There wasn't a lot of new business this month so after approving a small construction project at the Spectrum Club, the Harbor commission got back to talking about zoning. According to city staff, the goal of the current changes making their way through various city offices and commissions is to bring the various conflicting documents into alignment.
My Harbor Lights column about the flyers circulated by Buildiing a Better Redondo didn’t mention their alarm over the potential for 750,000 square feet of new development within the harbor.
In what could appear to be an attempt by the Panning Department to please everyone, which usually pleases no one, the latest version of the document headed for the city council contains a revised proposal that’s closer to 600,000 square feet.
It was generally believed among people in the room that a cap on square footage was irrelevant. The HC seemed to think that if you’re going to have an irrelevant number, it might as well be a big one. We proposed that the square footage cap revert to the original staff recommendation of 750,000 sq ft.
You can expect to hear a lot more about this issue. Here’s the way it looks to me. It’s been 2 ½ decades since anything’s been built in the marina. I’d like to see something built there that draws us all to it. Without zoning changes, that isn’t going to happen. Let’s do something!
