Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Discussion
SUBJECT:
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SECOND STATUS REPORT ON CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, DOMINGUEZ HILLS, 2018 MASTER PLAN UP-DATE (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
We write to up-date the City Council on a pending dispute between the City of Carson and the "Governor's Office of Planning and Research" (known as "OPR") over which public agency should act as the "lead agency" for conducting the required environmental review of the proposal, by California State University, Dominguez Hills ("University"), to amend its Master Plan to add 1,969 market-rate residential units, 94,300 square feet of retail uses, 721,188 square feet of industrial/business park uses, and 3,000 additional seats to the sports venue currently branded the "StubHub Center" within the community of Carson. This report up-dates our August, 2017, report to the City Council.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
RECEIVE and file this STATUS REPORT & provide such further DIRECTION as the City Council deems appropriate consistent with the requirements of law.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE no action on this report.
IV. BACKGROUND
Second Status Report
As the City Council, and the community are already aware, the University, without consulting with the City, unilaterally determined to act as the "lead agency" in preparing the required "Environmental Impact Report" ("EIR") for what is denominated as the "University Village" up-date to the campus-wide master plan. The City of Carson, through the Office of Mayor, on no fewer than three occasions, and the City Attorney's office on two more occasions, requested that the University meet and confer on which public agency should act as lead agency for purposes of this environmental review.
For its part the University simply ignored the City's requests or, in the case of the letters from the Office of the City Attorney, summarily rejected...
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