III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING Section 15125 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines requires that an environmental impact report (EIR) include a description of the existing environment. This section is intended to give a general overview of the environmental setting for the proposed Barlow Replacement Hospital and Master Plan Project. More detailed information on existing conditions as well as the regulatory framework applicable to the proposed Project is provided for each environmental topic studied in Section IV, Environmental Impact Analysis. This section also provides an overview of related projects that are considered as part of the future conditions in evaluating cumulative impacts.
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OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING
a. Project Site Location Barlow Respiratory Hospital is located at 2000 Stadium Way in the Echo Park community of the City of Los Angeles. The 25‐acre Project site occupies two parcels flanking Stadium Way within a narrow, winding valley defined by the surrounding Elysian Park Hills. The eastern Project site is bounded by Scott Avenue on the northeast and Boylston Street on the southeast; it rises to 85 feet above Stadium Way along its eastern and northern boundaries. The western Project site is bounded by Elysian Park Drive on the west and is characterized by steep slopes rising approximately 140 feet above Stadium Way. Echo Park is located approximately two miles north of downtown Los Angeles and generally extends from Riverside Drive and the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5) on the north to Beverly Boulevard/First Street, just south of the Hollywood Freeway (U.S. Route 101), on the south, and from the Harbor Freeway (SR‐110) on the east to Glendale Boulevard/Allesandro Street/Waterloo Street on the west. Surrounding communities include Elysian Valley and Cypress Park to the north and northeast, Los Angeles’s Chinatown neighborhood to the south, Northeast Los Angeles to the east, and Silver Lake to the west. Echo Park is currently known chiefly for its single‐family and multi‐family residential neighborhoods, as well as its steep topography and narrow, winding streets. As noted in the Silver Lake‐Echo Park‐Elysian Valley Community Plan,
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immigrants who have settled in Los Angeles and more recently provides residents with a community with urban character and amenities.”1 b. Surrounding Land Uses The Project site is bordered by a mix of open space and urban uses. To the north is Elysian Park, a 575‐acre City park containing a range of recreational facilities and open space. The Los Angeles Police Academy occupies 21 acres within the park just north of Academy Road, and contains training and recreational facilities, including classrooms, a gymnasium, track, athletic field, obstacle course, and firing range. A small single‐family residential neighborhood on the Boylston Street cul‐ de‐sac, north of Scott Avenue, overlooks the northeastern corner of the Project site. The Project site is bordered by Dodger Stadium to the east and south. Dodger Stadium occupies 350 acres and contains a 56,000‐seat stadium and terraced surface parking lots for 16,000 vehicles. The stadium and terraced parking lots are elevated between 10 and 50 feet above than the Project site. The Project site is bordered on the south by Elysian Park Avenue, a Major Class II Highway that connects Sunset Boulevard with Dodger Stadium. Land uses south of Elysian Park Avenue, along Stadium Way, include overflow Dodger Stadium parking, the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center, and single‐family and multi‐family residential neighborhoods. The western edge of the Project site is bordered by Elysian Park Drive, which follows a ridgeline above the slopes of the Project site’s western Project site. The east side of Elysian Park Drive is lined with single‐family residences and several apartment buildings immediately adjacent to the Project site, with the area to the west, down to Sunset Boulevard, similarly developed. A gated, unpaved portion of Elysian Park Drive continues north into Elysian Park lands, northwest of the Project site, and serves as an equestrian and pedestrian trail. The Project site is bordered on the southwest by Victory Memorial Grove, a scenic outlook and WWI memorial at the Lilac Terrace entrance to Elysian Park. Stadium Way, a City‐designated Major Highway, bisects the Project site’s two halves. Stadium Way provides access between the Harbor Freeway on the south and the Golden State Freeway on the north, and also provides access to major points of entrance to Dodger Stadium, via Boylston Street and Scott Avenue, immediately north and south of the Project site.
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c. Existing Land Uses As discussed in Section II, Project Description, the Project site is the current site of Barlow Respiratory Hospital, a long‐term acute care hospital for patients with complex respiratory and related medical conditions who require extended hospital stays and specialized care. The hospital has 49 licensed long‐term acute care beds at the Stadium Way facility, including six intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and treats over 700 patients annually with an average stay of 32 days in duration. Barlow Hospital also provides outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation services and other patient and family support services. The hospital operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The 25‐acre Project site occupies a 10.6‐acre eastern parcel and a 14.2‐acre western parcel, bisected by Stadium Way. The site is developed with 39 buildings built between 1915 and 1972; a hospital surface parking lot; internal roadways; pedestrian walkways; ornamental landscaping and gardens; and undeveloped hillside slopes supporting a mix of ornamental, ruderal, and native vegetation. Existing on‐site development totals approximately 138,380 square feet. The eastern Project site contains 29 buildings, including the main hospital complex, which houses present operations; patient service and administrative facilities; a library; and ten former patient residences (“cottages”), some of which are currently in use and house hospital offices or storage. The western Project site contains eight residential cottages along Stadium Way and two currently occupied staff residences, the Medical Director’s Residence and the Doctor’s Cottage, at the top of the slope on Elysian Park Drive.
d. Transportation i. Roadway Infrastructure Regional access is provided to the Project site from the Golden State Freeway (Interstate 5) 1.3 miles to the north, the Arroyo Seco Parkway (SR‐110), 0.72 miles to the east, and the Hollywood Freeway (U.S. Route 101) 0.67 miles to the south. Local access to the project site is provided by Stadium Way, which extends from the Golden State Freeway on the north to the Pasadena Freeway on the south and is designated as a Secondary Highway in the Silver Lake‐Echo Park‐Elysian Park Community Plan Land Use Map.
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Transportation (LADOT). Metro and LADOT operate several bus routes in the vicinity of the Project site. Metro offers lines 2/302 and 4, which provide east‐west service with stops either at or near the intersection of Douglas Street and Sunset Boulevard, one‐half mile away. Metro also offers line 704, which provides east‐west service with stops at or near the intersection Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard, more than one‐half mile away. LADOT Transit operates the Pico Union/Echo Park DASH line, which provides service to Downtown Los Angeles and Echo Park, respectively, with a stop at Scott Street. The nearest train station is Union Station, approximately two miles away. Transit use is highly dependent on proximity to users, with riders more likely to use bus stops and train stations that are within easy walking distance (i.e., one‐half mile or less).
f. Public Services and Utility Systems The Project site is located within the City of Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) provide fire/emergency response and police protection services, respectively, to the Project site and the surrounding area. Water and electricity are provided by the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). Natural gas service is provided by Southern California Gas Company. Wastewater is collected and conveyed by the Bureau of Sanitation of the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works. The Los Angeles Public Library, City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and the Los Angeles Unified School District also serve the Project area.
g. Applicable Plans and Policies The following presents an overview of the regulatory framework applicable to the Project site. A review of the consistency of the Project with these local and regional plans is included in Section IV.H, Land Use and Planning.
