Upgrading Pier Area
Your article (April 30) on Huntington Beach’s Pierside Village project leaves the impression that those of us who oppose the project want the area left in its present state. That is not true; it is obviously a blighted area and needs to be upgraded.
The disagreement is over what should be built on the site. The Downtown Specific Plan passed by the Planning Commission and City Council specified that commercial uses in this area are to be beach-related. Businesses that can be accessed by beach-goers in bathing suits and sandy feet, and that would not diminish views along Pacific Coast Highway would surely be supported by a majority of area residents.
KAY SERAPHINE
Huntington Beach
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