Los Angeles
City Council
Agenda Item 49
(49) 240976 CD 14 SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SCEA), MITIGATION MEASURES, MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM (MMP), RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS, and PLANNING AND LAND USE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REPORT relative to a SCEA request for the properties located at 1105 1123 South Olive Street, 1100 1130 South Olive Street and 218 228 West 11th Street. Recommendations for Council action: 1. FIND, pursuant to Public Resources Code (PRC), Section 21155.2, after consideration of the whole of the administrative record, including the SB 375 SCEA, ENV20182601SCEA, and all comments received, after imposition of all mitigation measures, that: a. There is no substantial evidence that the Project will have a significant effect on the environment. b. The City Council held a hearing for adoption of the SCEA pursuant to PRC Section 21155.2(b)(6). c. The project is a transit priority project pursuant to PRC Section 21155, and the Project has incorporated all feasible mitigation measures, performance standards, or criteria set forth in prior Environmental Impact Report(s) (EIR), including the Southern California Association of Governments’ (SCAG) 20162040 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) 20202045 RTP/SCS Program EIRs. d. The project is consistent with the general use designations, density, building intensity, and applicable policies specified for the project area in the RTP/SCS prepared by SCAG. the project area in the RTP/SCS prepared by SCAG. e. All potentially significant or significant effects required to be identified and analyzed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in an initial study have been identified and analyzed in an initial study. f. 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 avoids or mitigates the significant effects to a level of insignificance. g. The SCEA reflects the independent judgment and analysis of the City. h. The mitigation measures have been made enforceable conditions on the project. i. The proposed project contains more than 50% residential; provides a minimum net density greater than 20 units an acre; and is within onehalf mile of a major transit stop or high quality transit corridor included in a regional transportation plan. j. The proposed project is a residential or mixeduse project as defined by Public Resources Code Section 21159.28(d). 2. FIND that the project complies with the requirements of the CEQA for using the SCEA as authorized pursuant to PRC Section 21155.2(b). 3. ADOPT, pursuant to PRC Section 21155.2, the SCEA and the MMP prepared for the SCEA, for the proposed development consisting of two separate mixeduse buildings on two development sites separated by Olive Street in Downtown Los Angeles, known as DTLA South Park Properties Sites 2 and 3 Project (Project). Site 2 is located at 1105 – 1123 South Olive Street at the southwest corner of Olive Street and 11th Street, and Site 3 is located at 1100 – 1130 S th Oli St t d 218 228 W t 11th St t t th th t of Olive Street and 11th Street, and Site 3 is located at 1100 – 1130 South Olive Street and 218 – 228 West 11th Street at the southeast corner of Olive Street and 11th Street (Project Site). The proposed development at Site 2 includes the demolition of an existing surface parking lot; removal of one street tree on Olive Street and replacement with six new London plane trees; removal of two street trees on 11th Street and replacement with two Chinese flame trees; export of approximately 118,543 cubic yards of earth; and construction, use, and maintenance of a 51story mixeduse building containing 536 dwelling units and 4,178 square feet of ground floor commercial space, including a total floor area of 491,515 square feet with a floor area ratio (FAR) of 9.13:1, the building would be a maximum of 603 feet in height as measured from grade to the top of the roof structure, providing 581 automobile parking spaces for residential use in six levels of subterranean parking and four levels of abovegrade parking podium, a total of 234 bicycle parking spaces, including 23 shortterm and 211 longterm spaces, providing a minimum of 58,275 square feet of usable open space; the proposed development at Site 3 includes the demolition of an existing surface parking lot; removal of four street trees on Olive Street and replacement with six new London plane trees; removal of three street trees on 11th Street and replacement with three Chinese flame trees; export of approximately 156,232 cubic yards of earth; and construction, use, and maintenance of a 60story mixeduse building containing 713 dwelling units and 11,277 square feet of ground floor commercial space, include a total floor area of 608,977 square feet with an FAR of 9:1, the building would be a maximum of 698 feet in height as measured from grade to the top of the roof structure, providing 764 automobile parking spaces for residential use in six levels of subterranean parking and four levels of above grade parking podium, a total of 290 bicycle parking spaces, including 31 shortterm and 259 longterm spaces, would be provided, the site would provide a minimum of 75,425 square feet of usable open space. Applicant: MREG 1105 Olive, LLC (Site 2), and 1114 Olive LLC (c/o L & R Group of Companies) (Site 3) Representative: Paul Garry Case Nos.: CPC20182600ZVTDRDDSPRMCUP; VTT82109; CPC20182599TDRMCUPZVDDSPR; VTT82141 Environmental No.: ENV20182601SCEA Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the Department of City Planning. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report. Community Impact Statement: None submitted