1	H.B. PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES E.I.R. 97-2 SEPTEMBER 24, 2002
2	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THE SHEA PROPERTY IS AN INTEGRAL AND CONTIGUOUS PART OF THE BOLSA CHICA WETLANDS CONTAINS WETLAND CHARACTERISTICS IN ITS OWN RIGHT THERE AREN’T MANY WETLANDS LEFT, SO THOSE REMAINING ACHIEVE GREATER IMPORTANCE
3	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THIS PROPERTY IS NOT RESIDENTIAL INFILL
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5	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ALTERED CAPRICIOUSLY MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST DECADE
6	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THE SHEA PROPERTY CONTAINS WETLANDS THAT MEET THE DEFINITION OF CALIFORNIA DFG AND COASTAL COMMISSION GUIDELINES THE WETLAND DEFINITION HAS CHANGED SINCE THE ORIGINAL EIR WAS WRITTEN
7	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THREE (3) AREAS OF FRESH WATER WETLANDS EXIST ON THE CITY PORTION THAT AREN’T ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE EIR TOTAL ~ 11+ ACRES THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO THE SALT MARSH REMNANTS THAT EXIST ON THE COUNTY PORTION
8	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THREE COMPONENTS DEFINE WETLANDS WATER SOIL VEGETATION
9	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES IF LAND MEETS THE CRITERIA IN ANY ONE OF THESE AREAS IT IS DEFINED AS A WETLAND AND IS SUBJECT TO COASTAL COMMISSION PROTECTION THIS PROPERTY EXHIBITS ALL THREE
10	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THREE COMPONENTS DEFINE WETLANDS WATER SOIL VEGETATION THE CITY PORTION IS FARMED CONTINUOUSLY SO NO VEGETATION IS ALLOWED TO STAND HAS BEEN SHOWN TO PERIODICALLY SUPPORT HYDROPHYTIC VEGETATION
11	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THREE COMPONENTS DEFINE WETLANDS WATER SOIL IN 1989 THE EPA DELINEATED 8.1 ACRES WETLANDS BASED ON SOIL HYDROLOGY IN 1994 MWD FLIP-FLOPPED THEIR PREVIOUS ASSERTIONS AND DISPUTED THIS SO THEY COULD SELL THE PROPERTY. VEGETATION
12	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES THREE COMPONENTS DEFINE WETLANDS WATER THE CRITERIA IS ACCUMULATION AND RETENTION OF WATER ON THE SITE FOR OVER 18 CONSECUTIVE DAYS IN MOST YEARS PONDING HAS TAKEN ON GREATER SIGNIFICANCE IN THE DEFINITION SOIL VEGETATION
13	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE 50 YEARS OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOW REPEATED PATTERNS AREAS SUSTAINING STANDING WATER AND SOIL SATURATION ONE CORRESPONDS TO THE SITE OF THE 1989 EPA DELINEATION ANOTHER NEXT TO THE CHANNEL WAS ALWAYS LEFT FALLOW BECAUSE IT WAS TOO WET TO FARM
14	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES LAST YEAR THE OWNERS FINALLY ADDED FILL TO RAISE THE AREA ENOUGH TO KEEP IT FROM RETAINING WATER ON THE SURFACE THIS DESTROYED THE NATURAL SLOPING CHARACTERISTICS OF A WETLAND DUE TO THE CHANGE IN CONTOUR THE LAND NOW APPEARS TO DRAIN TOWARD EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS
15	WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES LANDSCAPE PHOTOS ALSO DOCUMENT ACCUMULATION WHERE THE WATER PONDS RETENTION LASTS FAR LONGER THAN THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS REQUIRED BY DEFINITION ILLUSTRATED BY CD-ROM PREVIOUSLY DISTRIBUTED TO THE COMMISSIONERS
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31	SUMMARY WETLANDS ON SHEA PARKSIDE ESTATES MANY CHANGES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE ORIGINAL EIR WAS WRITTEN THIS SUBJECT SHOULD BE REVISITED A NEW DEFINITION IS NEEDED FROM THE COASTAL COMMISSION AND DFG THE SHEA PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE REEXAMINED FOR WETLAND CHARACTERISTICS AND POTENTIAL