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EXISTING CONDITIONS
a. Aesthetics and Visual Resources i. Aesthetics and Views Aesthetic Character and Visual Resources The Project site is located in the Echo Park community of the City of Los Angeles. Echo Park is located approximately two miles north of Downtown Los Angeles, and generally extends from Riverside Drive and the Golden State Freeway (I‐5) to the north, Temple Street to the south, the
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Pasadena Freeway (CA 110) to the east, and Glendale Boulevard, Allesandro Street and Waterloo Street to the west. An early residential suburb of the City of Los Angeles, Echo Park is now characterized by a mix of land uses. Dodger Stadium lies at the western edge of the community, while the 575‐acre Elysian Park, the City’s oldest and second‐largest park, occupies the northeastern portion. The community contains a number of distinct residential neighborhoods, including Angelino Heights, Colton Hill, Edendale, Sunset Heights, Temple‐Beaudry, and Elysian Heights, as well as Echo Park and Echo Park Lake. These neighborhoods contain many examples of Southern California’s architectural history, from late 1800s Victorian homes and early 1900s Craftsman to 1950s‐60s mid‐century modern, 1970s apartments, and designs of today. Commercial uses are generally concentrated along Sunset Boulevard, Glendale Boulevard, Temple Street, and Alvarado Street. The 25‐acre Barlow Respiratory Hospital Project site occupies two parcels flanking Stadium Way at its lowest point within a narrow, winding valley defined by the surrounding Elysian Park Hills. The Project site’s eastern Project site is bounded by Scott Avenue on the northeast and Boylston Street on the southeast. The eastern Project site is topographically varied: gently sloping where it has been previously graded and developed along Stadium Way, and rising to approximately 85 feet from Stadium Way to the highest point at the eastern edge of the property. The western Project site is bounded by Elysian Park Drive on the west and is characterized by steep slopes rising to approximately 140 feet above Stadium Way. The primary visual resources on the Project site include extant buildings dating from the founding and expansion of Barlow Sanatorium, the current hospital’s predecessor, as well as the existing topography and landscaping that form the setting for the original sanatorium facilities. Thirty‐two of the Project site’s 39 existing buildings are considered to be of historic significance, dating to the period between 1905 (the sanatorium’s founding) and 1952 (when the sanatorium transitioned to the treatment of other diseases than tuberculosis). These buildings collectively comprise the Barlow Hospital Historic District, which has been determined eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places and is also a City‐designated Historic‐Cultural Monument (#504). The Historic District also contains visually distinctive landscape features that date from the period of significance including sidewalks, stairs, and landscaping. The undeveloped hillsides on both the eastern and western Project sites also date to the property’s period of historical significance and contribute to the Historic District. Rock outcrops and small bluffs on the Project site perimeter, particularly along Scott Avenue and Boylston Street, also constitute distinctive aesthetic resources on the Project site. City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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Other visual resources of merit in the Project site area include the open space and silhouetted ridgelines of Elysian Park, to the north, and the open space in Victory Memorial Grove, to the southwest; Dodger Stadium, which is elevated above the Project site; the skyline of downtown Los Angeles, approximately two miles to the south; and the distant ridgelines of the Verdugo Hills and the San Gabriel Mountains, approximately five and seven miles to the north, respectively. Panoramic and partial views of these resources are available from roadways, trails, and scenic overlooks in the Project area.
Public Views There are several public vantage points in the Project area that encompass the Project site and/or more distant panoramic vistas. Stadium Way, a City‐designated Scenic Highway, bisects the Project site and provides views of the Project site to motorists traveling north and south. The Scenic Highway designation acknowledges views within the roadway’s viewshed of dramatic natural topography and open space in the Project area, including south of Elysian Park Avenue, on the Project site, and within Elysian Park, as well as views of Dodger Stadium to the east, downtown Los Angeles to the south, and distant ridgelines of the Verdugo Hills to the north. These views offer visual relief from the otherwise densely developed Echo Park area. Two scenic overlooks and at least one trail in Elysian Park offer panoramic views of the Project site, Dodger Stadium, the downtown Los Angeles skyline, and the Los Angeles basin in the distance: Angels Point, in Elysian Park to the north, and Victory Memorial, on Elysian Park Drive along the Project site’s western boundary. The Project site is also visible from a variety of places along Elysian Park’s Ridgeline Trail.
Private Views Private vantage points in the Project vicinity include the residential uses on Boylston Street northeast of the Project site and on Elysian Park Drive west of the western Project site. The single‐ and multi‐family residences on Elysian Park Drive face the two on‐site existing single‐family residences on the Project site, and some of the residences also have panoramic views across the Project site toward Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium in the distance.
ii. Shading Shade‐sensitive uses in proximity to the Project site include residential and recreational uses: the single‐family residences along Boylston Street, northeast of the eastern Project site; the Montecillo de Leo Politi Park picnic grounds and playing fields within Elysian Park, north of the eastern Project City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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site; and the single‐family and multi‐family residences on Elysian Park Drive west of the western Project site. The nearest Boylston Street residence to the northeast is separated from the Project site by a horizontal distance of approximately 160 feet and is elevated approximately 25 feet above the eastern Project site. The Montecillo de Leo Politi park facilities within Elysian Park lie approximately 100 feet north of the Project site across Scott Avenue, at lower relative elevation. The single‐family and multi‐family residential uses west of the western Project site, along Elysian Park Drive, are separated from the Project site by horizontal distances varying between 35 and 60 feet, across Elysian Park Drive, at the same elevation as the Project site along the western property boundary. No other off‐site land uses that considered sensitive to shading by buildings on the Project site are located in close proximity to the Project site.
iii. Light and Glare Nighttime illumination levels are relatively low on the Project site. Sources of nighttime lighting on the eastern Project site include visible interior lighting and exterior building security lighting associated with the hospital building and the scattered buildings used for hospital offices or meeting space; high‐mast light fixtures within the on‐site surface parking lots,; and lighted pedestrian walkways. The hospital operates 24 hours per day, seven days per week, and therefore the hospital building and parking lots remain lighted at night, but the level of nighttime activity is generally low. The highest ambient nighttime lighting levels in the Project vicinity are found along major area roadways and within Dodger Stadium to the east, and to the southwest, along Elysian Park Drive and Sunset Boulevard. The residential neighborhoods south and west of the Project site exhibit relatively lower nighttime light levels, with the lowest nighttime light levels found in Elysian Park to the north. Light‐sensitive receptors in the Project vicinity include the single‐family residences on Boylston Street to the northeast of the Project site, and the single‐family and multi‐family residences along Elysian Park Drive west of the Project site Project site. Park facilities are not considered sensitive to light intrusion since they are unoccupied at night. The existing hospital on the Project site is also considered a sensitive receptor. City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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b. Air Quality i. Air Quality Regional Context The Project site is located within the South Coast Air Basin (SCAB or Basin), an approximately 6,745‐square‐mile area bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and the San Gabriel, San Bernardino, and San Jacinto Mountains to the north and east. The Basin includes all of Orange County and the non‐desert portions of Los Angeles, Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties, in addition to the San Gorgonio Pass area in Riverside County. The terrain and geographical location determine the distinctive climate of the Basin, as the Basin is a coastal plain with connecting broad valleys and low hills. The southern California region lies in the semi‐permanent high‐pressure zone of the eastern Pacific. As a result, the climate is mild, tempered by cool sea breezes. The usually mild climatological pattern is interrupted infrequently by periods of extremely hot weather, winter storms, or Santa Ana winds. The extent and severity of the air pollution problem in the Basin is a function of the area’s natural physical characteristics, as well as man‐made influences. Factors such as wind, sunlight, temperature, humidity, rainfall, and topography all affect the accumulation and dispersion of pollutants throughout the Basin, making it an area of high pollution potential. The greatest air pollution impacts throughout the Basin occur from June through September. This condition is generally attributed to the large amount of pollutant emissions, light winds, and shallow vertical atmospheric mixing. This frequently reduces pollutant dispersion, thus causing elevated air pollution levels. Pollutant concentrations in the Basin vary with location, season, and time of day. Ozone concentrations, for example, tend to be lower along the coast, higher in the near inland valleys, and lower in the far inland areas of the Basin and adjacent desert. Over the past 30 years, substantial progress has been made in reducing air pollution levels in southern California.
Local Area Conditions Existing Pollutant Levels at Nearby Monitoring Stations The SCAQMD maintains a network of air quality monitoring stations located throughout the SCAB and has divided the Basin into air monitoring areas. The Project site is located in the Central Los Angeles County Monitoring Area. The monitoring station for this area is the Central Los Angeles station, which is located at 1630 North Main Street, approximately 2.5 miles northeast of the City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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Project site. Criteria pollutants, including ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO), particulate matter with diameter less than 2.5 microns and 10 microns (PM2.5 and PM10), sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are monitored at this station. The SCAB is classified as being in attainment of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) and more stringent California ambient air quality standards (CAAQS) for CO, NO2, and SO2; attainment of the CAAQS for lead and sulfates; unclassified with respect to the state standards for visibility reducing particles and hydrogen sulfide; and fails to meet NAAQSs and CAAQS for O3, PM2.5 and PM10. Recent data collected at the Central Los Angeles station show ambient levels of O3, PM2.5 and PM10 over the past five years in excess of applicable national and state standards.
