Agenda Item 18(b)

Melanie Luthern

UNITE HERE Local 30

Support Staff’s motion to deny PMPA

PMPA is inconsistent with the Coastal Act:

Does not ensure protection/creation of lower cost visitor serving facilities

Does not ensure creation of access-creating public benefits

Does not address sea level rise Does not adequately address burden on emergency

services

Public trust land should provide real public benefits

The Coastal Commission should deny this Port Amendment because the Port should do more to ensure that access and low cost visitor serving accommodations are provided on this public trust land.

If facilitating access and low cost visitor serving accommodations on this public trust land is a priority—and it is supposed to be under the Coastal Act—then this should be done more concretely at the outset, in this Amendment, and not forestalled until the other private developments are completed.

This Commission is rightfully looking into how to address the affordable accommodations issue, and Staff’s recommendation to provide on site accommodation in this instance of public trust land is an effective solution .

Promenade, even as amended, still seems to be an illusory benefit.

An Example of Hotel Development on Public Land:4th and Arizona Project, Metropolitan Pacific Capital

112, 000 sq. ft. parcel of city owned land in Santa Monica, ca225 Room Full Service Hotel + mixed use (office, retail, affordable housing)Open space, public views, affordable housingChildren’s Museum

Open Space

Total public open space on levels 1- 2 (49, 230 sf)

Uncovered, programmable portion of public open space (43,560 sf)

Ground-floor plaza (20,756 sf) with seasonal ice rink

Second-floor public terrace (12,969 sf) with public programming

Ground-floor pocket park for public and cultural tenant use

Ground-floor cultural use (12,000 sf) with 4,300 sf pocket park

Extensive public space programming ($860,000/year)

Public Access to Views

From hotel lobby, rooftop bar, open spaces from terraces on floors 8 and 12

These public spaces are accessible from the outside of the hotel so the public is not discouraged by having to go through the hotel

Affordable Housing

48 units affordable housing

Parking

580 additional public parking spaces added (640 private)

Bike station, TDM plan, park once incentives

Ground Lease $1.3 million

DO NOT CERTIFY AMENDMENT

Support Staff’s recommendation and deny this Amendment in order to send a clear message to municipalities about what policies they should be adopting to provide access and affordable accommodations.

If you believe that this PMPA is inconsistent with the Coastal Act and poor coastal planning, then put a stop to it today.

A delay will not send an adequate message to coastal municipalities.