Los Angeles — 2023-09-14

2. NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL POSITION STATEMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS\nPresentations by Neighborhood Council representatives on any Neighborhood Council resolution, or\ncommunity impact statement filed with the City Clerk, which relates to any agenda item listed or being\nconsidered on this agenda. The Neighborhood Council representative shall provide the Board or\nCommission with a copy of the Neighborhood Council's resolution or community impact statement by email\nto cpc@lacity.org. At the Chair’s discretion, presentations of Neighborhood Councils on any matter listed\non the agenda for this Commission meeting may be taken at the time the agenda item is taken for\nconsideration.

4. RECONSIDERATIONS\na. MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER – The Commission may make a motion to reconsider a Commission\nAction on any agenda items from its previous meeting, consistently with the Commission Rule 9.3,\nprovided the Commission retains jurisdiction over the matter.\nb. MERITS OF ANY ITEM THE COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO RECONSIDER – If a majority of the\nCommission has approved a motion to reconsider a Commission Action, the Commission may address\nthe merits of the original Commission Action.

5. CONSENT CALENDAR (NO ITEMS)\nConsent Calendar items are considered to be not controversial and will be treated as one agenda item.\nThe Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items\nunless the item is removed from the Consent Calendar, in which event the item will be considered as time\nallows on the regular agenda.

6. CPC-2022-5429-GPA-VZC-HD-CUB Council District: 9 – Price Jr.\nCEQA: ENV-2009-271-EIR-ADD3 Last Day to Act: 10-30-23\nPlan Area: South Los Angeles\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed August 16, 2023\nPROJECT SITE: 902 – 944 West 30th Street; 3011 – 3111 South University Avenue;\n3042 – 3126 South Hoover Street; 835 – 847 West 32nd Street\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nReplacement of an existing soccer field (McAllister Field) with a new athletic stadium for the University of\nSouthern California (USC) Women's Soccer and Lacrosse teams. The proposed stadium would consist of\nthree levels with a maximum height of 55 feet, 27,714 square feet of floor area, 2,202 fixed seats and 2,458\ntotal occupants including standing room areas. The east side of the stadium consists of a two-story pavilion\nlevel with a height of 15 feet. A six-foot-tall fence is proposed along the 30th Street frontage and a\ncontinuous 12-foot-tall sports netting system would be installed on the east, north, and west sides of the\nstadium. The Project will also include the sale and dispensing of beer and wine for on-site consumption\nduring stadium events.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15162 and 15164, in consideration of the whole of the\nadministrative record, that the Project was assessed in the previously certified Environmental Impact\nReport No. ENV-2009-271-EIR, certified on January 30, 2009, and adopt the Addendum dated July\n2023;\n2. Pursuant to Section 11.5.6 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), a General Plan Amendment\nto change the land use designation on the subject property from Medium Residential to Community\nCommercial in the South Los Angeles Community Plan area;\n3. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.32, a Vesting Zone Change and Height District Change from R3-1-O to\nC2-2D-O; and\n4. Pursuant to LAMC Section 12.24 W.1, a Conditional Use permit to allow the sale and dispensing of\nbeer and wine for on-site consumption in the C2 Zone.\nCity Planning Commission 3 September 14, 2023\nApplicant: Bryan Eck, University of Southern California\nStaff: Stephanie Escobar, City Planning Associate\nstephanie.escobar@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1492

7. CPC-2022-5401-CA; CPC-2023-3653-ZC Council District: All\nCEQA: ENV-2022-5286-EIR Last Day to Act: 11-20-23\nPlan Area: Citywide\nPUBLIC HEARING – Completed on July 12, 2023\nPROJECT SITE:\nThe Proposed Transportation Communication Network (TCN) Supplemental Use District (SUD) is\ndispersed Citywide on 49 parcels owned by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority\n(Metro). The parcels can be contiguous and non-contiguous and are predominately adjacent to freeways\nand major roads within the City including, but not limited to, the 2, 5, 10, 90, 110, 101, 118, 170 and 405\nfreeways. The TCN SUD includes individual parcels in the communities of Atwater Village, Boyle Heights,\nDowntown, Echo Park, Encino, Glassell Park, Granada Hills, Hollywood, North Hollywood, Pacoima,\nPalms, Sherman Oaks, South LA, Sun Valley, Sylmar, Van Nuys, West LA, and Westchester.\nPROPOSED AMENDMENT:\nA code amendment amending Sections 12.32 and 13.00 and establishing Section 13.11.1 of Chapter 1,\nand a parallel edit to establish a new Section in Article 8 of Chapter 1A, of the Los Angeles Municipal Code\n(LAMC) to create a new “Transportation Communication Network,” or “TCN,” Supplemental Use District\n(SUD), and a Zone Change to apply the TCN District and its regulations and permissions to specific\nproperties owned by Metro within the City. The TCN SUD will permit Metro to install sign structures,\nincluding digital display signs, on up to 49 properties owned by Metro. The ordinance proposes specific\noperational standards, location restrictions, and maintenance requirements for the structures and digital\ndisplays. The TCN SUD incorporates a required program for the removal of existing static off-site signs\nboth on Metro owned property and private property resulting in a net reduction in off-site signage within the\nCity. The TCN SUD ordinance details these regulations and requirements, and identifies the Metro owned\nproperties subject to the provisions of the ordinance.\nREQUESTED ACTIONS:\n1. Find, based on the independent judgment of the decision maker, after consideration of the whole of\nthe administrative record, the Project was assessed in the previously certified Environmental Impact\nReport No. ENV-2022-5286-EIR (State Clearinghouse No. 2022040363), certified by the Los Angeles\nCounty Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) Board of Directors on January 26, 2023; and\npursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164 and the Addendum, dated August 2023,\nthat no major revisions to the EIR are required and no subsequent EIR or negative declaration is\nrequired for approval of the Project;\n2. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the proposed Ordinance with staff’s proposed\nmodifications listed in the Staff Recommendation Report incorporated into the Ordinance;\n3. Approve and Recommend that the City Council adopt the Zone Change (Exhibit E) to permit the\nestablishment of a non-contiguous Supplemental Use District, called the Transportation\nCommunication Network, on property owned by Metro with staff’s proposed modifications listed in the\nStaff Recommendation Report incorporated into the Ordinance;\n4. Adopt the Staff Recommendation Report as the Commission’s Report on the subject; and\n5. Adopt the Findings.\nApplicant: City of Los Angeles\nCity Planning Commission 4 September 14, 2023\nStaff: Andrew Pennington, City Planner\nandrew.pennington@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1395\n**THE FOLLOWING ITEM WILL BE HEARD AFTER 12:00 P.M.**

