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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDowntown Specific Plan - RRM Design Group - Kimley Horn - t n -esic' December 5, -2008 i" 'Wr ' G Huntington Beach'Downtown Specific'Plan OC/ -,Study, r[mde'Slgngroup��� /'` rca�ngsmn�onrti@Mf People City Co.U_.nc ` �'Goals and (Jbjectives Goals, Objectives o. Vision and Land Use Obiect'ive.1 ` Establish the vision.and create a.land`° Create'a healthy-mix-of land uses that use plan for reuse of-critical,parcels'so .are"geared toward creating an;urban,.. that the"next phase of the community village that serves as a destination to investment and.improvement.can begin. g - e TT IS[Tt' . both residents and visitors. OU Create-an environment that promotes ,� s Obwectnie 2 tounsrn to increase revenues tosupport - Implement development standards and z community services and transform the . design,guidelines that encourage , Citys`economy, »`; development of uriderused parcels With-a , date.�XlStinC DOCUmen`ts mixxx-of uses'and unique'architecture. update and revise development Objective.3 standards;design guidelines,and - . `DowntoZ Parking Master:Plan- " Ensure thatadequate=parking(s°available ' and-is integrated into-,the,framework of pedestrian pathways-within the doWntowr,),takind ihto-account:Pacif r City and the'Strabcl, y Huntingto'nBeach Downtown [rmdeSlgflg[Slup� : SpecKic Plan PC-/CC Study- rtatleyem rcnme 6peoPlee iey ®rk orn' et a. } ate Market study Field data. 30 key stakeholder interviews ,''Existing conditions=analysis_ Existing infrastructure analysis >. Existing,parking,c©nditiohs analysis-;.Downfown Parking Master,Plan City Staff coordination and meetings qj Coastal Commission coordination �� ,r n Maximum development capacity assump6 , A A � 4 Community Workshops„ Maim Street`closure:analyss YA z Conceptual streetscapo-designs.` Downtown wayfinding.and,sgn program . Restaurant alcohol 8t6ndat'ds Huntington Beach Downtown ` rrmdesigngroup:��� Specific Plan RC'/CC study<y'.- esanydnm o mem$•opbenf`r - -Reviewed and revised existing design guidelines-downtown commercial, single-family, multi-family, and signs Implementation Plan 3 Specific Plan drafts Vision.Poster... , Event Marketing-Study and Action Plan a, Amendments to existing ZSO and General Plan Specific Plan Land,Use Traffic Impact Analysis +F Alternative-roa!W y configurations%circulation changes analysis •EIR preparation T Air and noise study"for E!JW `traffic analysisfior b NOP Initial Study NO Seoping meeting Huntington Beach Downtown rrn1C GSIgTIgrOt1p 1 � specific Plan PC"/;CCStudy, «edg vro axawak a,o¢ Key , l n s t Existi :la - 3-Consolidated districts Cultural arts �� Streetscape - i Architectural 'Standerds and Guidelihes • Parking str8itegives Sustain,ability f a - - h Huntington Beac Downtown f rrilltieSlflgrOUp Specific P1an.PCf CC Studyaa g'mmmpeopk Ioy Pu [ atei 'on , , .A mix of land uses-visitor serving retail,restaurant,office and 1!nnb � `� residential: Connect and.protect established A residential neighborhoods a Preserved vjew`corndors to the ocean, ', •S� • •; _ Architectural diversity.. 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New and vibrant streetscapes °'a•f�t} : " -• Sustainable development practices Public;parKing"solutions e of 'Public'directionalsigns is Legend e00@W Mum g }'� M /'�/� /'�A �+�y (y(� 600� ";Jl � � �Ia1i 0r�1.}ia LtVagtai tOVmmission ���, •,,w • ,; and public involvement Focal point at each end of Main r p nuonue.nme 0a Street 'Huntington Beaoh,Downtown `"'`Bicycle and .Specific Plan PC ACC Stu iy. pie enlay', i5rict 5 2 4 dA 7 't EXIST i.o.,,e �'•.„. os ; �IN I UPDATE� D Huntington`Bead,`Downtown f rfflaeslgflgfQlJp:��� 'SpeCifi4'Pt3rcPC-f`CCScudy- .-creaeoq yie eioy'; District boundary expanded Eliminate-Parking Master Plan,.expand 'l ULI parking-rations and in-lieu fee. :.approach to all,of district .," Allowable uses simplified ;visitorserving/ X commercial,uses,required onahe "ground floor street frontage f � h>sy r, . . •" Ratio"of types'of uses with�na single p '. � deveI ien# removed.,; �r , Ehmrtate.adherence to,i1%lediterranean ' style: b New'standards space, public art,stoiefron# development standards ` `- Hunting#qn Beach Downtown- d ffffl fgflgtOUpr Spec Kic PlanStudy wi eior?: istrict - KeY Chang es • FAR requirement eliminated • Full block development = 5 stories 55' max :. y r Previously 4 stories/45' max , Lots greater.than 50'-street frontage = 4 stories /45' max • Previously 3 stories/35' max o Average step back on 4th and 5th ti4r 1� .. .floors a Previously 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors • Max. Density-= 60 du/ac I • Previously 30,du/ac • Minor setback changes ,Huntington Beach Downtown rrmdeSlg11gr0up Specific Plan PC/CC Study �,wye w,a�rem�oPi,�ryoy, Residential Sensitivity, ' `eg•"°- Residential and offices �o " •° °'" __ ' allowed on ground floor street frontage on 1 st 2nd; I; and Lake Residential buffer standards �� • { Reduced heights adjacent to . residential uses • Lighting, odors, noise, directed away from residential. Huntington Beach Downtown rrmdesigrigroup■ll Specific Plan PC/CC Studya ye mro� mvwaie�ooy District 4 - Key Changes • District boundary.expanded f • FAR requirement eliminated • Minor setback changes % ry • Front porch element required i� Pu G;�flP 4 4 o © t7 ••. r 1 du „Less �25 or less ij 2' and than 50' i`2,500 sf or less _._ - ._ 4 du 50' more than 25' but "i = less than or equal to 50' and more than 2,500'sf but less than 5,000 sf 30 du/ac; 51' up to.''•more than 50'and full !1 more than-5.,000' . Huntington Beach Down' wn�,:s rrmdesigngroup■�� Specific Plan PC/CC Study <mawgeml--MW..roy. Cultural Arts Overlay : .�m��a� AcaciaA e` ado �•� ,n�; �e. smst • To promote continued enhancement of the cultural arts """ • Provide a focus point at the north end of Main Street • 'Building on existing cultural facilities within the downtown • Vacate portion of 6th Street to '°°'"_QUAU create larger space for arts facility , • No net.loss of green space °o;'�oaa"°°` °'Id e • All parking underground Huntington Beach Downtown rrmdesigngroup Specific Plan PC/CC Study u.aeog.oMro^n,.^nv.aak.�lor• Street'scape Im'provernents Recommendations for enhancing the public streetscapes of all streets • New furnishings, paving, street trees Most intense designs-on Main Street and 5th tee._ DIR F �a n 51h Street: Huntington Beach Downtown rrmd2SIgngr0Up Specific Plan PC/CC Study —dnymvirw iem pe pie:oloY Circulation and, Traffic. Close a portion of 6th St. `V1' J qy<fy _ Reopen 6cn St at Pecan Ave6 Close Acacia Ave between ' `�� �% Yy,,��`l 4 - - 6tn St Pecan Ave and 7cn St . . ~� X �`J �� Reconfigure Walnut Ave between 1st St and 2"d.St to -align with Pacific View Ave Add.pedestrian phase on a PCH at 1st St and 6t"_ St M �� 'Addtrolley-routeto - "°"" downtown M.�..__ Add more bid yclgrFis` g g p11,Huntington Beach Downtown n r0U Specific Plan PC!CC Study nigrkinn I gmdmnrtrenv pf—j y f ain reet Closu're'Analysis e: Review,of a 13 blocks; 2 blocks, and single block Urban Design and Circulation Considerations .Seasonal environment — Economic viability-of businesses to-.operate.during. '-closure - Regiona! anchor tenants'needed Traffic increases on adiacent strreets. '.: Sorne.adiaeent streets.would require improvements Replacement:parking;needed Additional wayfi;nding:,needed , , s succes Trial closuresprovided little basisfor s of drrmHunngto , �nt elosureSpecificPla esigngroup �` ,. ,�; dranmenbpeapk boy'i - -Mai n Street I'm' provern e nts z VT-- Create a Promenade like �T atmosphere without closure ' Designed,to better support temporary closures closures Create a plaza-like ; , - --' atmosphere :� .Multi-event venue Expanded sidewalk for , - L xoutdoor dining, seating, and. wp: IQ bicycle parking '`-' �` = r ON �New' treet trees; paving, decorative furntture,.and :: .pedestrian lights Huntington Beach Downtown ffl Od@SlgilgfOkJp B��i .Specific PIan:PC/CC Study..:' - r; " ;' ..c%eeegm nmengpEapb enlor', Parking Strategies to Accommod-ate Net New, Development ® Continue ULl parking ratios and expand the applicable area to all of District 1 ji All residential/hotel/motet/bed.and breakfast parking,required'on site. P,Il comrnerc'ial development in District 1,eligible for in-lieu:fee prograrri; subject 'to CUP„a PP`royal Off-site parking shall be available prior to or concurrent with payment of in lieu..... fees:, `Allow shared parking for compatible,uses, subiect�to`CURapproval o Aitow tandem parking for selected commercial(CUP)and residential conditions o; ;Provide additional public Jots and/or conventional/automated structures m ;Fteplace;existing parking losf due to new,development and streetscape improvements Provide incentives for publiclprivate partnerships to provide addittonaFpubltc parking(i.e.Plaza Almeria) ,Proyide,incentiues for private parking,atructures(conuentionai/automated) . Add a parking deck'IeVel to the beach parkirg,:not to,exceed,figight'of PCH ■g Huntington Beach Dgwntown rrmdeSlgngrOUp��■ "Specific Plan PC l'CC,StudY. - .. ' ..creaUngmHronmeFlp people enjoy,'; Exrsin Parkin n'rA Existing demcnd varies greatly based Upon: Time of year(sumri er vs. winter} -.Day of week (weekday vs. weekend) =Time of day,(daytime vs. nighttime) School schedules and holidays" :.Downtown activity laveI Non-event �. Smallfand medium events p Major events summer/holidays v° Specific downtown locations Huntington Beach_`Downtown rrmdeS�gngroUplg� Spec ific:Plan:Pc!'CC Study, renFlye m Flcenop<opk.Floy;. Existing. Parking Demand Zoos 3 I . 