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Council approves Pacific Airshow EIR and multi‑year event agreement despite unresolved environmental impacts
Summary
Huntington Beach certified an environmental impact report and approved a multi‑year agreement with Pacific Airshow LLC after weeks of public comment. Council voted to adopt required CEQA findings and to authorize a 10‑year term with renewal options; some impacts were identified as significant and unavoidable.
The Huntington Beach City Council certified an environmental impact report (EIR) for the Pacific Airshow and approved a multi‑year event agreement with Pacific Airshow LLC after a contentious public hearing and lengthy deliberation.
On a roll‑call vote, the council approved the CEQA findings and the EIR, and authorized execution of the airshow event agreement. Council members also approved an amendment to the settlement terms that reduced a previously proposed 40‑year arrangement to an initial 10‑year term with three five‑year renewal options. The measure passed following extended public comment and debate.
Staff told the council the final program EIR analyzed operational and temporary event impacts across multiple topical areas and concluded that most impacts could be mitigated or were less than significant. The document nonetheless found three categories of significant and…
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