Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. Item number nine.
Speaker 1: Report from Economic and Property Development and Parks, Recreation and Marine Recommendation to execute documents for Lennar. For the exchange of property located along Seaside way adjacent to 150 East Ocean Boulevard District two.
Speaker 0: Thank you. There's a motion and a second. Vice-Chair Did you have any comments?
Speaker 8: I just wanted to thank Staff and Linor for coming up with a creative fitness and play area. I think that's very appealing about this project, so thank you for your work on that.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Any public comment on this item? Yes. Please come forward.
Speaker 7: Good evening.
Speaker 9: My name is David Donovan.
Speaker 13: I live at 4322 Charlemagne Avenue.
Speaker 9: The Victory Park Design.
Speaker 13: Guidelines carry out the mandates.
Speaker 4: Of the local coastal program. LCP violations can be appealed to the State Coastal Commission. The guidelines are in place to keep victory.
Speaker 2: In Santa.
Speaker 4: Cruz parks from being paved over.
Speaker 9: Returning to front yards for adjacent property owners.
Speaker 4: The guidelines call for a passive, open linear park from Alamitos to Golden Avenues.
Speaker 7: A green space. Since the 14 storey Union.
Speaker 4: Bank was built in Santa Cruz Park, I have worked with other leaders to successfully preserve, enlarge and enhance victory.
Speaker 13: In Santa Cruz.
Speaker 4: Parks. A ribbon of green on the south side of Ocean Boulevard. I've been involved with this.
Speaker 13: Endeavor.
Speaker 4: For 38 years. One belt. One developer had the jackhammer, 2000 square feet of sidewalk in victory and Santa Cruz parks because he was in violation of the design guidelines. The guidelines are more than just ideas. That developers.
Speaker 13: And the city staff can ignore.
Speaker 4: The hefty. In the Victory Park design.
Speaker 13: Before you tonight.
Speaker 4: There is excessive pavement in violation of the Victory Park.
Speaker 7: Guidelines and the LCP. Thank you very much.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Next speaker, please.
Speaker 12: Hello again. And Cantrell and. Along with the land swap, which I think will be a good thing to enlarge the park area on C side and make room for fitness and dog park activities. It also states on this. Item that you are to consider the mitigated negative deck. And that's why both Dave Dennison and I are here to address what is in the negative deck and is planned for Victory Park. In looking at. The picture. Of what is planned. It appears there is going to be a lot of concrete and a stage for performance, which, as Dave has said. Is not part of the guidelines. And even though these are called guidelines, they are part of the local coastal plan and were dictated by the Coastal Commission as to how Victory Park was to be conformed. I can't tell by this picture. It looks like there's benches or even fences between the. Trees that are lining Ocean Boulevard. This does not make Victory Park open to the public or inviting to the public. It makes it look like that is all private property that by law is going to belong to this Lennar project. And this was what was happened. At down the street. Camden wear it. The way they designed it at first looked like private property. You have to be very careful. I don't know whether considering mitigated negative deck means that you're going to okay it, but I would like you to look carefully at the plans for Victory Park. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Next speaker.
Speaker 7: Good evening.
Speaker 2: Mayor and council members.
Speaker 7: My name is Ethan Thatcher. I'm the director of development for Linamar. And just want to let you know I'm here for any questions. I think the item here tonight for decision is not for Victory Park is for the Seaside Way Park, the dog and fitness parks. I just want to clarify that if you have any other questions I'm here for to help answer this.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Okay. Let's bring this back to the council. Vice Mayor, did you have any additional comments, Councilman Gonzales, any comments? No. Go ahead, members, please cast your vote.
Speaker 1: Councilwoman Mongo. Motion carries.
Speaker 0: Okay. Thank you. Next item, please, which is number. Is it ten?
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all documents necessary, including a Real Estate Exchange Agreement, with Lennar Intergulf (150 Ocean), LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, for the exchange of property located along Seaside Way adjacent to 150 East Ocean Boulevard; and consider Mitigated Negative Declaration 03-15.  (District 2)