MeetingCalled by Committee Chair
SPECIAL MEETING – Planning and Land Use Management Committee
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
JOHN FERRARO COUNCIL CHAMBER, ROOM 340, CITY HALL - 2:00 PM 200 NORTH SPRING STREET, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012
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COUNCILMEMBER MARQUEECE HARRIS-DAWSON, CHAIR |
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COUNCILMEMBER GILBERT A. CEDILLO |
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COUNCILMEMBER BOB BLUMENFIELD |
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COUNCILMEMBER JOHN S. LEE |
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COUNCILMEMBER MONICA RODRIGUEZ |
Armando Bencomo - Legislative Assistant - (213) 978-1080
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MULTIPLE AGENDA ITEM COMMENT
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| 21-1200-S53 |
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TIME LIMIT: 12/30/21; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 12/8/21
Communication from the Mayor relative to the reappointment of Ms. Martina P. Diaz to the North Valley Area Planning Commission for the term ending June 30, 2026.
Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending
Background Check: Not Applicable
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted |
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| 21-1200-S44 |
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TIME LIMIT: 12/6/21; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION: 12/3/21
Communication from the Mayor relative to the appointment of Ms. Laurel Gillette to the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners for the term ending June 30, 2026, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Jasson Crocket’s withdrawal from consideration.
Financial Disclosure Statement: Pending
Background Check: Completed
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Community Impact Statement: None submitted |
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| 21-1154 |
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Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2020-252-ND, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Mayor, Resolution for a General Plan Amendment to modify Footnote No. 5.1 of the Wilshire Community Plan to include the boundaries of the subject property, pursuant to Section 11.5.6 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC); and, draft Ordinance effectuating a Zone Change and Height District Change from C2-1-O to (T)(Q)C2-2D-O, pursuant to LAMC Section 12.32 C and F; for the demolition of an existing two-story, approximately 21,000 square-foot specialty medical hospital and surface parking lot, and the construction, use, and maintenance of a new five-story, approximately 81-foot high specialty medical hospital and surface parking lot; the project will provide 40 vehicle parking spaces in the surface parking lot and on a portion of the ground floor of the building; for the properties located at 6000 – 6032 West San Vicente Boulevard, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval.
Applicant: 6000 SV Holdings, LLC
Representative: Alfred Fraijo, Jr., Sheppard, Mullin, Richter and Hampton, LLP
Case No. CPC-2020-251-GPA-ZC-HD
Environmental No. ENV-2020-252-ND
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Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: None submitted |
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Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA), No. ENV-2018-7379-SCEA, Mitigated Monitoring Program, and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings; report from the Department of City Planning relative to compliance with the CEQA requirements for the use of a SCEA, as authorized by Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21155.2, for future consideration of the development of the project identified as Planning Case Nos. ZA-2018-7378-ZV-TDR-SPR and VTT-82463; and for the determination that the proposed project is a Transit Priority Project, as defined by PRC Section 21155, that has incorporated all feasible mitigation measures, performance standards, or criteria set for in prior Environmental Impact Reports (EIR), including the Southern California Association of Governments' 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy EIR, SCH No. 2019011061; for a proposed project that would result in the demolition of four existing commercial/retail buildings (a total of approximately 28,110 square feet of floor area) and surface parking lot, and the new construction, use, and maintenance of a 30-story (340 feet above grade) mixed-use building with 363 residential dwelling units and 12,500 square feet of ground floor commercial/retail uses; the proposed project would include a four-story above grade parking podium with ground floor retail/commercial uses and an amenity deck and a 26-story residential tower above the amenity deck; and would provide a total of 373 vehicle parking spaces and 195 bicycle parking spaces in accordance with the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) requirements; primary vehicular access for residential and commercial uses would be provided from Main Street and from the adjacent alley; the proposed project would also provide approximately 39,601 square feet of open space pursuant to the LAMC requirements, would include 343,447 square feet of total floor area resulting in a floor area ratio (FAR) of 7.03:1; would remove nine existing non-protected street trees in the right-of-way surrounding the project site, eight trees along Main Street and one tree along 12th Street; and, would require approximately 5,434 cubic yards of soil to be exported and 5,434 cubic yards of soil to be imported to/from the project site; for the properties located at 1123-1161 South Main Street and 111 West 12th Street.
