The City’s Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering will hold another public hearing for the Proposition O Temescal Canyon Park stormwater project, this time pertaining to compliance with the local Coastal Act on Thursday, July 15 at 6 p.m. in the Palisades Branch Library, 861 Alma Real. ‘The project will assist the City of Los Angeles in improving water quality, and will support the City’s effort to comply with current and future stormwater regulations for Santa Monica Bay beaches,’ according a project description. The proposed project will divert portions of wet-weather runoff from the storm drain below Temescal Canyon Road to a system that screens trash, sediment, oil and grease, and then into an underground detention tank. Following a storm, water stored in the tank will be pumped at a controlled rate into a 16-inch sewer force main that leads to the Hyperion Treatment Plant. Most of the project will be located underground, with the exception of a replacement restroom (at the lower end of Temescal), two electrical cabinets (6 feet long by 2 feet wide and 6 feet high), access hatches that will be flush with the ground surface and four-electrical transformer vents (about one foot in diameter by 3 feet high). In order to start the project, the City needs both a local and state coastal development permit. The July 15 hearing is for the local permit, and addresses issues covered solely by the Coastal Act. (www.coastal.ca.gov/ccatc.html#linkedcoastalact) After the hearing, the Bureau of Engineering will issue a notice of determination on whether or not to issue a local coastal development permit. The notice of determination will be sent to all meeting attendees, who then have 10 days to appeal. ‘ If appeals are received from stakeholders, the matter’goes before the Board of Public Works. If appeals are accepted by the board, the City staff works through issues raised.’If denied, the notice of determination is submitted to the State Coastal Commission to start the state permitting process. ‘ If no appeals are received from stakeholders, the notice is forwarded to the State Coastal Commission. Residents may speak at the hearing or submit written questions, comments or additional information. All written comments pertaining to compliance with the 1976 Coastal Act received at or before the hearing will also be considered prior to the decision. E-mail: Maria.Martin@lacity.org or by mail: City of L.A. Dept. of Public Works, BOE EMG, Attn: Maria Martin, 1149 S. Broadway, Suite 600, Mail Stop 939, L.A. CA. 90015-2214. For questions, contact Martin at (213) 485-5753.
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