REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Travis Hopkins, City Manager
VIA: Jennifer Villasenor, Director of Community Development
PREPARED BY: Ricky Ramos, Planning Manager
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Certify Environmental Impact Report No. 25-003 by adopting Resolution No. 2025-24; Approve Findings of Fact with a Statement of Overriding Considerations (Pacific Airshow Huntington Beach); and Approve and authorize the execution of an Airshow Event Agreement between the City of Huntington Beach and Pacific Airshow, LLC, and amend the On-Call Contract with Environmental Science Associates to appropriate $250,000 for the Airshow Environmental Impact Report and ongoing mitigation monitoring
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Statement of Issue:
Transmitted for your consideration is an Environmental Impact Report which analyzes the potential environmental impacts associated with the continuation of the Pacific Airshow Huntington Beach pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
Additionally, the City Council is asked to approve an Airshow Event Agreement, between the City of Huntington Beach and Pacific Airshow, LLC, for the terms and price agreed on pursuant to the Settlement Agreement and General Release agreed on by both parties and signed on May 9, 2023.
Based on City Council direction at the December 20, 2022 meeting, the City has developed an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The City Council is asked to provide authority to the City Manager and City Attorney to amend on-call contract with Environmental Science Associates to appropriate $250,000 of one-time Waterfront Settlement funds (business unit 10040101.69300) for the Airshow Environment Impact Report and ongoing mitigation monitoring. This appropriation will bring the on-call contract total to $1,100,000.
Financial Impact:
The settlement agreement, signed on May 9, 2023, outlines the ter...
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