As a voting resident here in Huntington Beach, I urge you to tell City Council and Planning Commission to Vote NO and reject the Huntington Beach City School District (HBCSD) plans to add a Maintenance and Operations facility at the Kettler Education Center, aka District office. Most notably, the HBCSD is taking the legal position that the entire project is categorically exempt from CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) since it is a small change to an “existing” structure. Let the facts be clear: office operations are the only approved operations for the HBCSD district office. The key word here is office. It is beyond a stretch of the truth that a maintenance yard operation is the same as an office use. Just because the HBCSD has parked maintenance trucks and trailers illegally without a conditional use permit for 5 years, does not grandfather the usage as existing or incidental in any way. Adding a maintenance yard to the “existing” office site is “not” incidental to its existing or former usage.

1. Sign the online petition.
2. Print up the objection letter by following this link:  https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/p4sa01i2prq7mylk7aau7/Objection-Letter-to-Kettler-Maintenance-Yard.pdf?rlkey=7gww1tpfmpzfk4x7ag0g2ezj3&dl=0
3. Sign it, take a photo on your mobile phone, and email it to the planning commission, city council, and the project coordinator:  planning.commission@surfcity-hb.org, madalyn.welch@surfcity-hb.org,, City.Council@surfcity-hb.org
4. Attend the City Planning Commission Meeting on July 23, 2024 and let them know you don't want a Maintenance Yard at Kettler or a Bus Yard at Sowers.