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Commissioners voted 10-1 to approve amendments to the city’s local coastal plan and approved a permit that will allow the city to begin securing the $85 million it expects it will cost to construct the pool, and find a firm to build it. But first the city will have to fine-tune the design of the pool, which will require approval from both the City Council and the commission for a final building permit, something that’s expected to happen next year.
The city currently has about $61.5 million in Tidelands Funds allocated for the project, but will have to work to close the roughly $20 million funding gap.
Neighborhood Council Presses for Documentation on West Harbor Project Details
RANDOM LENGTHS REPORT-On Dec. 21, 2020, the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council voted 12-0 to request that the West Harbor project include the council in the planning process of the project, which means sharing environmental impact reports and Coastal Development Permits.
Formerly the site of Ports O’Call, the new project will have restaurants and live entertainment, and is scheduled to begin construction in mid-2021. It is being developed by Jerico Development and Ratkovich Co., which are both part of the LA Waterfront Alliance. (Graphic above: Rendering of West Harbor project.)
Greg Ellis, board member of the CSPNC, said that at the end of the council’s Joint Planning and Land Use Committee meeting residents wanted more specifics about the state of the project’s permitting process particularly the size of the proposed amphitheater and the amount of noise it w