8. ZA-2022-8997-ZAI-1A Council District: All\nCEQA: N/A Last Day to Act: N/A\nPlan Area: Citywide\nPUBLIC HEARING REQUIRED\nPROJECT SITE: Citywide\nPROPOSED PROJECT:\nA Zoning Administrator’s Interpretation (ZAI) applicable to all oil/gas well operations in the City of Los\nAngeles, issued by the Chief Zoning Administrator on January 17, 2023, interpreting the meaning of “well\nmaintenance” in the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), as activities triggering a rework permit from the\nCalifornia Geologic Energy Management Division and/or online notification per South Coast Air Quality\nManagement District Rule 1148.2.\nThe issuance of this ZAI that defines "well maintenance" is not a "project" as that term is defined by CEQA\nGuidelines, Section 15378. However, even if this ZAI is determined to be a project for purposes of CEQA,\nit was evaluated in the Initial Study prepared by the City to support the Mitigated Negative Declaration\nprepared for the Oil and Gas Drilling Ordinance (Ordinance 187,709).\nAPPEAL:\nAppeals of the January 17, 2023, Zoning Administrator’s Interpretation which:\n1. Pursuant to Section 12.21 A.2 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code, the Zoning Administrator's\nInterpretation (ZAI) interprets what drill site activities qualify as "well maintenance". Well maintenance\nfor oil and gas extraction sites shall be interpreted as any scope of work that meets either of the\nfollowing two criteria:\na. A scope of work that requires a Notice of Intention "Rework Permit" to carry out a rework project\non a well from the California Geologic Energy Management Division (CalGEM); or\nb. A scope of work that requires online notification per the South Coast Air Quality Management\nDistrict's (SCAQMD) Rule 1148.2 - "Notification and Reporting Requirements for Oil and Gas Well\nand Chemical Suppliers". Interprets the meaning of “well maintenance” in the LAMC, and as\nrelating to all oil/gas well operations in the City of Los Angeles.\nApplicant: City of Los Angeles\nAppellants: 1. Jessica Bradley, Warren Resources Inc.\nRepresentatives: Megan Sammut, Day Carter Murphy LLP\n2. E&B Natural Resources Management Corporation\nRepresentative: Nicki Carlsen, Alston & Bird\n3. Western States Petroleum Association (WSPA) and Native Oil Producers & Employees\nof California (NOPEC)\nRepresentative: Sigrid Waggener, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips LLP\nCity Planning Commission 5 September 14, 2023\nStaff: Edber Macedo, City Planning Associate\nedber.macedo@lacity.org\n(213) 978-1198

2. NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL POSITION STATEMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS\nPresentations by Neighborhood Council representatives on any Neighborhood Council resolution, or\ncommunity impact statement filed with the City Clerk, which relates to any agenda item listed or being\nconsidered on this agenda. The Neighborhood Council representative shall provide the Board or\nCommission with a copy of the Neighborhood Council's resolution or community impact statement by\nemail to apcsouthvalley@lacity.org. At the Chair’s discretion, presentations of Neighborhood Councils on\nany matter listed on the agenda for this Commission meeting may be taken at the time the agenda item\nis taken for consideration.

4. RECONSIDERATIONS\na. MOTIONS TO RECONSIDER – The Commission may make a motion to reconsider a Commission\nAction on any agenda items from its previous meeting, consistently with the Commission Rule 9.3,\nprovided the Commission retains jurisdiction over the matter.\nSouth Valley Area Planning Commission 2 September 14, 2023\nb. MERITS OF ANY ITEM THE COMMISSION HAS VOTED TO RECONSIDER – If a majority of the\nCommission has approved a motion to reconsider a Commission Action, the Commission may address\nthe merits of the original Commission Action.