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" neighborhood , available. parking streets. "throughout ' downtown. Huntington Beach Downtown - rrfllCleSlgflgrOUpl�� Specific Plan PC/CC Study ea8ngem mnmena people eoior• Parking Strategies to Support Downtown Today • More bicycle parking Way-finding and real-time parking guidance Employee-only parking (lower/upper structure levels, reduced rates),:. Permits and meters to reduce neighborhood intrusion Part-time use of private lots for public use (+100 to,140 spaces) • Valet/attendant parking in structures (+150 to 200 spaces) Part-time use of remote parking lots with shuttle (+2,000 to 2,500 spaces) , Pave and mark-spaces in vacant lots(+265 spaces)' Additional parking spaces gained from strategies: 515 to 600 spaces Downtown 2,000 to 2,500 remote space's Huntington Beach Downtown- rfffldeSlgngfoup��� Specific Plan PC/CC Study' ��9 wwamm�<mp<oaieinloy I Acacia __ I Provide Additional � Bicycle. 'Parking J •I I �I .. 3 I A E wwwr,n:al 11 Huntington Beach Downtdwm` fffndeSlgFlgfoup, Specific Plan PC/CC Study r<.ey<�.00m<m.p<oPi«ploy Permit/ Meter Program on Residential Streets 4 am Ff Y F j ZT Ijll.4 € 1 ` crO Cl Legend 411 Huntington Beach Downtown rrmdeSlgflgroup Specific Plan PC/CC Study ., Ungen�m,m nnI.cai.eoiaY r S `y✓ `_\f f F._1 ' lei; l ~` General Bth 'Public �� i Parking ti,.. - �y m �l i n Private �! I 2 i- 1I B u s-i n e�s s I I Lots N° Huntington Bwact Downtown - umd8Slgflgroup Specific Plan PC 1 CC Study arc.ti�y mw�o�mempeapro enjoy K, . �. C.4 n Provide" ® P Par i Iail) g r v k ,�t _ g/ n Vacant ,fr l Lots � ' ��,;c✓A>-: ,�:: �� 'I� t i \ i F •o � a =.^N .. . CCdeS g l Huntnston Beach Downtown g COU Specific Plan PC/CC Study �..e.y.m—wpre..Jw 7 - ( awYl 1� �••ywa Men--' � � I . Rent Cite - ' Par ki n g ! i >, I Lots o - — - Huntington Beach Downtown CCflldeSigngCOUp Specific Plan'PC/CC Study Next Steps • CEQA process — Winter / Spring 2009 • Planning Commission — Spring 2009 City Council— Summer 2009 Coastal Commission Submittal Summer 2009 Huntington Beach Downtown rrmdesigngrOUp■�� Specific Plan PC/CC Study vaen&em onmemvroak enwY Downtown. and Beach. Parking on. Neighborhood Streets - Typical Summer Weekend y A� r / ill AV ntd A, I_ IIHuntington Beach Downtown 4 rrflld@SlgflgrOUp I Spec c Plan PC/CC Study ucaI 9—imomen P-P1.�!.Y- Downtown and Beach Parking on Neighborhood Streets - Summer Holiday Weekend � r �a if Mama`Av Huntington Beach Downtown :rrmdeSlgngroupill Specific Plan PC/CC Study P..pl.e.j.Y. J. RICHARDSON GRAY 415 Townsquare Lane#208 Huntington Beach,CA 92648 714-348-1928 richardson.gray@yahoo.com HAND DELIVERED December 15,2008 Mayor Keith Bohr City of Huntington Beach Council Member Joe Carchio City Hall Council Member Gil Coerper Fourth Floor Council Member Devin Dwyer 2000 Main Street Council Member Cathy Green Huntington Beach, CA 92648 Council Member Don Hansen Council Member Jill Hardy Re: Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4,2008 Dear Mayor and Council Members: We have enclosed a copy of a petition from seventy-seven (77) registered voters who reside in Huntington Beach. If you need to examine the original of our petition, please let us know. After such an enthusiastic response in the first few days, we expect that well over one thousand (1,000) Huntington Beach registered voters will sign this petition by the City Council's public hearings on the Downtown Specific Plan Update in the summer of 2009. The petition's substance reads as follows: "We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights,sizes, and configurations. "For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five(45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand(20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigation measures are feasible to minimize these significant adverse impacts." After knocking on the doors of the over one hundred ten (1 10) homes abutting the library this last weekend, I know that our group's consensus is that we will do absolutely whatever is necessary to stop any large new project at the library site. We simply are not going to let a large new building, such as the proposed performing arts or cultural center, get built on the library parcel with its park-like grounds. To avoid a protracted