Existing Emissions The Project site is currently occupied by Barlow Respiratory Hospital. Current operations on‐site include hospital services, outpatient services, hospice services, administrative services, and storage. There are no surgical or emergency services on‐site. Existing operational emissions associated with the Project site include patient and employee vehicle trips, natural gas consumption by boilers and heaters, electricity usage, landscaping emissions, and consumer products. Pollutants from such uses include VOCs, CO, NOx, SO2, PM10, and PM2.5 as well as GHGs.
Existing Health Risks in the Surrounding Area As part of MATES III, the SCAQMD has prepared an interactive map that shows estimated inhalation cancer risks in the SCAB from ambient levels of air toxics, as part of an ongoing effort to provide insight into relative risks. The Project site is in a grid cell with an estimated risk of from 1,200‐ 3,600 in one million. According to the SCAQMD MATES III Carcinogenic Risk Interactive Map, the Project site is located within an estimated ambient air toxics cancer risk zone of 1,250 in one million. In general, the ambient air toxics cancer risk at the Project site is typical of that experienced in areas near major transportation corridors.
Sensitive Receptors and Locations The land uses surrounding the Project site include Elysian Park, which has existed since the early 1900s, to the north; Dodger Stadium, constructed in the 1960s, to the east; and residential uses constructed between the early 1900s and the present day to the northeast, south, and west. Some population groups, including children, the elderly, and acutely and chronically ill persons, are
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considered more sensitive to air pollution than others. Sensitive land uses in close proximity to the Project site include the following, which are shown in Figure IV.I‐1, Noise Monitoring Locations:
Single‐Family and Multi‐Family Residential Uses West of the Project Site: The nearest sensitive receptors are located adjacent to the Project site, 35 feet to the west along Elysian Park Drive.
Single‐Family Residential Uses Northeast of the Project Site: Sensitive receptors are also located along North Boylston Street and Scott Avenue approximately 100 feet northeast of the proposed Project site.
On‐Site Hospital (Patients and Employees), Skilled Nursing Facility, and Residential Uses: Because the construction of the residential and skilled nursing facility Project components are expected to occur after the replacement hospital is operational, on‐site patients are considered sensitive receptors for the basis of the impact assessment. Also, future residents may be considered sensitive receptors, especially with respect to nearby or adjacent parcel construction.
ii. Climate Change Global climate change refers to changes in average climatic conditions on Earth as a whole, including changes in temperature, wind patterns, precipitation and storms. Historical records indicate that global climate changes have occurred in the past due to natural phenomena; however some data indicate that the current global conditions differ from past climate changes in rate and magnitude. There continues to be significant scientific uncertainty concerning the extent to which increased concentrations of GHGs have caused or will cause climate change, and over the appropriate actions to limit and/or respond to climate change. Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are those compounds in the Earth’s atmosphere which play a critical role in determining temperature near the Earth’s surface. More specifically, these gasses allow high‐ frequency shortwave solar radiation to enter the Earth’s atmosphere, but retain some of the low frequency infrared energy which is radiated back from the Earth towards space, resulting in a warming of the atmosphere. GHGs include CO2, methane (CH4), ozone (O3), water vapor, nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulfur hexafluoride (SF6). Carbon dioxide is the most abundant GHG in the atmosphere. GHGs are the result of both natural and anthropogenic activities. Forest fires, decomposition, industrial processes, landfills, and
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consumption of fossil fuels for power generation, transportation, heating, and cooking are the primary sources of GHG emissions. Not all GHGs exhibit the same ability to induce climate change; as a result, GHG contributions are commonly quantified in the equivalent mass of CO2, denoted as CO2e. Mass emissions are calculated by converting pollutant specific emissions to CO2e emissions by applying the proper global warming potential (GWP) value. These GWP ratios are available from the USEPA and are published in the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR) General Reporting Protocol. By applying the GWP ratios, project related CO2e emissions can be tabulated in metric tons per year. The CO2e values are calculated for construction years as well as existing and project build‐out conditions in order to generate a net change in GHG emissions for construction and operation.
c. Biological Resources The 25‐acre Project site occupies east and west‐facing slopes forming a small valley immediately west of Dodger Stadium, near downtown Los Angeles. The topography ranges from relatively flat areas where most of the on‐site development is concentrated to steep slopes; elevations on site range from approximately 430 to 575 feet above mean sea level. The Project site was first developed as a tuberculosis sanatorium beginning in 1903 and most of the site has been disturbed by related development, including 38 buildings, surface parking, walkways, fruit orchards, ornamental plantings within gardens and throughout the site, as well as brush clearance along the slopes. Most development is concentrated along Stadium Way, which bisects the Project site and divides it into eastern and western Project site. On‐site vegetation is a mix of ornamental and natural types, including annual grassland, ornamental/agricultural, and remnants of native chaparral communities. There are no surface streams or water bodies on the Project site. A tree survey was performed and identified a total of 349 trees on the Project site. Of this total, 90 trees were identified as protected species, including 52 native coast live oak trees; one valley oak tree (Quercus lobata); 35 native walnut trees (Juglans californica); and two California bay laurel trees (Umbellularia californica). The remaining 259 trees on the Project site are non‐native and are not locally or otherwise protected or regulated. Based upon the review of the CNDDB and CNPS databases, knowledge of the Project region, and evaluation of habitat types on the Project site, an additional three special‐status plant species have potential to occur on the Project site. These are Robinson's pepper‐grass (Lepidium virginicum var. City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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robinsonii), slender mariposa lily (Calochortus clavatus var. gracilis), and Plummer’s mariposa lily (Calochortus plummerae). Locally protected species observed on the Project site include native coast live oak trees, one unidentified oak tree (Quercus sp.), and one unidentified walnut tree (Juglans sp.). Seven special‐status animal species have potential to occur on the Project site. These are coastal western whiptail (Aspidoscelis tigris stejnegeri), coast horned lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii), pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus), western mastiff bat (Eumops perotis californicus), silver‐ haired bat (Lasionycteris noctivagans), hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus), and western yellow bat (L. xanthinus).
d. Cultural Resources i. Archaeological Resources The archaeological resource analysis is based on a records search conducted by the South Central Coastal Information Center of the California State University, Fullerton Department of Anthropology for the proposed Project. No archaeological sites or isolated artifacts have been identified on or within a half‐mile radius of the Project site.
ii. Historical Resources Barlow Respiratory Hospital was founded in 1902 as Barlow Sanatorium by Dr. Walter Jarvis Barlow, a physician suffering from tuberculosis who moved to Los Angeles from Boston in 1897 to improve his own health. The Sanatorium’s mission was the care of tuberculosis patients of limited means residing in Los Angeles County. It was incorporated as a not‐for‐profit institution and its first patient admitted in 1903, and 34 patients were accepted during its first year of operation. Barlow Hospital is one of the oldest continuously operating hospitals in Los Angeles and remains a not‐for‐ profit institution. By the late 1940s, medical advances greatly reduced the incidence of tuberculosis through improved, active antibiotic drug‐based and surgical treatment. During the 1950s, the Sanatorium re‐evaluated its original mission and began the transition to treatment of a range of respiratory diseases. In the late 1960s, the Sanatorium became Barlow Respiratory Hospital and since that time has focused on non‐tubercular lung diseases. The present site of Barlow Hospital was selected because it was convenient to downtown Los Angeles, isolated in a then‐rural valley, which was necessary to quarantine patients. The earliest facilities, following the institution’s founding in 1902, included an administration building, the Solano Cottage patient residence for non‐ambulatory patients, and two tent cottages housing City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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medical and dental students. Between 1902 and 1913, 13 patient tent cottages and three temporary cottages housing staff were built on the Sanatorium grounds. The first permanent medical building (the Eliza McMillan Memorial Medical Building) and permanent cottage (the Elizabeth G. Bonfilio Memorial Cottage) were built on the property in 1915. The construction of new facilities at Barlow Hospital accelerated in the 1920s following World War I, and buildings were also periodically relocated on the Project site. Eight permanent cottages were built between 1917 and 1927 on the portion of the Project site west of Stadium Way, and two staff residences, the Medical Director’s Residence and the Doctor’s Cottage, were built in 1936 and 1949, respectively, at the top of the slope along Elysian Park Drive. The main hospital building, located on the eastern Project site, was built in phases between 1927 and 1972. The Barlow Hospital property is listed on the California Register of Historical Resources and has been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places as an Historic District; the district boundaries are contiguous with the legal boundaries of the Project site’s eastern and western Project sites. Three of the buildings on‐site, Williams Hall, Birge Hall, and the Library, are potentially individually significant in addition to being a contributor to the Historic District. The property also was designated as Los Angeles Historic‐Cultural Monument No. 504 by the City of Los Angeles in 1990. The period of significance for the Project site extends from 1902, when the Project site was purchased, to 1952, when methods of tuberculosis treatment moved away from the “cottage” treatment embodied in the Project site’s current site plan and the Sanatorium began to expand its mission to encompass other pulmonary diseases. A total of 32 buildings dating to the period of significance, as well contributing landscape features, are extant on the Project site.
iii. Paleontological Resources The paleontological resource analysis describes the rock units underlying the Project site and the corresponding potential for containing paleontological resources. It also identifies proposed Project activities that might directly or indirectly affect resources, and methods for the recovery and evaluation of any resources encountered during construction. The paleontological resource analysis is based on a records search conducted by the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Vertebrate Paleontology Section. The records search found no vertebrate fossil localities that lie within the Project site boundaries. However, fossils have been found in the Project vicinity within the same sedimentary deposits that occur beneath the Project site.
