SANTA MONICA COLLEGE

	santa monica college www.li9r.com On Tuesday, August 3rd, the Santa Monica College Board of Trustees will review and vote on the Final EIR (Environmental Impact Review) for its Facilities Master Plan 2010 Update. 1. How will the plan impact residents? a. Demolitions The Master Plan 2010 Update includes plans to demolish the 3-story cement Corsair Stadium structure on 16th St., the dark green Liberal Arts classroom building on Pearl Street, the Letters and Science building, the Math Complex, the Library Village, the PE building, and the ESL building. These demolition/construction projects will result in huge amounts of landfill waste, as well as concrete dust and other air pollutants, noise and vibrations from 50 diesel haul truck trips per day on Pearl and 16th (which is posted "No trucks over 3 tons"), and other short-term construction and long-term operational air quality impacts. The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCA QMD) wrote a June 4, 2010 comment re the Draft EIR stating that, "AQMD staff is concerned that the lead agency [SMC] failed to quantify localized air quality impacts from oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5) emissions during project construction and operation." Corsair Stadium includes more than 600 feet of street-frontage along 16th Street and more than 200 feet of street frontage along Pearl Street. It is directly across the street from a residential neighborhood on 16th and across the street from John Adams Middle School on Pearl <b>...</b>	From: usnews82 Views: 0 0 ratings
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