Palm/Goldenwest Specific Plan Amendment Project

Palm/Goldenwest Specific Plan Amendment Project

The proposed project approvals would facilitate the future redevelopment of the 92-acre project site, including the demolition and removal of existing oil and gas production infrastructure and the future construction of up to 800 residential units, up to 350 hotel rooms or other permitted visitor-serving uses, and various open space and park areas. Future buildout of the site would include new vehicular access points and internal circulation roadways, informational signage, utility and infrastructure connections, and multi-use paths. Under the proposed Palm/Goldenwest Specific Plan Amendment, the project site would be divided into three planning areas: Planning Area 1 (16 acres of Commercial Visitor uses), Planning Area 2 (53.2 acres of Medium Density Residential uses, which would be subdivided into Planning Areas 2A [30.8 acres] and 2B [22.4 acres]), and Planning Area 3 (22.8 acres of open space/park uses, which would be subdivided into Planning Area 3A [19.7 acres] and 3B [3.1 acres]). Project-specific design details for future residential and commercial development facilitated by approval of the proposed project are unknown at this time. Each future discretionary project facilitated by the proposed project would be subject to a project-specific CEQA review at the time it is proposed for consideration by the City. In order to streamline the process of future CEQA review, the proposed project conservatively analyzes a “worst-case” scenario of development, or the maximum allowable scale of future development allowed under applicable development standards as set forth in the Draft Amended Palm/Goldenwest Specific Plan.

Huntington Beach

Orange

Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region 7 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 8, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW)

Residential (Units 800, Acres 53.2), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 348480, Acres 16, Employees 481), Recreational (Open Space/Park (22.8 acres))

General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Local Coastal Program Amendment

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Coastal Zone, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire