City Council

(16) 23-0340 CD 7 MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM (MMP), AND RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS; and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a Conditional Use Permit and Site Plan Review appeals filed for the properties located at 15526 and 15544 West Plummer Street. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: FIND, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15074(b), after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including the Mitigated Negative Declaration, No. ENV-2022-5866-MND, circulated on November 23, 2022, and all comments received, with the imposition of mitigation measures, there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment; FIND that the Mitigated Negative Declaration reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City; FIND that the mitigation measures have been made enforceable conditions on the project and all mitigation measures required for the Project are described in the MMP prepared for the Mitigated Negative Declaration; and, ADOPT the Mitigated Negative Declaration and the MMP. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council. RESOLVE TO DENY THE APPEALS filed by 1) Charles Johnson; and 2) Kevin Carmichael, CREED LA (Representative: Kevin Carmichael, Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo), and THEREBY SUSTAIN the determination of the LACPC in approving a Conditional Use Permit, pursuant to Section 12.24 U.24 of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), to allow the construction, use, and maintenance of a new public charter elementary school in the RA-1 Zone; and, approving a Site Plan Review, pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, for a development project which results in a net increase of 1,000 or more average daily trips as determined by and using the trip generation factors promulgated by the Los Angeles Department of Transportation; for a public charter elementary school for grades TK to Fourth with 28 classrooms within a new one and two-story building, a multi-purpose room, and an existing house which will be incorporated as administrative and support space; the Project proposes a maximum enrollment of 552 students and will provide 49 parking spaces; for the properties located at 15526 and 15544 West Plummer Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Elijah Sugay, Bright Star Schools Representative: Silvia Saucedo, Saucedo Group Case No. CPC-2022-5865-CU-SPR-1A Environmental No. ENV-2022-5866-MND