City Council

(15) 21-1053-S1 CD 14 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SCEA), ADDENDUM, MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, MITGATION MEASURES and RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS, and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to Vesting Tentative Tract appeals for the property located at 1123 - 1161 South Main Street and 111 West 12th Street. Recommendations for Council action:​ FIND, pursuant to Public Resources Code (PRC) Section 21155.2, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including the Senate Bill 375 SCEA dated January 2022, as revised by Addendum dated September 2022, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program dated September 2022, under Case No. ENV-2018-7379-SCEA, and all comments received, after imposition of all mitigation measures, that there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment; FIND that the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) held a hearing on October 27, 2022 and adopted the SCEA dated January 2022, as revised by Addendum dated September 2022, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program dated September 2022 pursuant to PRC Section 21155.2(b)(6); FIND the Project is a "transit priority project" as defined by PRC Section 21155 and the Project has incorporated all feasible mitigation measures, performance standards, or criteria set forth in prior Environmental Impact Reports (EIR), including Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) (Connect SoCal) Program EIR SCH No. 2019011061 and Addendum; FIND all potentially significant effects required to be identified in the initial study have been identified and analyzed in the SCEA dated January 2022, as revised by Addendum dated September 2022; FIND with respect to each significant effect on the environment required to be identified in the initial study for the SCEA, dated January 2022, as revised by Addendum dated September 2022, changes or alterations have been required in or incorporated into the Project that avoid or mitigate the significant effects to a level of insignificance or those changes or alterations are within the responsibility and jurisdiction of another public agency and have been, or can and should be, adopted by that other agency; FIND the SCEA dated January 2022, as revised by Addendum dated September 2022, reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City; FIND the mitigation measures have been made enforceable conditions on the project; and ADOPT the SCEA dated January 2022, as revised by Addendum dated September 2022, and Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program dated September 2022. ADOPT the Findings of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), as the Findings of Council. DENY the appeals filed by 1) Kamran Benji, United Broadway, LLC (Representative: Matthew Hayden, Hayden Planning), and; 2) Supporters Alliance for Environmental Responsibility (Representative: Richard Drury, Lozeau Drury, LLP), and THEREBY SUSTAIN the determination of the LACPC in denying the appeals and sustaining the Deputy Advisory Agency's Determination, dated February 18, 2022, and approving VTT Map No. 82463, pursuant to Sections 17.03, 17.06, and 17.15 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code; for the merger of eight lots into one master ground lot and a haul route to export 30,000 cubic yards of soil from the project site; for the property located at 1123 ­ 1161 South Main Street and 111 West 12th Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. [On January 18, 2022, the City Council held a public hearing and adopted the SCEA, No.ENV­2018-­7379-­SCEA, the MMP prepared for the SCEA, and the Environmental Findings, pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 21155.2(b), through Council file No. 21­1053.] Applicant: Daniel Taban, Frontier Holdings West, LLC Representative: Tanner Blackman, Irvine & Associates, Inc. Case No. VTT-82463-2A Related Cases: ZA-2018-7378-ZV-TDR-SPR-1A Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.