battle, we urge you to endorse the recommendations of your many constituents who have signed this petition, and the countless more who will. Thank you for your support. S)iiorely us, j J. R hardson Gray cc: Vml City of Huntington Beach Planning Commissioners All Residential Abutters of the Main Street Library Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigation measures are sign' scant Print Name 17) Print treet Address /1 H nt ngto Beach,CA Zip Code re Print Name Town Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Coe Date f / /f. Signatiade Print Name -Y—)�, - ���/()V , - ­3 q -d Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date (�d Signature Print Name Print Street Address Y - Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signature Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand(20,000)square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigation measures are feasible to minimize ese significant adverse impacts. Signature Print Name 2meteA_*_ Print et ddres Huntin n Beach,CA Zip Code �r l 5�VV Sign a -Print Name int freer dress Huntingt n Beach,CA Zip Code Date c a L Signature tint Name Print St t Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signature dr Print Name Vl r • Of Print Street A Huntington Beach,CA ip Code Date ignature Print Name Print St t Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date nature Print Name Z Print Street Address Huntington Beach CA Lip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand(20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing stab ' 4d residential uses. We think that no are feasible to minimi th e 5i ificant adverse impacts. Signature Name `7'26`f 8 Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date n Signa re Print Name q�Sr v tit c �n �c z t� 1, Ll Y o /3 c(/ Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signature Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date -_TAXWA1 S gnature Print Name �,/ � fo f �4kl,r joy Pr nt Stree A s Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date IZ� tj ��-► Signature Print Name qA llI g' 7- l o 6— Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date ) -s Signature Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five(45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand(20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigation measures are feasible to minimize these significant adverse impacts. Signature Print Name Print Stre Addre Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Si nature (� Print Name Print Street Address Hun CA Zip Code Date S ature Print Name 0 d Print Str et Address '146ritingfon Beach,CA Zip Code Date � s�Sign tore l� �h VPrint Name r, � � ( � Pri t Street Address Huntington each,CA Zip Code Date Signature Print Name Lj)_ I 6 � h q Print Street Address f� Cxi;-1✓ + Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date �- Signature Print Name Print Street Address ��� -1 t HUnungton Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigation measures are feasible to significant adverse impacts. Si nature Print Na e lz�Print�Selet'Ad rcss f` Huntington Beach,CA Si ore G Print Name t Street Address Huntington Beac natu �e�I 'C-r— r Print Name L Pri Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code ' Date 7 Print Name >' _ �- Print S eet Addre s Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date U Signaj 7�11I' J C WN ame Pgnt S reet Address Huntifigkfn Beach, A Zip Code Dat Signature Print Name Prmt Street Address �� 1 - c� Huntington Beach,C.A Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitiga sible to ' icant adver impacts. Sign e Print Name Al Print Street Address n Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code 11/Date Signature Print Name Print tree t Addre Huntington Beach,CA Zip o e Date gnature �� ( L Name I � r Z '� Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip o e Date Signa D� IAU' M U Y_ Print Name Print St t Ad ess Y Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date gna r Print Name °mil �-2 ;Sign t Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date re �� GIL 1 Print Name �. Print Street. ddress HLoitington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigatio minimize thes impacts. rint tree[Address s� Huntington Beach, :Signature �� v Print Name UL� AIIIIAr. ntJ i Print Street Address / T Huntington Beach,CA Zip C dr Date J Signature Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date 670r c�e (f S -7,-� Signature Print Name Pr Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date 7 S natur Print Name CI Print Street Address (� Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signature Print Name in Street Address 6<_ Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigation measures are feasible to minimi ficant adverse 14C T l' Print Name Print Street 4ddress Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date SAiggnatu4re44 da�����'�Print Name % Print Street Ad res ' Huntington ++Beach,CA Zip Code Date t Je Tfre Ebert Ll Signa re Print Name / Pr "Str t Address / / Huntington Beach?,171' 1f_7 C Code Date /C �C_� ignatur ��-"� � � ����� f Print Name i ov Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signature Print Name ° z /0 Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip ode Date Signature r j Print Name Sys Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five(45) feet and four (4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand (20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigati easures are feasible to mini ize t erse impacts. Tgnature �' (t�4� 7 Print N Print Str tingt e Date a c.�� ✓� �y Vey Signature _ Pnnt Name _/m 7^-,Cie 2-hol 20-0 Pr Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date a, l�SCAg r 1� Signature Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Nignatute Print Name WPrintt Ad re s Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Print Name 2 c - J Print Street ddress Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date VZ/ c �cIzcrnot�, rt Signature Print Name 4 ( CI q �:)_E' � Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present heights, sizes, and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts or cultural center with a permissible height of up to forty-five(45) feet and four (4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand (20,000)square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigation measures are feasible to minimize th significant adverse impacts. ji I d - i Signature Print Name 17 Print Street Address Hu w ton Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signature Print Name ee Le Ya Print Street Aod ington Beach,CA Zip Code �_' A///r,", Aigna re Print Name PrintStreetAd untington Beac ,CA Zip Code Date Cj All Signature Print Name Print Street Add ss Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code. Date 4u�f{ k pr"6,J�P Signature Print Nameli �hk Print Str Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code at d I Si'gnAdrePrint Name A C/ '2- Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main Street Library site in their present sizes and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand(20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential uses. We think that no mitigation measures ize these sign "f � r0_ Pr ess Hurhinghon Beach,CA Zip Code Date �^ .— � Signature V LZ C� 1� Print Name / Prin Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signature J'Ia Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Si ature Print Stree dreT Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signatur Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date t Signature A/ Print Name �2� Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Dear Members of the California Coastal Commission, Members of the Huntington Beach City Council, Members of the Huntington Beach Planning Commission, and Members of the Huntington Beach Zoning Commission: We, the undersigned, are registered voters, residing in Huntington Beach, California. We recommend the following change in the Huntington Beach Downtown Specific Plan Update Draft of December 4, 2008 and its Cultural Arts Overlay: The City should continue and maintain for the long term the existing land uses on the Main_Street Library site in their present sizes and configurations. For this Main Street Library site, we believe that the addition of a performing arts center with a permissible height of up to forty-five (45) feet and four(4) stories, and as much as twenty thousand(20,000) square feet in net new development, would be incompatible with and substantially degrade the aesthetic quality of the immediate surrounding area and its existing established residential us . We think that no mitigation measures are feasible to minimize these ican ve imp ts. � L Signat Print Name ZVI-4- 4 c� 2 Print-Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code n Date Z�= F�z Signature Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date ' C",_4 �ae_1­7rtf Signature Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Signature Print Name Pri Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date �gnature Print Name 61?V)_/ Fell y� �/� f 5'_;)"-, Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Si ture Print Name Print Street Address Huntington Beach,CA Zip Code Date Page 1 of 2 Esparza, Patty From: Surf City Pipeline [noreply@user.govoutreach.