Seal Beach Community Development Director Alexa Smittle updated the council on the status of the city’s Housing Element during the July 22 council meeting. Background California requires cities to update the Housing Elements of their General Plans at regular intervals. The state has required Seal Beach to plan for 1,243 Read More
Catherine Showalter is the new chair of the Seal Beach Environmental Quality Control Board. District Four Board Member Showalter nominated herself. District Three Board Member Susan M. Perrell also nominated Showalter to be the new chair. No other board members were nominated. The vote was 4-0. District One board Member Read More
The Seal Beach Municipal Code currently requires organizers to apply for a special event permit 30 days before the event. Staff proposed changing the requirement to 45 days. “The majority of our regular, large event, submit well in advance of that,” said Community Development Director Alexa Smittle. The City Council Read More
File photo On July 12, the Sun asked Seal Beach Police Lt. Julia Clasby about four local traffic cases. On July 23, Clasby emailed us updates. Sun: “What is the status of the June 22 fatal traffic collision Seal Beach Boulevard and Apollo Drive?” Clasby: “The investigation is ongoing.” Sun: Read More
Following a public hearing, the Seal Beach City Council unanimously introduced a Zone Text Amendment on Monday, July 22. The council is expected to adopt the zoning amendment at a future council meeting. There is only one meeting scheduled in August. The amendment fixes errors in the Municipal Code and Read More
The council on Monday, July 22, voted unanimously to put a half-cent sales tax on the November ballot. Technically, the tax is called a “transaction and use tax.” The TUT tax is now 1%. Staff proposed increasing the tax to 1.5%. Due to time and space limits, details of the Read More
The council this week approved an amendment to the contract with Psomas to develop an environmental impact report for the proposed Old Ranch Country Club Specific Plan. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are approved collectively, without discussion, unless pulled for individual consideration. Nothing was pulled from this Read More
Seal Beach began having in-house animal control services a little more than a year ago. The council this week approved an amendment to the current contract with Westminster Animal Group and Services. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are approved collectively, without discussion, unless pulled for individual consideration. Read More
The council authorized Seal Beach staff to apply for a California Coastal Commission grant to develop a local coastal program. If the CCC gives Seal Beach the $500,000 grant, the money will go to developing a local coastal program. “Please note that the grant application has already been submitted due Read More
The City Council this week received and filed the quarterly report on contracts approved by the city manager or by department heads. This was a Consent Calendar item. Consent items are approved collectively, without discussion, unless pulled for individual consideration. Nothing was pulled from this week’s Consent Calendar. “The City Read More
