staff to
accelerate the traffic signal project at Vista del Mar
and Grand Avenue and the comprehensive improvements at
this intersection, which includes roadway widening to
provide for better turning movements.
(j)
Applicant shall construct a sidewalk along the
northerly side of Grand Avenue from Vista del Mar to
join existing sidewalk westerly of Loma Vista Street.
(k)
Applicant shall coordinate with the City of El Segundo
to install a bikeway along Grand Avenue from Vista Del
Mar to Loma Vista Street, including restriping of
traffic lanes, as necessary.
(1)
The digester gas line proposed along the southerly end
of the east property line shall be relocated to the
west, along the back side of the lower retaining walls,
upon completion of site grading and retaining wall
construction in this area.
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(m) The applicant shall coordinate with the City of Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power to provide
feasible pedestrian access to the beach from the
residential neighborhood in E1 Segundo. Pedestrian
improvements may include access easements, walkways and
related improvements.
(5) Open -air sludge drying beds shall not be used at any time,
including periodic digester cleaning.
(6) Applicant shall assist the City of E1 Segundo in the funding
of E1 Segundo's share of the projected cost of the Hyperion
Improvements until 1997, in recognition of E1 Segundo's high
level of odor impacts, other environmental impacts and
related short -term construction impacts.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage
and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the same in the book
of original resolutions of said city; and shall make a minute of
the passage and adoption thereof in the record of the proceedings
of the City Council of said city, in the minutes of the meeting
at which the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPT19D his 19th day of January, 1988.
r of the Cry of Ell- ftgundo,
California
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• STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Ronald L. Hart City Clerk of the City of E1 Segundo,
California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the whole number of members of
the City Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing
resolution, being Resolution No. 3513 was duly passed and adopted
by the said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of
January ,1988 and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Anderson, Jacobson
Schuldt , West, and Mayor Siadek.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None.
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 27th day
of January,1987
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RONALD L. HART
City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California
(SEAL)
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said City, and
attested by
the City
Clerk of said City,
all at a
regular meeting
of the said
Council
held on the 19th day
of
January ,1988 and that the same was so passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Anderson, Jacobson
Schuldt , West, and Mayor Siadek.
NOES: None
ABSENT: None.
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 27th day
of January,1987
r`
RONALD L. HART
City Clerk of the
City of E1 Segundo, California
(SEAL)
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