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Surficial deposits composed of younger Quaternary Alluvium are located in the low‐lying portion of the Project site. Furthermore, where the layer of Quaternary Alluvium is thinner near downtown Los Angeles, vertebrate fossils have been found. The closest vertebrate fossil possibly abuts the Project site (LACM 4967), an Elysian Park general locality. This site produced a holotype specimen of the extinct fossil clupeid fish Clupea tiejei. The next closest localities from the upper Monterey Formation include LACM 7507, due east of the Project site between the Los Angeles River and the Golden State Freeway (1‐5), south of the Pasadena Freeway (1‐110). This site produced fossil snake mackerel, Tlryrsocles kriegeri. LACM 3882, further due east of the Project site in the hills of Lincoln Heights, produced the holotype specimen of the fossil cetotheriid baleen whale Mi'xocetus elysius, one of the most complete fossil whale skulls known from California. LACM 1880, northeast of the Project site between Figueroa Street and Cypress Avenue, that produced a suite of fossil bony fish including hatchetfish, Argyropelecus bullockii, bristlemouth, Cyclothone, herring, Etringus, rockfish, Scorpaenidae, extinct deep‐sea fish, Chauliodus, slickheads, Alepocephalidae, cod, Eclipes, and croaker, Lompoquia. Other nearby localities from the upper Monterey Formation include LACM 6934, farther north‐ northeast of the Project site directly east of the Mt. Washington School, which produced a fossil baleen whale skull, and LACM 7017, also northeast of the Project site just below the Southwest Museum near the Pasadena Freeway (1‐110), which produced fossil bony fish.
e. Geology The eastern Project site consists of a hillside area that slopes down to the west, south and south east at approximate gradients of 5:1 to 2:1 (horizontal to vertical) within the northeast and eastern portions of the parcel and gently slopes to the south within the western and southwestern portions. There is approximately 89 feet of total relief across the eastern parcel. Vegetation consists of grasses, shrubs and trees located throughout the parcel. The western Project site is a relatively steep slope with seven single‐story mixed‐use/dormitory buildings at long the base of the slope near Stadium Way, and two two‐story single‐family residences at the top of the slope near Elysian Park Drive. The hillside slopes down to the northeast and east toward Stadium Way at approximate gradients of 2:1 to locally 1.5:1 throughout the majority of the western slope and becomes shallower, with an approximate gradient of 7:1, as it approaches Stadium Way. There is approximately 142 feet of total relief across the western Project site.
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The earth materials underlying the Project site consist of artificial fill, alluvial, and colluvial soils underlain by sedimentary bedrock units of the Miocene Age Puente Formation. The Project site also straddles the east and west sides of Chavez Ravine within the southern portion of the Elysian Park Hills. The Elysian Park–Repetto Hills area consists of northwest/southeast‐trending uplifted hills along the northeast edge of the Los Angeles Basin. The Los Angeles River flows within a floodplain between the Elysian Park Hills and the Repetto Hills flowing southward toward the Los Angeles Basin. The Arroyo Seco flows through the Repetto Hills just south of Mt. Washington and joins the Los Angeles River near the southeastern edge of the Elysian Park Hills. The Elysian Park Hills and the Repetto Hills are predominantly composed of Miocene Age soft sedimentary bedrock incised by elevated flood plain and uplifted alluvial valley deposits. Groundwater on the Project site ranges from five feet to 39 feet below ground surface in the lower elevation portions of the Project site.
f. Hazards and Hazardous Materials Hazardous materials are generally defined as chemicals capable of causing harm during an accidental release or mishap, and are characterized as being toxic, corrosive, flammable, reactive, an irritant or strong sensitizer. Hazardous substances are defined and listed in various federal and state laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations), which identifies hazardous substances (Part 302) and hazardous waste (Part 261). Hazardous substances are present in a variety of common products, including, but not limited to, gasoline, paint, cleaning products, refrigerants, building materials, radioactive materials, medical wastes, and infectious substances. Exposure to a hazardous substance can occur through the routine, natural, or accidental emission of air toxics and through discharges to soil, groundwater or surface water. Hazardous materials are transported, stored, and disposed of in a variety of facilities, including railroads, pipelines, power lines, and waste disposal sites. One 3,000‐gallon capacity underground storage tank (UST) is currently located on the eastern Project site and is used for diesel fuel storage for the on‐site emergency generator. A monitoring system is currently in place for the UST and there have been no known releases of fuel. Two former on‐site USTs were removed under LAFD oversight in 1998. These USTs’ 500‐gallon capacity contained diesel fuel which was utilized to operate emergency backup systems. The USTs were located at the northeastern and southeastern corners of the existing main hospital building on the Project site. Barlow Hospital maintains a permit with the LAFD for operating as a facility which City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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generates hazardous waste, stores chemicals on‐site and operates a UST. All tanks are adequately sealed and no leaks or other safety infractions have occurred. One above‐ground storage tank (AST) containing compressed oxygen (unknown capacity) is located on‐site. The AST is in a secured and caged area immediately north of the main hospital building. No environmental concerns were identified with the AST. A number of existing uses and operations at Barlow Hospital regularly store, transport, use and/or dispose of hazardous materials, including chemicals used in laundry operations, cleaning products, paints, oil, and other materials necessary to support hospital operations. The two 55‐gallon drums observed are associated with regularly scheduled sump pump testing of the UST. Buildings of any age on the Project site have the potential to contain asbestos‐containing materials, and may also include lead‐based paint and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in certain types of electrical equipment. Based on documented regional radon levels, radon gas is not expected to pose an environmental concern on the Project site.
g. Water Resources: Surface Water Hydrology/Water Quality/Groundwater i. Surface Water Hydrology The Project’s site’s eastern Project site is approximately 10.6 acres and is relatively flat where it has been previously graded and developed along Stadium Way, with an elevation differential of approximately 20 feet from north to south and approximately 85 feet between Stadium Way and the eastern property boundary adjacent to Dodger Stadium. Elevations on the eastern Project site range from 435 feet above mean sea level (msl) to 515 feet above msl. There are no constructed stormwater conveyance systems or drainage structures on most of the eastern Project site; runoff is generally conveyed downslope via surface flow to Stadium Way where it enters the underground municipal storm drain via curb inlets leading to underground catch basins. Runoff from portions of the Project site is collected in a 48‐foot catchment basin/sump near the southern end of the parcel, just north of the intersection of Stadium Way and Boylston Street, and is then conveyed to the municipal storm drain beneath Stadium Way. The Project site is the most upstream point of direct connection to the municipal storm drain system in the area. The volume and velocity of surface flows on‐site have created a broad swale that extends from the northern Project site boundary at
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Scott Avenue to the catch basin/sump at the southern end of the parcel, eroding soil as well as underlying bedrock. The western Project site slopes steeply up from Stadium Way to Elysian Park Drive, with elevations ranging from approximately 435 feet above msl to 572 feet above msl. The western Project site contains 10 buildings, including eight cottages at the bottom of the slope along Stadium Way and two single‐family residences at the top of the slope on Elysian Park Drive. The majority of the western Project site is undeveloped and vegetation consists of nonnative grasses (regularly disked for fire prevention purposes, shrubs, and mature trees. There are no constructed runoff conveyance systems or drainage structures on the western Project site. All runoff is conveyed downslope via sheet flow to the gutter in Stadium Way. Existing impervious surface area (i.e., developed or paved area) on the Project site totals approximately 6.2 acres, or approximately 25 percent of the total 25‐acre Project site. Impervious area comprises paved roads and parking lots, walkways, and areas developed with buildings. The remaining 18.8 acres or 75 percent of the Project site are pervious surfaces where water can percolate directly into the soil, including lawns, landscaped areas, unpaved areas, and vegetated slopes. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Rate Map, the entire Project site is in an area of minimal flooding (Flood Zone C).2 The municipal storm drain beneath Stadium Way adjacent to the Project site is initially 60 inches in width, increasing to 75 inches as it approaches Boylston Street; it continues south beneath Stadium Way and other roadway alignments, gradually increasing in size to a 120‐inch arch elliptical pipe that discharges into the Los Angeles River at Cesar Chavez Avenue, approximately 1.95 miles from the Project site.