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 4:14 PM To: CITY COUNCIL; agendaalerts@surfcity-hb.org Subject: Surf City Pipeline: Comment on an Agenda Item (notification) Request# 1861 from the Government Outreach System has been assigned to Johanna Stephenson. Request type: Comment Request area: City Council - Comment on an Agenda Items Citizen name: Description: I attended some of the community and stakeholder sessions directed by RRM Design Group in analyzing possible changes to the Downtown Specific Plan. At those sessions, I shared my.professional opinion(CA Landscape Architect license 3133)that one of the current roadblocks to HB creating and sustaining a thriving downtown Main is the lack of two "anchor" attractions, and the dearth of pedestrian-scaled amenities that should connect these "anchors"to other areas or draws of the specific plan [Pacific City, Strand, easy parking]. Like any good mall, Main Street's vitality depends upon a flow of visitors up and down its entirety, not lumped at a couple of destination spots (bars?) creating blighted holes in the fabric of the downtown. Right now,the pier is an anchor. We lack that on the other end. As a Huntington Beach resident for years, I am sad to see the revolvi ng doors of tried and failed new businesses, failed in part due to an ineffective or unplanned growth and lack of reason for new customers to wander on in. I applaud the efforts at updating and fine-tuning the DTSP to better represent a vision into which we can grow over 20 years. I was and still am a proponent of increasing the cultural arts theme that already seems to be established via the art center. I believe this is a proper use for an area bordering on neighborhoods. I am also newly a proponent of working the library and its surrounds into an updated and useable piece of this puzzle, perhaps helping to create the much needed"anchor tenant" so-to-speak, at the north side of Main. One glitch is that I also believe one should be able to look up or down the street to see the other"anchor." In this case, standing at PCH and the pier, that visual line ends at the wall of the former.Mandic Motors. Further review and research of some of the facts and concerns presented by some of the `cultural arts overlay' opponents has me delving deeper into details. I believe they have some very valid points, and I would be supportive of "saving" the library and updating its park-like surroundings as PART of the general cultural arts overlay. I, like others, believe that other current building sites (Mandic, maybe one day the inclusion of Electric Chair, who perhaps could be incentivized to relocate to the Strand or Pacific City???) are preferable to the library's current location for the main hub of new cultural activity and especially new parking. Visual site-lines are VERY key to success of anchor interaction. The park location doesn't provide that. It does, however, blend in 9/3 0/2009 Page 2 of 2 and suggest a buffer of sorts. Outdoor enhancements, furniture, park upgrades, circulation paths, lighting, etc. can help tie the library into the cultural hub. I would like to request a compromise via changes to this cultural arts overlay. I would like to recommend not touching the library, upgrading its park/circulation to take into account the new venues that should be the north anchor: new structures and underground parking at Mandic/Electric Chair. Certainly neither I nor anyone else has jurisdiction over who moves/buys/builds or when, but the details of the new DTSP should be revised to reflect the desire of many to maintain what seems to be a potential historic site, if not at least a long-term sentimental site. A Cultural Arts Overlay (not new youth bars) with subtle activities more precisely defined, and sizes/numbers more in keeping with "small"venue, is complimented by a library and art center. Having easy parking underground, or stacked creates its own strength as an anchor, and can indeed help revive downtown Main Street. Please consider this letter as a request to go back to the drawing board on the details of the Cultural Arts Overlay. I would be happy to address any comments in person. Best regards, Kristin R. Stilton 8192 Mary Circle Huntington Beach 714-960-0906 Expected Close Date: 09/30/2009 Click here to access the request Note: This message is for notification purposes only. Please do not reply to this email. Email replies are not monitored and will be ignored. 9/30/2009