WHAT HAPPENED: City planners gave an update...

WHAT HAPPENED:

City planners gave an update on cleanup plans for the 31-acre

Pacific City site.

WHAT IT MEANS:

The Chevron Corp. is responsible for thorough testing and cleanup

of the Pacific City property, which will be overseen by the

Huntington Beach Fire Department.

City planners and fire department officials have been working with

the Chevron Corp. to finalize a cleanup plan for the site. Cleanup

won’t begin until the full remediation plan has been approved by the

city.

City officials have asked Chevron amend their proposal to include

a 30-day notice informing neighborhood residents of the cleanup

dates.

City planners expect the company to start cleaning up the site

sometime in January.

WHAT HAPPENED:

The Planning Commission gave an update on the environmental report

and permit for the proposed Pacific City development.

WHAT IT MEANS:

Pacific City would be a massive development project on nearly 31

acres of beachfront property Downtown.

The project, which would be built on the lot bordered by Pacific

Coast Highway, Atlanta Avenue, Huntington and 1st Street, will include 516 condominium units, a 400-room luxury resort and 240,000

square feet of shopping, restaurants, entertainment and office space.

The comment period for the project’s environmental report closed

Dec. 3. The city received 17 comments and is working with its

consultants to provide responses.

The Design Review Board finished its review of the architecture,

elevation and colors for the buildings and is recommending that the

Planning Commission approve the elevations. The Subdivision Committee

also reviewed the project’s tract map and is recommending that it be

approved.

The Pacific City project is scheduled to be heard by the Planning

Commission in late February, Planning Director Scott Hess said.

WHAT HAPPENED:

The Planning Commission presented an appreciation award to

retiring Fire Department Division Chief and Fire Marshal Chuck

Burney.

WHAT IT MEANS:

Burney has been working in the Huntington Beach Fire Department

for 32 years.

He was hired as a firefighter in January 1972 and has served as a

fire protection specialist, a fire captain, a deputy fire marshal and

a battalion chief. He was promoted to division chief/fire marshal in

October 2001.

Burney plans to retire Dec. 29.