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<CF12>The votes are still being counted, but Belmont Shore residents seem to be opposed to a proposed Seaport Marina project.

The plans will soon be reviewed during the Long Beach permit process, and Belmont Shore Residents Association president Mike Ruehle has sent out an email questionaire about the project.

As of Dec. 22, 46 residents, slightly more than half of those responding, want the current zoning to remain, limiting; 10 approve six-story limit; 13 support 12-story buildings; five want to wait for the pending SEADIP study details; and seven decided to abstain from the informal association poll.

The developer indicates the plans to replace the existing low rise hotel with 6-story and 12-story buildings to include a hotel, condominium units and 200,000 square feet of restaurants and retail, according to Ruehle. This will require rezoning of this area to include residential uses. It will also require a variance from the city in order to exceed the maximum 35-foot height zoning requirements, he added.

The potential benefits include: The city may receive more sales tax and property tax revenue because more residential and commercial units can be constructed.

The potential detriments include: The zoning variance may set a precedent, allowing the surrounding area, including Marina Pacifica, Marketplace Shopping Center, Pumpkin Patch, Gaslamp restaurant and Golden Sails Hotel, to also construct buildings to the same high-rise standard, aggravating traffic congestion.

The poll ends Tuesday (Dec. 23).

 

Carl Kemp and the management-design team of the Seaport Marina project will present their proposals tonight at the Belmont Shore Mobile Estate's community center.

The presentation about the development, pegged for the southwest corner of Second Street and Pacific Coast Highway, is set for 7 to 9 p.m., and it's part of the Los Cerritos Wetlands Land Trust meeting.

There will be a large block of time for questions and answers, according to organizers.

The meeting site is between PCH and Studebaker Road on Loynes Drive. Organizers suggest you tell the security guard you are there for the wetlands meeting.)

A Web site for the on-again SeaPort Marina Hotel project site has some details about its upgrade proposals, including new structures that might reach 12 stories.
After Lennar pulled the project in late 2007, the current development group consisting of David Malmuth of Los Angeles-based Development Services Group and Cliff Ratkovich of Long Beach-based Ratkovich Properties took on the project and met with business and residential groups.
On its Web page, readers -- visiting its "A Fresh Approach" section, FAQS -- are told that "the building heights will evolve as part of the community planning process."
In answering the question, "How high will the buildings be," the Web site declares:
"Our goal is to design and build a project that is properly scaled to its existing surroundings and which establishes an iconic gateway to East Long Beach.
"We don't believe in constructing all buildings to the same heights, which lacks interest and forces a denser, less porous development. We'd like to see buildings of varying heights to create a more visually exciting skyline with one or more buildings as high as eight to 12  stories."
Community activist Melinda Cotton spotted the Seaport Marina Web site.
"Interesting that nearly all the photos shown on the Web site are of waterfront locations with 2-3 story residences surrounding the water. And nearly all the other photos and sketches show low-rise buildings, and much of the description mentions only low rise. Only in one or two places do they disclose they are looking at a 12-story hotel and mention of other 8-story buildings," she declared in her email, which added the developer's Web site address: http//www.secondandpch.com.