Title
BAY BRIDGE PUMP STATION (PA2023-0076)
Site Location: 250 East Coast Highway and 100 Dover Drive
Recommendation
Summary:
A major site development review and coastal development permit for the following:
• The demolition of an existing pump station and associated force mains and construction a new pump station (total of approximately 7,500 square feet) that includes a new underground pump room, electrical room, odor control facility, and a generator room;
• The installation of new, 30-inch dual force mains by micro-tunneling beneath East Coast Highway from the Project across the Newport Bay Channel, to a new valve vault located below grade in the public right-of-way at the southeast corner of the intersection of West Coast Highway and Dover Drive; and
• The temporary use of a portion of the City-owned Lower Castaways Park as a construction staging yard. The Applicant proposes to use approximately 18,000 square feet of the southwest corner of Lower Castaways Park, which is to be fenced and screened. This allows the Applicant to temporary locate office trailers, stage and store construction equipment and materials, and provide vehicle parking.
Recommended Actions:
1. Conduct a public hearing;
2. Find this project complies with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as it is consistent with the certified EIR for Project No. 5-67, also known as the Bay Bridge Pump Station and Force Mains Replacement Projects as approved by the Orange County Sanitation District, and the subsequent certified Addendum to the EIR; and
3. Adopt Resolution No. PC2024-002 approving a Major Site Development Review and Coastal Development Permit (PA2023-0076).