Skylinks Regional Stormwater Capture Project

Skylinks Regional Stormwater Capture Project

The proposed project would be to construct a regional stormwater capture and filtration facility located beneath a 1.6-acre undeveloped area at the northeast corner of the Skylinks Golf Course in the City of Long Beach. Currently, stormwater flow adjacent to the project site travels down the existing Los Angeles County Flood Control District improved Los Cerritos Channel (also known in this area as Wardlow Channel) and bypasses the project site. The proposed project would intercept storm flows in the channel and divert them to an underground storage basin. From there, the flows would either be pumped up to vegetated storage ponds or be allowed to infiltrate the soil to recharge the groundwater. Excess water from the ponds would flow back into the Los Cerritos Channel. Once the underground structures are installed, the project site would be landscaped with native trees and shrubs, and would include paths made up of decomposed granite, benches, an interpretive signage, and a relocated volleyball court. There would also be vegetated swales and bioswales strategically placed through the constructed vegetated storage ponds to promote enhanced natural treatment mechanisms to dry weather flows. The project would include a publicly accessible pedestrian pathway along the flood control channel and usable space within the current open and undeveloped area for educational purposes.

Long Beach

Los Angeles

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Other (Regional Stormwater Capture Project)

CEQA Clearance

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire