Hearing Date Set for Legacy Park Appeal

The Malibu City Council is scheduled to hear an appeal by several environmental and surfing organizations of the planning commission’s approval of Legacy Park on March 9.
Santa Monica Baykeeper, Heal the Bay, the Malibu Surfing Association and Surfrider Foundation have jointly filed an appeal and will ask the city council to overturn the planning panel’s approval of permits and entitlements for a detention pond or basin for stormwater storage, restoration of coastal habitat and a public park.
The groups’ contention is that the project as designed will not address what they consider Malibu’s most serious water quality issue, the disposal and treatment of sewage from the commercial development in the Civic Center area.
The Legacy Park project at one time included plans for an integrated wastewater and stormwater management system, but the city halted plans for the former, saying it was not feasible to use Legacy Park for this purpose.
The groups have taken issue with that decision, and it appears they and the city may be headed to the courtroom where a judge will ultimately decide the matter.