City Council

(35) 23-1101 CD 4 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) NO. ENV-2020-1512-EIR, STATE CLEARINGHOUSE (SCH) NO. 2020090536, FINAL EIR (HARVARD-WESTLAKE RIVER PARK PROJECT EIR), STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM, and RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FINDINGS; COMMUNICATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES CITY PLANNING COMMISSION (LACPC), and APPEALS filed by: 1) Studio City Residents Association & Save LA River Open Space (Representative: Amy Minteer, Carsten, Black & Minteer, LLP) and 2) Save Weddington Inc (Representative: Jamie T. Hall, Channel Law Group, LLP), from the determination of the LACPC in: 1) approving a Vesting Conditional Use, pursuant to Section 12.24 T of the Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), to allow the operation of a private-school athletic and recreational campus in the A1 Zone; and, 2) approving a Site Plan Review, pursuant to LAMC Section 16.05, for a project which results in an increase of 50,000 gross square feet or more of non-residential area; for the redevelopment of a 16.1-acre site and adjacent 1.1-acre portion of property along the Los Angeles River, totaling 17.2 acres (749,344 square feet) (project site); for use as an athletic and recreational facility for the Harvard-Westlake School and shared public use, the project removes the existing golf course, driving range, and tennis facility, to develop two athletic fields with bleacher seating, an 80,249 square feet, two-story gymnasium with a maximum height of 30 feet, a 52-meter swimming pool with seating, eight tennis courts with seating, one level of below-grade parking and a surface parking lot, the project includes ancillary field buildings, three security kiosks, exterior light poles, walls/fencing, and retention of the existing clubhouse structure, putting green, low brick retaining wall with weeping mortar, and golf ball-shaped light standards; the project removes 215 existing trees and plants 368 new trees, includes a 350,000 gallon stormwater capture and reuse system, provides 5.4 acres (235,224 square feet) of publicly accessible open space and landscaped pathways connecting to the adjacent Zev Greenway, and provides on-site landscaped areas and recreational facilities, the project involves off-site improvements to the Valleyheart Drive public right-of-way and portions of the adjacent Zev Greenway, project development requires excavation and grading to a maximum depth of 21 feet below grade and a net cut/fill volume of 197,000 cubic yards; for the properties located at 4047 – 4155 North Whitsett Avenue; 12506 – 12630 West Valley Spring Lane, and a portion of Assessor Parcel Number (APN) 2375-018-903, subject to Modified Conditions of Approval. Applicant: Harvard-Westlake School, David Weil Representative: Edgar Khalatian, Mayer Brown, LLP Case No. CPC-2020-1511-VCU-SPR-1A Environmental No. ENV-2020-1512-EIR; SCH No. 2020090536