ii. Surface Water Quality The potential for erosion and sedimentation (waterborne sediment) exist where steep slopes or undeveloped and unvegetated land are subject to uncontrolled sheet or channel stormwater flows during storm events.
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KPFF Consulting Engineers, Barlow Replacement Hospital and Master Plan: Hydrology, Appendix C, Support Documents (FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map), (2010).
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As previously discussed, the Project site’s eastern Project site contains a broad swale created by the heavy volume of runoff that flows overland between the outfall/headwall near the Scott Avenue property boundary and the catch basin/sump at the southern end of this parcel. This runoff includes stormwater that flows onto the Project site from the off‐site drainage area to the north. Although some stormwater is intercepted by on‐site drainage structures in low‐lying areas, and the remaining runoff is directed into the 48‐foot catch basin/sump at the southern end of the parcel, the volume and velocity of flows have eroded away soil as well as underlying bedrock along the path of travel across the eastern Project site, especially near the outfall/headwall. Slope gradients on the eastern and northern edges of the eastern parcel range from a moderate 5:1 up to 2:1, which exacerbates the peak runoff volumes in this part of the Project site. The largely undeveloped western Project site is steeply sloped, with gradients ranging from 7:1 to 2:1 and locally steeper slopes up to 1.5:1. Although the undeveloped portions of this parcel are generally vegetated, the slopes are regularly disked for wildfire control purposes, reducing opportunities for runoff percolation on‐site. Since all runoff generated on the western Project site is conveyed downslope to Stadium Way via uncontrolled sheet flow, some potential exists for erosion and sedimentation, particularly if channel flows develop in areas where runoff is locally concentrated. At present, however, there is no evidence of erosion or sedimentation on the western Project site.3 The Project site contains approximately 18.8 acres of undeveloped and unpaved pervious area (approximately 75 percent of the Project site), much of which is landscaped with grasslands, lawn, shrubs, mature tree, grass and/or miscellaneous vegetation. These areas may use pesticides and/or fertilizers, which can be a source of pollution if carried off‐site by stormwater runoff. The remainder of the Project site, approximate 6.2 acres, is impervious. Nearly all of this impervious area is on the eastern Project site and includes areas developed with buildings, roadways and driveways, parking lots, and hardscape such as walkways. All impervious surface areas collect dust and particulate matter that are conveyed to the stormwater drainage facilities by stormwater runoff. In addition, driveways and parking lot areas collect oil and grease deposits and brake dust from automobiles, which can be washed off and deposited into the existing catch basins. Most of the stormwater runoff from the majority of the eastern Project site is collected in the catch basin/sump at the southern end of the parcel. The sump allows sediment and pollutants to settle out prior to stormwater conveyance off‐site into the municipal storm drain system. There are also 3
KPFF Consulting Engineers, Barlow Replacement Hospital & Master Plan: Hydrology, 20.
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four catchment basins at low spots in the Project site parcel that intercept surface flows; these have drain grates to prevent trash from entering the catch basins. This on‐site system is designed to handle up to 50‐year design storm flows. Stormwater elsewhere on the Project site is conveyed downslope via surface flow and discharged offsite, untreated, into gutters lining Stadium Way that, in turn, convey flows to the municipal storm drain system.
iii. Groundwater The Project site occupies the low point of a small north‐south trending valley infilled with permeable alluvial deposits underlain by bedrock. Elevations on the Project site rising from 435 feet above msl along Stadium Way to 515 feet above msl at the eastern property boundary near Dodger Stadium and 572 feet above msl at the western property boundary along Elysian Park Drive. According to the Seismic Hazard Evaluation of the Los Angeles 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, the Project site is not located within a groundwater basin. Borings encountered groundwater within the alluvial deposits in low‐lying portions of the eastern Project site, between 5 and 39 feet below the surface. This is considered to represent a perched (confined) groundwater condition, not hydrologically connected to a regional groundwater source. Groundwater is continually recharged by an influx of groundwater and runoff from surrounding hillside areas, and therefore the depth to groundwater varies with topography across the Project site, annual precipitation, and the resulting migration of groundwater through the alluvial deposits. Groundwater was not encountered at the higher elevations along the eastern and western Project sites, which are underlain by shallow bedrock; bedrock is considered non‐water bearing because of its impermeability. Groundwater would not normally be expected in these areas unless it is generated by runoff and seepage; however, groundwater levels and flow rates vary seasonally and perched groundwater may develop where none previously existed, especially in impermeable fine‐ grained soils or bedrock following heavy irrigation or rainfall.
h. Land Use An early residential suburb of the City of Los Angeles, Echo Park is now characterized by a mix of land uses. Dodger Stadium lies at the western edge of the community, while the 575‐acre Elysian Park, the City’s oldest and second‐largest park, occupies the northeastern portion. The community contains a number of distinct residential neighborhoods. Commercial uses are generally concentrated along Sunset Boulevard, Temple Street, and Alvarado Street. City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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The Project site is bordered by a mix of open space and urban uses. To the north is Elysian Park, a 575‐acre City park containing a range of recreational facilities and open space, as well as the Los Angeles Police Academy facility just north of Academy Road. A small single‐family residential neighborhood on the Boylston Street cul‐de‐sac, north of Scott Avenue, overlooks the northeastern corner of the Project site. The Project site is bordered by Dodger Stadium to the east and south. Dodger Stadium occupies 350 acres and contains a 56,000‐seat stadium and terraced surface parking lots for 16,000 vehicles. The stadium and terraced parking lots are elevated between 10 and 50 feet above than the Project site. The Project site is bordered on the south by Elysian Park Avenue, a Major Class II Highway that connects Sunset Boulevard with Dodger Stadium. Land uses south of Elysian Park Avenue, along Stadium Way, include overflow Dodger Stadium parking, a Los Angeles Fire Department training center, and single‐family and multi‐family residential neighborhoods. The western edge of the Project site is bordered by Elysian Park Drive, which is lined with single‐ family residences and several apartment buildings immediately adjacent to the Project site. Elysian Park Drive continues north into Elysian Park and serves as an equestrian and pedestrian trail. The Project site is bordered on the southwest by Victory Memorial Grove, a WWI memorial at the Lilac Terrace entrance to Elysian Park. The Project site is designated OS, Open Space, in the Silver Lake–Echo Park–Elysian Valley Community Plan. The Open Space designation denotes land that supports one or more of the following uses: recreational and educational opportunities; scenic, cultural, and historical values; public health and safety; preservation of community identity; preservation of natural resources; and preservation of physical or scenic resources, including topographic features and ridge protection. The Project site is currently zoned A1‐1VL, (Agriculture, Very Limited Height District), which permits single‐family dwellings, parks, community centers, golf courses, and agricultural uses. There are no setback requirements within the A1 zone.4 The 1VL height district limit applicable to the entire Project site generally limits building heights to three stories and 45 feet, and limits the floor:area ratio (FAR) to 3:1. The Project site is also located in a designated Hillside Area per the Community Plan, and is subject to the associated LAMC zoning requirements.
