Recommendation to adopt resolution allowing for the initiation of a Consolidated Coastal Development Permit process pursuant to Section 30601.3 of the Public Resources Code (Coastal Act) in connection with the rebuild of the Leeway Sailing Center, Pier and Dock located at 5437 East Ocean Boulevard.  (District 3)
A report from Develop and Services recommendation to adopt resolution allowing for the initiation of a consolidated coastal development permit process in connection with the rebuild of the Leeway Sailing Center. Parent Doc District three. Can I get a motion? Councilwoman Price. This item was on mute. Mute. This item was on our schedule about two weeks ago, and I just wanted to give an update. I'm going to be recommending we support this and voting in favor of the motion tonight. But we do have some user groups from Cal State, Long Beach sailing instructors who were concerned about proposed the proposed BREEZEWAY and its impact on both storage area and wind patterns in the bay. We've committed to that group. We've met with them. We've committed to them that we will discuss the possibility of redesigning the Breezeway element with the Coastal Commission as this was a design feature intended for public access. The group is supportive of us moving forward tonight with the consolidated permit process and I want to thank city staff for meeting with the the user group. With my staff, I think that was very helpful and moving this forward. So thank you. Okay. There's been a motion. Any public comment? Very good. Hugh Clark as the address. I've been following this project for about 20 some years when it's first when I was a windsurfer, notwithstanding the modifications to address the concerns of the sea, the Cal State crew. The building itself. Is and the design of it, the mansion ization of it. Is at war with the existence of the facility. That design will in fact shut down a large portion of sailing in that area. It's too big. Period. It was in a mansion. It was mansion. It mansion ized. It does not need to have all that room. It's been extraordinarily mismanaged, with all due respect to the problem that the Parks Department, that George Champion is and has inherited. The coaching staffs do a great job. They take those kids and they know how to teach. The problem is they've tried to mix of parodying in there that does not belong there, that it belongs rather in perhaps Mothers Beach or Colorado Lagoon. We don't need a building. Any larger than there is now there. There certainly needs to be some restroom up a restroom brought up to code, particularly with ADA. But that footprint should not expand beyond the existing footprint period. And I plan to if it's I don't like also bundling. There's too much corruption, too many problems, just like we're dealing with with the bluff. We ought to take it slow. The bar is not on fire. And again, it it's financial. We're not rolling in money, period. So I would ask that you step back, take a look at it. Get some accurate intelligence. Wednesday's the U.N. study that was produced was a wind study produced by somebody testing the air conditioner in their air conditioned air conditioning dux in their office and no professional maritime. Wind studies, period. This is further urination of money down the drain. Nothing's going to happen if you hold this one. Warren's not on fire. No. Three, no penalty in contract. So I would I would suggest, if you haven't talked with the individual that I suggested, you talk to the guy that runs the windsurfer shop. Sit down with him and you'll find him. Probably the most expert, the most knowledgeable person in the city relative to that. And he has no financial stake in it one way or another. He just has the he has a history of that and so forth. So I would hopeful, hopefully, that you will put this on hold and take a look at it. But again, we don't have the money, but it's going to be appealed. So take. This. Thank you very much. Thank you. There's been a motion on the floor. The public comment. Please cast your votes. Lucian Kerry six zero.