DATE: November 17, 2015
SUBJECT:
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BAE SYSTEMS PIER 1 NORTH DRYDOCK, ASSOCIATED REAL ESTATE AGREEMENTS AND REMOVAL OF COOLING TUNNELS PROJECT:
A) CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE "PIER 1 NORTH DRYDOCK, ASSOCIATED REAL ESTATE AGREEMENTS AND REMOVAL OF COOLING TUNNELS PROJECT", ADOPT FINDINGS OF FACT, ADOPT MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, AND DIRECT FILING OF THE NOTICE OF DETERMINATION
B) ADOPT RESOLUTION GRANTING CONCEPT APPROVAL TO BAE SYSTEMS SAN DIEGO SHIP REPAIR, INC. FOR THE PIER 1 NORTH DRYDOCK PROJECT
C) ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ISSUANCE OF A NON-APPEALABLE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT PERMIT FOR THE PIER 1 NORTH DRYDOCK PROJECT
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Inc. (BAE), the project proponent/applicant, is a current District tenant that operates and maintains a shipyard at 2205 Belt Street, San Diego (Attachment A, Project Location Map). BAE provides non-nuclear ship repair, modernization, conversion, maintenance and overhaul for government, military and commercial contracts. BAE proposes to construct and operate a new floating drydock, the Pier 1 North Drydock, on the north side of its existing Pier 1 (Proposed Drydock Component). The U.S. Navy's "Pivot West" campaign is anticipated to increase drydock demand, and the Proposed Drydock Component will add drydock capacity to support existing and future ship repair activities for both naval and commercial vessels. BAE estimates the overall cost of the new drydock and associated improvements to be approximately $104 million dollars.
The District, as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Proposed Drydock Component, as well as two additional project components - an amendment to BAE's long-term lease and the removal of two underground water cooling tunnels (the Proposed Drydock Component, amendme...
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