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The City Council decided in a study session this week to consider joining with Golden West College and Costco to bring the discount chain to Huntington Beach. Some points of the deal being negotiated between the college and Costco would include: Costco leasing college land at Gothard Street and McFadden Avenue for its store at about $1.75 million a year; the city and a nonprofit housing developer building student housing for 300 residents on a vacant lot east of the college; and a projected $2 million in revenue for the college yearly. City officials said Huntington Beach would rake in sales tax money from the deal and help further develop a retail corridor near the college and Bella Terra Shopping Center.

Some neighbors criticized the deal and said they weren’t properly informed by the city of an issue that appeared only on a final revised version of the council agenda; the item appears without further description as “Study Session — Potential Retail and Student Housing Projects in Conjunction with Golden West College.”

“My concern is about the traffic that will eventually come with the new store and low-income housing,” said Dolores Armstrong, who lives nearby. “This could make a huge impact on the tract as well as our surrounding area.”

Councilwoman Jill Hardy said the public would have plenty of time to weigh in on the proposal.

“This was a presentation for a workshop,” she said at the council meeting. “This hasn’t even gone to EIR [Environmental Impact Report]. It hasn’t gone anywhere yet.”

Public can comment on planned Senior Center at meeting

Residents and interested parties who wish to comment on the proposed Senior Center in Central Park are invited to a public information meeting next week on its Draft Environmental Impact Report. The city will have the meeting at 6 p.m., Oct. 11 in room C/D of Huntington Central Library, 7111 Talbert Ave. Officials will give an overview of the project and allow attendees to comment on it; all comments will be included in the final Environmental Impact Report. To read the Draft EIR, go to www.surfcity-hb.org/CityDepartments/ planning/major/senior_center.cfm. The public comment period will close Oct. 31.

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