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The Project site is currently developed with approximately 62,130 gross square feet of administrative and patient service uses, approximately 28,000 gross square feet of housing facilities, and 13,455 gross square feet of patient cottages, and 6,425 square feet of maintenance space. Parking is provided in several surface parking lots and spaces scattered throughout the Project site and include approximately 146 spaces.
i. Noise Noise is defined as unwanted sound and is considered undesirable when it interferes with normal activities, causes actual physical harm, or has an adverse effect on health. Noise is measured on a logarithmic scale of sound pressure known as a decibel (dB). In response to the human ear’s sensitivity or lack thereof to different frequencies, the A‐weighted noise level, referenced in units of dB(A), was developed to better correspond to the subjective human judgment of sound levels. Noise sources take two forms: (1) point sources, such as stationary equipment or individual motor vehicles; and (2) line sources, such as a roadway with a large number of mobile point sources (motor vehicles). Sound generated by a stationary point source typically diminishes (attenuates) at a rate of 6 dB(A) for each doubling of distance from the source to the receptor at acoustically “hard” (paved or developed with hard surfaces) sites, and at a rate of 7.5 dB(A) at acoustically “soft” sites (such as landscaped areas). Vibration is noise that is carried through structures and the earth (groundborne), instead of through the air. Vibration is generally felt rather than heard. Plans and policies pertaining to noise conditions include State of California, Department of Health Services, Environmental Health Division Guidelines for Noise and Land Use Compatibility, the City of Los Angeles General Plan, the City of Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC), and the City of Los Angeles Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) Guidelines for specific land uses, which measure A‐weighted sounds levels over a 24‐hour period. The immediate and predominant noise sources in the Project vicinity are roadway noise from local thoroughfares including Stadium Way, a designated Secondary Highway; Scott Avenue and Boylston Street, designated Local Streets; and Elysian Park Drive, a Major Class II Highway. Other community noise sources include incidental noise from nearby commercial land uses, including Dodger Stadium, which lies immediately east of the Project site; residential neighborhoods to the northeast and west of the Project site; institutional uses including the Police Academy and associated Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club shooting range within Elysian Park to the North; recreational activities within Elysian Park; and other typical urban noise sources including City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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ambulance sirens, helicopter and distant aircraft over‐flights, and landscaping maintenance activities at nearby residential and commercial uses. On‐site sources of noise include activity in the hospital patient drop‐off location and loading dock area, near the center of the Project site’s eastern Project site; operation of outdoor hospital HVAC equipment and other mechanical equipment; and the use of on‐site parking lots. Parking lots on the Project site are currently scattered throughout the Project site’s eastern and western Project sites. The primary existing parking lot for hospital employees, patients and visitors, with 74 spaces, occupies the southern tip of the Project site’s eastern Project site and is accessed from Stadium Way just north of Boylston Street. A second, smaller surface lot serving hospital employees and patients, with approximately 39 spaces, is located north of the main hospital building (Building No. 2) and behind Birge Hall (Building No. 7) at the northern tip of the site, and is accessed from two driveways, one on Stadium Way south of Scott Street and one on Scott Street just west of the intersection with Stadium Way. Small surface parking lots are located at the northeastern edge of the eastern Project site, accessed from Boylston Street, and east of the Laundry Building (Building No. 6). The cottages on the western Project site are accessible via a driveway off Stadium Way, opposite the main hospital building, that provides parking for several vehicles. The two residential buildings at the top of the slope along Elysian Park Way are also served by driveways and parking for several cars. On‐site parking totals approximately 146 spaces, and on‐street parking is permitted by the City on Stadium Way, Scott Avenue, and Boylston Street.
j. Population and Housing The US Census is conducted every 10 years in order to document the population and number of housing units for the entire United States. Census data form the basis for the calculation of most demographic trends. The Project site is located within the Census Tract 1973, which is bordered by Academy Road to the north, Echo Park Drive to the west, Boylston Street and Stadium Way to the east, and Elysian Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard to the south. In 2000, the population of Tract 1973 was 4,679 residents, representing a decrease of approximately 9.04 percent from 1990’s population of 5,144 people. In addition, in 2000 the housing supply was 1,759 units, reflecting a slight decrease from 1,762 units in 1990. Additionally, in 2000 1,670 dwelling units were occupied, the vacancy rate of Tract 1973 was five percent, or a less than 1.4 percent decrease from 1990’s approximate 6.4 percent.5 5
Although Census data for 2010 is now available, regional and local planning agency forecasts currently used are based on data from the 2000 Census.
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k. Public Services i. Police Protection The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is divided into four geographic bureaus: (Central, West, Valley, and South) and 23 divisions. The Project site is located within the Northeast Division of the Central Bureau. The Northeast Division is comprised of a 29 square‐mile territory with a population of approximately 250,000 residents. The service boundaries of the Northeast Division are the Los Angeles City boundaries to the north and east, the Harbor Freeway to the southeast and Sunset Boulevard to the southwest, and the Griffith Park Boundary/Western Avenue to the west.
ii. Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services Fire prevention, fire protection, and emergency medical services (EMS) for the Project site are provided by the City of Los Angeles Fire Department. The Fire Department operates three fire stations in the vicinity of the Project site that share responsibility for responding to incidents at the Project site. Primary fire protection for the Project site is provided by Fire Station No. 20, located at 2144 West Sunset Boulevard, approximately 1.4 miles west of the Project site. Fire Station No. 20 generally serves Echo Park and has a response time of approximately three minutes to the Project site. Secondary fire protection for the Project site is provided by Fire Station No. 3, located at 108 North Fremont Avenue, approximately 1.6 miles south of the Project site. Fire Station No. 3 generally serves the Bunker Hill and Civic Center areas of downtown Los Angeles, and has a response time of approximately three minutes to the Project site. Additional secondary fire protection for the Project site is provided by Fire Station No. 4, located at 450 East Temple Street, approximately 3.3 miles southeast of the Project site. Fire Station No. 4 serves Little Tokyo, Olvera Street, Chinatown, and Union Station and has a response time of approximately 6 minutes to the Project site. Water for fire flow is provided to the Project site by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). The Project site is currently served by an 8‐inch water main at the intersection of Scott Ave and Stadium Way, which transitions to a 12‐inch main adjacent to the Project site and decreases to 8 inches near the intersection of Boylston Street and Stadium Way. The 8‐inch water main conveys water for both domestic use and fire protection. There are three off‐site fire hydrants within 500 feet of the Project site, on Stadium Way near Scott Avenue to the north, Boylston Street to the south, and at the Project site’s midpoint. LADWP performed two fire service pressure flow City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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tests for hydrants 1 and 2, respectively located at the northern end and midpoint of the Project site along Stadium Way. The minimum fire flow requirement for the existing Project site is 1,500 gpm. Under existing conditions, this requirement is met on the Project site only where on‐site water pipe sizes exceed 8 inches in diameter. The eastern Project site, together with adjacent Dodgers Stadium to the east and Elysian Park to the north, is designated by the City as being within a Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone and a Fire Brush Clearance Zone. The Project site is located at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains, adjacent to Elysian Park, which contains areas of steep terrain and brush.
iii. Schools Public education in the City of Los Angeles is provided by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). The Project site lies near the eastern edge of LAUSD’s Local District 4 attendance area, which extends from the Glendale and Burbank city limits on the north to the Mid‐Wilshire and West Adams areas on the south, and from Highland Park/Glassell Park on the east to West Hollywood and Hancock Park on the west. Additionally, several new schools are planned for operation in the Project vicinity. The High School Option Area that would serve the Project site is currently operating at 12.8 percent, or 920 seats, over its design capacity. The newly constructed Central LA New Learning Center #1 Elementary School/Middle School/High School, recently renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, is intended to relieve overcrowding conditions in the High School Option Area (grades K‐3 opened in Winter 2009 and grades 4‐12 opened in Fall 2010). The school has a total of approximately 3,440 seats. For planning purposes, a school district’s projected student generation rates are based on student generation per dwelling unit. The High School Option Area that would serve the Project is projected to continue to operate over its design capacity in the future.
