REDONDO BEACH — The constant back-and-forth between a local developer and the waterfront community it hoped to develop appears to have breathed its last breath, as Redondo Beach’s City Council, on July 17, formally withdrew its application for a multimillion development from the California Coastal Commission.
Redondo Beach’s withdrawal follows a...
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The Coastal Commission ruled the Waterfront project had significant issues because it violated Redondo zoning and the Coastal Act. A judge ruled the project EIR violated CEQA. He voided the EIR approvals and City approvals of the project and the Mole B boat ramp. He also forbade the city or CenterCal from advancing the project until the CEQA violations were remedied. The Coastal Commission asked the City and CenterCal to withdraw the project because neither party could meet the Coastal Commission deadline with the judge’s order. CenterCal and the City withdrew the project. The city withdrew the Mole B boat ramp. The Coastal Commission certified Measure C (The King Harbor CARE Act) without changes.
The lease agreement with the City provides an out for the city if the project must be scaled back from the approved project (decreasing city revenues or increasing city required investment). The Coastal Commission findings and Measure C requirements prevent the project as approved, so any subsequent project would be subject to a new lease agreement and the terms of Measure C. And although CenterCal clings to their rights vested in a Vesting Tentative Tract Map, they cannot build a project that conforms to that map any longer.
Nils is right, the Waterfront is dead. CenterCal is either in denial or are just playing games to try to milk some money from the city.