Applicant: Frontier Holdings West, LLC
Representative: Irvine and Associates, Inc.
Case Nos. ZA-2018-7378-ZV-TDR-SPR and VTT-82463
Environmental No. ENV-2018-7379-SCEA
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted |
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| 21-0915 |
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Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Article 19, Section 15308, Class 8, and Article 19, Section 15331, Class 31 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and report from the Cultural Heritage Commission relative to the inclusion of the Fairfax Theater Building, located at 7901-7909 West Beverly Boulevard, in the list of Historic-Cultural Monuments.
Applicant: Dale Kendall, Save Beverly Fairfax, Art Deco Society
Owner: B and F Associates, c/o Alex Gorby, Maxser, and Co.
Case No. CHC-2021-3836-HCM
Environmental No. ENV-2021-3838-CE |
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted |
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| 21-0777 |
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CONTINUED FROM 11/2/21
Motion (Koretz – Blumenfield) relative to instructing the Director of Planning, Department of City Planning (DCP), to rescind the initiation of a General Plan Amendment for the The Retreat at Benedict Canyon Project, Case No. CPC-2018-1506-GPA-VZC-SP-SPP-SPR, located at 9704-9712 West Oak Pass Road; 9800, 9801-9815 West Wanda Park Drive; and 2534 North Hutton Drive, in the Bel Air-Beverly Crest Community Plan Area, inasmuch as the proposed amendment does not reflect the land use patterns, trends, and uses in the immediate area and does not further the intent, purposes, and objectives of the Community Plan; and, instructing the DCP to continue to process the environmental document, No. ENV-2018-1509-EIR, to study project alternatives that conform to the adopted General Plan and Zoning.
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Community Impact Statement: Yes
For: Bel Air-Beverly Crest Neighborhood Council |
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Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2019-7934-ND, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings; reports from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission and Department of City Planning, and proposed Ordinance amending the Los Angeles Municipal Code to include Section 12.21.H for the implementation of California Government Code Section 65590-65590.1, also known as the Mello Act, which seeks to preserve and expand the number of affordable dwelling units in the Coastal Zone in the State of California; the Ordinance replaces the process and project review requirements of existing Interim Administrative Procedures for projects that result in demolition, loss, or conversion of Residential Units and/or development of new Residential Units in the Coastal Zone, and will establish the Coastal Zone Affordable Housing Trust Fund to allow in lieu fees related to the Mello Act; for the Coastal Zone Area located within the Brentwood – Pacific Palisades, Venice, Palms – Mar Vista – Del Rey, Westchester – Playa Del Rey, San Pedro and Wilmington – Harbor City Community Plans in the City of Los Angeles.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2019-7393-CA
Environmental No. ENV-2019-7394-ND
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Fiscal Impact Statement: Yes Community Impact Statement: Yes
For: Wilshire Center Koreatown Neighborhood Council
For, if Amended: Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council |
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RELATED TO ITEM 9
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Revised Mitigation Monitoring Program, and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings; report from the Department of City Planning (DCP), Technical Modification to the DCP report dated November 19, 2021, and updated Resolution relative to the: (1) decertification of the EIR (2019 Final EIR), dated April 2019, prepared for the proposed Southern California Flower Market Project (Project); (2) setting aside of the Project’s underlying entitlement approvals, including a Vesting Tentative Tract Map; (3) recertification of the EIR, including the Partially Revised Final Environmental Impact Report (PR-FEIR), dated November 2021; (4) adoption of the Amended 2021 CEQA Findings and the Revised Mitigation Monitoring Program, and (5) re-adoption of the Vesting Tentative Tract Map, subject to the Conditions of Approval as approved by City Council, for the merger and re-subdivision of a 3.86-net-acre site into three ground lots and 13 airspace lots for a project to expand and redevelop the existing Flower Market facility while maintaining the existing wholesale market; for the properties located at 709, 755-765 South Wall Street, 306-326 East 7th Street; and 750-752 South Maple Avenue.
