Hermosa Beach pins stormwater hopes on Redondo
A map of the watershed that would be addressed by the Greenbelt Infiltration Project. Image courtesy City of Hermosa Beach Hermosa Beach will try to convince neighboring cities to address a larger share of stormwater runoff in order to avoid building a large and controversial project at sites on public land in the south end of the city. The City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday night to seek an amendment or, potentially dissolution and redrafting, of the current agreement among cities in the Beach Cities Enhanced Watershed Management Plan. That agreement calls for the construction of a stormwater infiltration project beneath the Greenbelt between Herondo and Second streets, a project intended to address regional ocean water quality goals but which has prompted impassioned objections from the hundreds of residents living nearby. Mayor Stacey Armato and Councilmember Hany Fangary, the members of a council subcommittee formed last October to examine possible alternatives to the Greenbelt, said they spent a portion of last weekend touring the Greenbelt and South Park, which had been suggested as an alternative, and meeting with dozens of residents. Addressing a packed council chamber and…
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