STATE OF CALIFORNIA - THE RESOURCES AGENCY

___________GRAY DAVIS, Governor

September 10, 2002

CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION

South Coast Area Office 200 Oceangate, Suite 1000 Long Beach, CA 90802-4302 (562) 590-5071

Mary Beth Broeren

Planning Department

City of Huntington Beach

City Hall

2000 Main Street

Huntington Beach, CA 92648-2702

RE:   Environmental Impact Report 97-2 (Parkside Estates) Dear Ms. Broeren:

Thank for the opportunity to review the comments by Hasan Nouri of Rivertech, Inc. on our water quality letter of September 9, 2002 for the Parkside Estates EIR (EIR). Our comments on the EIR were based on the data and analysis of the EIR itself. As Mr. Nouri noted, additional research on the performance of water treatment methods since 1998 has documented the need for a future Urban Runoff Management Plan that will describe and identify the water quality treatment plan. In his letter, Mr. Nouri confirmed that the proposed structural BMPs in the EIR would not be sufficient on their own to mitigate impacts to water quality. We were aware that a future Urban Runoff Management Plan would be developed, but the general concept of the water quality mitigation plan proposed in the EIR did not indicate that the future plans would include other, more protective BMPs. Commission staff looks forward to the opportunity to work with the City's water quality staff to develop such a plan which will protect and enhance water quality and the biological integrity of Outer Bolsa Bay and Huntington Harbour.

Stephen Rynas, AICP Orange County Area Supervisor

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