Applicant: Southern California Flower Growers, Inc.
Representative: Scott Yamabe
Case Nos. VTT-74568; VTT-4568-2A
Environmental Nos. ENV-2016-3991-EIR
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted |
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| 19-1048-S1 |
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RELATED TO ITEM 8
Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Revised Mitigation Monitoring Program, and related California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Findings; report from the Department of City Planning (DCP), Technical Modification to the DCP report dated November 19, 2021, and updated Resolution relative to: (1) the decertification of the EIR (2019 Final EIR), dated April 2019, prepared for the proposed Southern California Flower Market Project (Project); (2) the setting aside of the Project’s underlying entitlement approvals, including: (i) General Plan Amendment from Light Manufacturing to Community Commercial, and removal of Footnote No. 2 from the Project Site; (ii) Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change from the M2-2D (manufacturing) to C2-2 Zone (commercial); (iii) Conditional Use Permit for on-site sales and consumption of alcoholic beverages; and (iv) Site Plan Review, (collectively referred to as the Project Entitlements); (3) recertification of the EIR, including the Partially Revised Final Environmental Impact Report (PR-FEIR), dated November 2021; (4) adoption of the Amended 2021 CEQA Findings and the Revised Mitigation Monitoring Program, and, (5) re-adoption of the Project Entitlements, subject to the Resolution, Ordinance and Conditions of Approval as approved by City Council; for the maintenance and renovation of the Project Site’s north building, demolition of the south building, and construction of a new building in place of the south building; the Project would include a new mixed-use development consisting of wholesale trade, retail, restaurant, office, and residential use; 323 residential units, including 10 percent of units set aside as affordable units for moderate income families; approximately 4,385 square feet of retail space, 64,363 square feet of office space, 63,785 square feet of wholesale space and storage, 13,420 square feet of restaurant space, and 21,295 square feet of event space; the existing north building would continue to operate as the Flower Market with offices on the second floor, and an event space and terrace on the fourth floor; the new south building would include the new residential uses, as well as restaurants, a public paseo, retail uses, and additional wholesale flower space; for the properties located at 709, 755-765 South Wall Street, 306-326 East 7th Street; and 750-752 South Maple Avenue.
Applicant: Southern California Flower Growers, Inc.
Representative: Scott Yamabe
Case Nos. CPC-2016-3990-GPA-VZC-HD-CUB-SPR; CPC-2016-3990-GPA-VZC-HD-CUB-SPR-1A
Environmental No. ENV-2016-3991-EIR
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Fiscal Impact Statement: No Community Impact Statement: None submitted |
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Telecommunication Relay Services
Telephone communication is one of the most important forms of communication in society today. Due to advancements in technology, telephone devices have evolved with new services and capabilities. Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing, and individuals with a speech disability are following these trends and are rapidly migrating to more advanced telecommunications methods, both for peer-to-peer and third-party telecommunications relay service (TRS) communications.
Telecommunications Relay Service is a telephone service that allows persons with hearing or speech disabilities to place and receive telephone calls. TRS is available in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. territories for local and/or long distance calls. TRS providers - generally telephone companies - are compensated for the costs of providing TRS from either a state or a federal fund. There is no cost to the TRS user.
What forms of TRS are available?There are several forms of TRS, depending on the particular needs of the user and the equipment available: TRS includes: Text to Voice TIY-Based TRS; Speech-to-Speech Relay Service; Shared Non-English Language Relay Service; Captioned Telephone Relay Service; Internet Protocol Relay Service; and Video Relay Service. Please visit this site for detail descriptions, https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/telecommunications-relay-service-trs.
Don't hang up! Some people hang up on TRS calls because they think the CA is a telemarketer. If you hear, "Hello. This is the relay service .. . " when you pick up the phone, please don't hang up! You are about to talk, through a TRS provider, to a person who is deaf, hard-of-hearing, or has a speech disability.
For more information about FCC programs to promote access to telecommunications services for people with disabilities, visit theFCC's Disability Rights Office website.