City Council

(13) 23-0787 CD 15 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) BY THE PORT OF LONG BEACH (POLB), STATE CLEARINGHOUSE (SCH) No. 2009081079, and RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS; PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT and RESOLUTION relative to a General Plan Amendment to re-designate Anaheim Way from Industrial Local Street to Industrial Collector Street, and to re-­designate Farragut Avenue from an Industrial Local Street to Industrial Collector Street. Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR: FIND, based on the independent judgment of the decision-maker, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, the project was assessed in the previously certified EIR by the POLB (SCH No. 2009081079), certified on January 22, 2018; and, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines, Sections 15162 and 15164, no subsequent EIR, negative declaration, or addendum is required for approval of the project. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council. ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION, as recommended by the Mayor and the LACPC, APPROVING the General Plan Amendment to the Wilmington – Harbor City Community Plan to re-designate Anaheim Way from Industrial Local Street to Industrial Collector Street and to re­designate Farragut Avenue from an Industrial Local Street to Industrial Collector Street; for the POLB Anaheim Way Heavy Haul Route Project that will realign the existing Anaheim Way to accommodate oversized truck turning movements along Anaheim Way from Pier B Street to Farragut Avenue, the realignment will enable oversized trucks (approximately 50 annually) to use this route with police escort and an overweight truck route permit from the City of Los Angeles; the proposed project provides an alternative route for oversized trucks accessing the POLB via Farragut Avenue –­ Anaheim Way – Anaheim Street replacing the 9th Street at-grade crossing route scheduled to be permanently closed under the Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility Program; the project will include widening of Anaheim Way from 45 feet to 72 feet, and the widening of Farragut Avenue from 44 feet to 72 feet, which would require street reclassification from Local Industrial Streets to Collector Industrial Streets and inclusion into the Overweight Vehicle Special Permit Route, the project proposes new curbs/sidewalks, utilities, street lights, catch basin, and striping, etc.; no changes to land use designations or zoning are proposed, no protected trees are proposed to be removed; for the property located at 3200 East Anaheim Street, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning to revise the Community Plan pursuant to this action. Applicant: POLB Representative: Rob Katherman and Armen Ross, The Ross Group Case No. CPC-­2020-­7285-­GPA Environmental No. POLB EIR; SCH No. 2009081079