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Hundreds speak at Planning Commission public hearing on Beach Chalet draft EIR; safety, ecology and lighting dominate testimony
Summary
The Planning Commission held a long public hearing on the Beach Chalet Athletic Fields draft EIR. Staff said the DEIR finds a significant and unavoidable impact on historic resources but that many other impacts can be mitigated; more than 100 speakers divided over artificial turf and stadium lighting, with sustained concerns about toxicity, bird and habitat impacts, visual light pollution and field access.
Planning Department staff opened the public hearing on the draft EIR for the Beach Chalet Athletic Fields renovation by summarizing the document’s key findings: the DEIR identifies a significant and unavoidable impact on historic resources, finds that biological and hazardous‑materials impacts can be mitigated to less‑than‑significant levels, and reports that land use, visual/aesthetic, transportation, recreation, hydrology and air‑quality effects are less‑than‑significant under the proposed mitigations.
Don Lewis, the department’s EIR coordinator, told the commission the public review period runs through Dec. 12 and that verbal and written comments will be addressed in the responses document prepared for the final EIR. Sarah Jones clarified state CEQA…
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