City Council

(2) 23-1098-S1 CD 4 Related to Council file No. 23-1098 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SCEA), MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, RELATED CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) FINDINGS and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT (PLUM) COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) appeal filed for the properties located at 12805 – 12835 West Ventura Boulevard; and 4218 – 4230 North Coldwater Canyon Avenue. 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 SB 375 SCEA, No. ENV-2021-7013-SCEA, and all comments received, after imposition of all mitigation measures there is no substantial evidence that the project will have a significant effect on the environment; FIND that a public hearing was held on July 27, 2023 pursuant to PRC Section 21155.2(b)(6); FIND that 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 the Southern California Association of Governments 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy EIR, Schedule No. 20199011061; FIND all potentially significant effects required to be identified in the initial study have been identified and analyzed in the SCEA; FIND with respect to each significant effect on the environment required to be identified in the initial study for the SCEA, 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 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 and the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program prepared for the SCEA. ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of Council. RESOLVE TO DENY THE APPEALS filed by: 1) Erewhon (Representative: Jamie T. Hall, Channel Law Group, LLP); 2) Studio City Residents Association (Representative: Amy C. Minteer, Carstens, Black & Minteer, LLP); and, 3) UNITE HERE Local 11 (Representative: Jordan Sisson, Law Office of Gideon Krakov), and THEREBY SUSTAIN the determination of the LACPC in approving a SCEA as the environmental clearance for a proposed transit priority project; the Project site is currently developed with an existing commercial shopping center known as The Shops at Sportsmen's Landing (Site A) and an existing hotel and surface parking lot (Site B), the Project involves the demolition of the existing hotel and surface parking lot on Site B for the construction, use, and maintenance of a new mixed-use residential and commercial development with 520 residential units and approximately 46,000 square feet of commercial space, 78 residential units will be reserved for Very Low Income households, the Project on Site B will be a maximum of 94 feet in height and will provide 1,385 vehicle parking spaces to be shared between Site A and B, no new construction is proposed for Site A, the Project also involves a lot line adjustment for minor boundary adjustments to Site A and Site B, to be reviewed under a separate ministerial process; for the properties located at 12805 – 12835 West Ventura Boulevard; and 4218 – 4230 North Coldwater Canyon Avenue. Applicant: Midwood Investment & Development Representative: Brad Rosenheim / Sarah Golden, Rosenheim & Associates, Inc. Case No. CPC-­2021-­7012-­DB-­MCUP-­WDI-­SPP-­SPR-­VHCA-­1A Environmental No. ENV-­2021-­7013-­SCEA-­1A Fiscal Impact Statement: The LACPC reports that there is no General Fund impact as administrative costs are recovered through fees.