Environmental Impact Report
Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) is preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) as the Lead Agency for the BCHD Healthy Living Campus Master Plan (Project) as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The process started with five scoping meetings in July 2019 and environmental analyses for the Draft EIR. Learn more about the EIR process.
In June 2019, BCHD began preparing an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Healthy Living Campus as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The process started with five scoping meetings in July 2019 and environmental analyses for the Draft EIR.
Draft EIR Review and Comment Period: March 10 – June 10, 2021
All official Draft EIR public comments received by the June 10 deadline will be included and responded to in the final Environmental Impact Report. Draft EIR comments address the technical sufficiency of the impact analysis, mitigation measures and alternatives. There are numerous methods to submit comments, including:
- Website: Submit an online comment here
- Email: EIR@bchd.org
- Mail: Nick Meisinger re: Healthy Living Campus
Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
9177 Sky Park Ct.
San Diego, CA 92123 - Provide oral comments during one of these public opportunities:
Public comments at the March 24 meeting will begin following the Draft EIR presentation by Wood Environment at the regularly scheduled BCHD Board of Directors meeting. The Draft EIR document will be posted on March 10.
Technical Studies
- Geotechnical Report – Converse Consultants, June 2016
- Biological Resources Assessment – Hamilton Biological, May 2019
- Historic Resources Assessment – LSA, February 2018
- Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment – Converse Consultants, May 2019
- Phase 2 Environmental Site Assessment– Converse Consultants, February 2020
All submitted comments are now posted here. Audio recordings from the oral comment portion of each of the four public scoping meetings and one agency scoping meeting are also available.
Listen to the Oral Public Comment Section For:
- Public scoping meeting July 15, 2019
- Agency scoping meeting July 15, 2019
- Public scoping meeting July 17, 2019
- Public scoping meeting July 18, 2019
- Public scoping meeting July 22, 2019
Notice of Preparation
A Notice of Preparation (NOP) has been issued to inform interested members of the public, trustee agencies, responsible agencies, and other public agencies that an EIR is being prepared. The NOP provides information describing the proposed Project and its potential environmental impacts to those who wish to comment regarding the scope and content of the information to be included in the EIR.
Comments
The public review period for the NOP extended from June 27, 2019 to July 29, 2019 and is now closed. Comments received are reviewed and used to determine the scope of the EIR.
Mr. Nick Meisinger, Environmental Planner
Wood Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc.
9210 Sky Park Court, Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92123
EIR@bchd.org