iv. Recreation and Parks The 25‐acre Project site occupies two parcels flanking Stadium Way just south of Elysian Park and west of Dodger Stadium. Development on the eastern Project site includes 28 buildings: the main hospital complex; patient service and administrative facilities; a library; and ten former residences (“cottages”). The western Project site contains eight residential cottages along Stadium Way and two occupied staff residences. The remainder of the Project site is occupied by surface parking;
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internal roadways; common outdoor areas; ornamental landscaping and gardens; and undeveloped hillside slopes supporting a mix of ornamental, ruderal, and native vegetation. The Project site is currently designated as OS, Open Space, in the Silver Lake—Echo Park—Elysian Valley. The zoning designation for the Project site is A1‐1VL, Agriculture, which, according to the Los Angeles Municipal Code, allows for single‐family dwellings, parks, community centers, golf courses, and agricultural uses.6 The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks owns and operates approximately 15,710 acres of public parks and recreation facilities within the City, The Department oversees 39 neighborhood and regional parks, 9 lakes, 178 recreation centers, 9 dog parks, 7 skate parks, 13 golf courses, 63 swimming pools, and 27 senior centers.7 The Department also oversees afterschool and daycare programs for children, teen clubs, basketball, volleyball, softball, and flag football games and leagues. Including County‐owned land, parks and open space within the City exceed 36,000 acres.8 The City’s actual Citywide park to population ratios as of 2009 were 0.13 acres per 1,000 persons for mini parks, 0.198 acres per 1,000 persons for neighborhood parks, 0.759 acres per 1,000 persons for community parks, and 8.261 acres per 1,000 persons for regional parks, for a total of 9.231 acres of parkland per 1,000 persons. The largest park in the Community Plan Area is Elysian Park, a regional park immediately north of the Project site. There is also a community park (Echo Park) in the Community Plan Area, and a number of neighborhood parks and “mini‐parks”, or pocket parks. Silver Lake and Echo Park have a unique collection of 36 largely wooden or concrete public staircases originally built into the area’s hillsides to provide access for residents to major streets and the Pacific Electric rail lines. Parks and recreational facilities located within the Community Plan Area include: Elysian Park, Echo Park, Everett Park, Tommy Lasorda Field of Dreams, Laurel & Hardy Pocket Park/Del Monte Triangle, Larissa Parkway, Larissa Parkway, Oros Green Street Pocket Park, Meadowvale Pocket Park, Egret Pocket Park, Oso Pocket Park, Rattlesnake Park, Marsh Street Nature Park; Marsh Street Skate Park, Elysian Valley Recreation Center, Silver Lake Recreation Center, Bellevue Park
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LAMC Section 12.05.
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City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks, A Message from the General Manager, http://www.laparks.org. 2008.
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Recreation Center, seven pocket parks in the Elysian Valley neighborhood as part of the Los Angeles River Greenway network.9
v. Libraries The LAPL system provides public library services in the City of Los Angeles. The Library Division administers the library system and operates the Central Library and 71 branch libraries throughout the City. The Project site is within the Silver Lake‐Echo Park‐Elysian Valley Community Plan area of Los Angeles and is served by the Edendale Branch Library. The Edendale Branch Library is located at 2011 W. Sunset Boulevard and would serve the Project site upon Project buildout. The 12,500‐ square‐foot library contains 55,320 volumes, which includes DVDs, CDs and magazines; 22 computers; and three full‐time equivalent librarians.10 Currently, the Edendale Branch Library offers adequate space and meets the Los Angeles Public Library standard for facility size for the population it currently serves. The City of Los Angeles library standard recommends that communities with a population greater than 45,000 be served by a branch library of at least 14,500 square feet, and communities with populations of less than 45,000 are served by branches of 12,500 square feet.11
l. Transportation The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation is responsible for transportation issues within the City of Los Angeles boundaries. The City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation reviews the transportation/traffic studies prepared for all types for which the City is the lead agency, in addition to other public agency projects located within, or that may affect, the City. City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation internal procedures are described in their Traffic Study Policies and Procedures Manual. As required by the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation’s Traffic Study Policies and Procedures (LADOT, March 2002), the LOS for a signalized intersection was determined based on the critical movement analysis (CMA) method of intersection capacity calculation. The CMA 9
Los Angeles Council District No. 13, Parks and Green Space in Council District 13, http://www.ci.la.ca.us/council/cd13/cd13parks.htm, 2010; City of Los Angeles, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation, Orso Green Street Project, http://www.lastormwater.org/siteorg/events/Oros/oros.htm, 2010.
10 Los Angeles Public Library, “Branch Library Facilities and Rates,” Chinatown Branch, http://www.lapl.org/facilities/branch_rates.html, (2009); correspondence from Cheryl Collins, Interim Director of Branch Library Services, City of Los Angeles Public Library, July 29, 2010. 11 Correspondence from Cheryl Collins, Interim Director of Branch Library Services, City of Los Angeles Public Library, July 29, 2010. City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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methodology determines the intersection volume to capacity (V/C) ratio, which corresponds to an LOS. "Capacity" represents the maximum volume of vehicles in the critical lanes that has a reasonable expectation of passing through an intersection in one hour, under prevailing roadway and traffic conditions. The CMA values used in this analysis were calculated by dividing the sum of critical movement volumes by the appropriate capacity value for the type of signal control present or proposed at the study intersections. A total of 19 signalized study intersections were selected for evaluation in the traffic study following consultation with LADOT and per the approved MOU with LADOT that defined the traffic study scope. The 19 study intersections analyzed are as follows: 1. Alvarado Street and Sunset Boulevard 2. Alvarado Street and US‐101 Freeway NB Ramps 3. Alvarado Street and US‐101 Freeway SB Ramps 4. Glendale Boulevard and Scott Avenue 5. Echo Park Avenue and Scott Avenue 6. Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Boulevard 7. Sunset Boulevard and Elysian Park Avenue 8. Sunset Boulevard and Marion Avenue 9. Sunset Boulevard and Beaudry Avenue 10. Stadium Way and I‐5 SB Ramps/Landa Street 11. Stadium Way and Scott Avenue 12. Stadium Way and Elysian Park Avenue 13. Figueroa Street and Sunset Boulevard/Cesar Chavez Avenue 14. Grand Avenue and Cesar Chavez Avenue 15. Hill Street and College Street 16. Broadway and Solano Avenue 17. Broadway and Bishop Road 18. Broadway and College Street 19. Broadway and Cesar Chavez Avenue Of the 19 intersections analyzed, intersection conditions for the existing condition (2009) peak hours in the study area, on Non‐Game Days and Dodger Game Days, all study intersections are currently operating at good levels of service (LOS A through LOS D) during the AM peak period.
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Most intersections operate at good levels of service under existing conditions during the PM peak period. Two intersections, however, operate at LOS E or F during the PM peak period on both Non‐Game Days and Dodger Game Days: 9. Sunset Boulevard and Beaudry Avenue: LOS F 12. Stadium Way and Elysian Park Avenue: LOS E An additional three intersections operate at LOS E or LOS F on Dodger Game Days only: 1. Alvarado Street and Sunset Boulevard: LOS E 7. Sunset Boulevard and Elysian Park Avenue: LOS F 10. Stadium Way and I‐5 Ramps/Landa Street: LOS E The Project is served by two transit agencies, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation. Several Metro bus routes and one LADOT bus route have stops within reasonable walking distance of the Project site and would serve employees, patrons, and residents.
m. Public Utilities i. Water Supply LADWP is responsible for providing water within the City of Los Angeles limits and ensuring that the delivered water quality meets applicable California health standards for drinking water. As the Project site is located within the City of Los Angeles, LADWP would be the water provider for the Project. Water is supplied to the City from several sources, including the Los Angeles Aqueducts (LAA), local groundwater, water purchased from the MWD, recycled water, and water transfers/storage. In 2010, LADWP had a total available water supply of 534,478 AF, of which approximately 47.0 percent was from the LAA, 12.7 percent from local groundwater, 39.0 from the MWD, and 1.3 from recycled water (none was from transfers/storage that year). The California Urban Water Management Planning Act requires every municipal water supplier that serves more than 3,000 customers or provides more than 3,000 acre‐feet per year of water to prepare an Urban Water Management Plan addressing water demand and supplies for the ensuing 20‐year period. In the Urban Water Management Plan, the water supplier must describe its service area, including current and projected population, and any other factors affecting water
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management and planning; existing and planned water supplies (including groundwater, if applicable) for the 20‐year period identified, in five‐year increments; and any water supply projects and programs undertaken to meet demand in the service area. LADWP’s 2010 UWMP provides normal‐year water demand projections in five‐year increments to 2035, based on population projections from the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG). These projections are shown in Table IV.M.1‐3, City of Los Angeles Normal‐Year Water Demand Projections. As indicated, the City’s water demand was 545,771 acre‐feet in 2010, and this is projected to increase to 641,622 acre‐feet by 2035 under normal‐year conditions. The 2010 UWMP projects a 15 percent lower water demand trend through 2035 than what was projected in the previous 2005 UWMP in response to increased water conservation requirements in the 2010 UWMP (one of the reasons for the decrease in projected water demand between 2030 and 2035). The 2010 UWMP also projects that adequate water supplies will be available to serve LADWP’s service area under normal, single‐dry, and multi‐dry year conditions through 2035.12
ii. Wastewater The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Bureau of Sanitation, is responsible for wastewater collection and treatment in the City of Los Angeles, including the Project site. The Bureau of Sanitation’s Wastewater Collection Systems Division operates and maintains the largest wastewater collection system in the nation, serving over 4 million people within approximately a 600‐square‐mile service area and comprising more than 6,700 miles of sewers, 140,000 maintenance structures, 100 diversion structures, and 44 sewage pumping plants. The municipal sewer main beneath Stadium Way adjacent to the Project site is the most upstream sewer main for this tributary area and therefore initially only serves the Project site (i.e., the Project site is the first connection). There are 15 available points of connection/discharge (laterals) between the Project site and the sewer main beneath Stadium Way, including 10 for the eastern Project site and five for the western Project site. Six active laterals exist on the eastern Project site and two active laterals exist on the western Project site; the remaining four laterals on the eastern Project site and three laterals on western Project site do not currently appear to be in use. The existing wastewater collection system on the Project site was constructed in the 1930s and consists of an underground network of vitrified clay pipes (VCP) and polyester resin concrete (PRC) pipes. The Project’s site’s eastern Project site, which contains the existing hospital, is currently 12 Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 2010 Urban Water Management Plan, April 2011. City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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served by six active sewer laterals of varying length, size, and slope. The longest lateral, serving the majority of the eastern Project site, begins at Building No. 10, east of the hospital, travels south approximately 700 feet through the center of the site, and turns west through the existing parking lot, terminating in the municipal sewer main beneath Stadium Way. This 8‐inch lateral receives discharges from an network of four‐, six‐ and eight‐inch lines that serve the buildings in the center of the eastern Project site as well as Building Nos. 6, 11, 12, 21, and 25. The remaining four active laterals on the eastern Project site consist of 8‐inch VCP lines that provide direct connections between buildings that front on Stadium Way and the sewer main beneath Stadium Way. The western Project site has two active VCP laterals of eight inches and 15 inches in diameter that connect directly to the sewer main beneath Stadium Way. These laterals serve the buildings fronting on Stadium Way and are also believed to serve the two single‐family residences at the top of the slope on Elysian Park Drive. There are six wastewater treatment and reclamation plants in the City of Los Angeles service area; three are owned and operated by the City’s Department of Public Works and are collectively called the Hyperion Treatment System. The Hyperion Treatment System encompasses the Hyperion Treatment Plant, located in Playa del Rey; two partial treatment/reclamation plants located inland (the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys and the Los Angeles‐Glendale Water Reclamation Plant near Griffith Park); two ocean outfalls; 48 pumping plants in low‐lying communities; and an array of sewer connections and major interceptors. These facilities collect and treat sewage generated throughout the City of Los Angeles and cities that contract for these services. Wastewater generated on the Project site is conveyed approximately 21 miles to, and is treated at, Hyperion Treatment Plant, the largest of the three treatment plants in the Hyperion Treatment System. The Hyperion Treatment System serves the central Los Angeles area, treats excess flows from the Los Angeles‐Glendale Water Reclamation Plant, and processes solids generated by four of the City’s other treatment/reclamation plants. Opened in 1950, Hyperion Treatment Plant can now accommodate a total average flow of 450 million gallons per day (mgd) under dry weather conditions and up to one billion gallons per day during peak wet‐weather flow conditions. As of 2010, Hyperion Treatment Plant treated an average of 300 mgd, for a remaining capacity of up to 150 mgd.
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The total sewage generation of existing uses on the Project site, is approximately 16,067 gallons per day (gpd) (.016 mgd). A number of the existing on‐site buildings are not currently in use and do not generate wastewater.
iii. Solid Waste The City of Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation provides solid waste services to the City of Los Angeles (the City), including Barlow Hospital. The Bureau of Sanitation develops plans and strategies to manage solid waste (including hazardous waste) generated in the City and addresses the disposal needs of the City as a whole. The Bureau of Sanitation also provides solid waste collection services for single‐family and small multi‐family residences. Larger multi‐family residences, such as apartment complexes and condominiums, and commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities contract with private companies to collect and transport materials for disposal and recycling. There are three types of disposal facilities for non‐hazardous waste within Los Angeles County: Class III Landfills (Municipal Solid Waste Landfills); Unclassified (Inert) Landfills; and Transformation (waste to energy) Facilities. A Class III Landfill accepts non‐hazardous household waste. Unclassified Landfills accept materials such as soil, concrete, asphalt, and other construction and demolition debris. Transformation Facilities involve the incineration, pyrolysis, destructive distillation, gasification, or the chemical or biological processing of municipal solid waste in order to generate energy, reduce volume, or produce synthetic fuel. In 2009, jurisdictions within Los Angeles County, including the City of Los Angeles, disposed a total of 6,778,746 million tons of solid waste at the County’s Class III Landfills. Additionally, these jurisdictions sent 537,012 tons of solid waste to transformation facilities and 87,390 tons of solid waste to permitted inert landfills, and exported 1,779,290 tons to out‐of‐County landfills. Collectively, Los Angeles County jurisdictions disposed of a total of 9,095,048 tons of solid waste in County landfills in 2009 (excluding inert waste).13 Assuming an estimated Countywide waste diversion rate of 55 percent, 14 County jurisdictions are estimated to have generated approximately 20,211,219 tons of solid waste (excluding inert waste) in 2009.15 On average, 13 County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan, 2009 Annual Report, 18.http://dpw.lacounty.gov/swims/Upload/2008%20AR%20FINAL.pdfhttp://dpw.lacounty.gov/swims/Upload/20 08%20AR%20FINAL.pdf 14 County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan, 2009 Annual Report, 2 and 21. 15 County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan, 2009 Annual Report, Appendix E‐3. City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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residential waste accounted for 27 percent of this waste stream, while non‐residential waste accounted for 73 percent.16 According to the City of Los Angeles Solid Resources Infrastructure Strategy Facilities Plan, the infrastructure and programs that are planned for the City of Los Angeles emphasize the practices of recycling and source reduction in order to achieve a 70 percent diversion rate by 2020. In 2002, the most recent data available, the City of Los Angeles is estimated to have achieved an actual diversion rate of 62 percent. As of June 11, 2009, the City of Los Angeles had a recycling rate of 65 percent. Applying this rate to waste collected from Barlow Hospital, approximately 772.27 tons of solid waste generated at Barlow Hospital is diverted from landfills and approximately 415.84 tons are disposed of in landfills each year. The Project site currently contains one trash compacter and one front‐load trash bin which are located near the on‐site generators, away from the main hospital. Waste is transported off‐site by Barlow Hospital’s contracted hauler, Athens Services, and taken to City Terrace Transfer Station. Waste from the trash compacter is picked up approximately 18 times per month and waste from the front‐load trash bin is collected once per month. Barlow Hospital does not currently have an on‐ site diversion program, nor does the hospital currently have on‐site recycling facilities. Barlow Hospital does not maintain or operate an autoclave/sanitizer; biohazardous waste generated on‐site is collected by Stericycle. Medical waste is stored on the Project site behind the Environmental Services (EVS) storage room, near the ambulance entrance. Medical waste storage is enclosed in non‐visible containers and secured at all times. Waste from the City of Los Angeles that is taken to City Terrace Transfer Station is subsequently taken to either Chiquita or Sunshine Canyon landfills after the recyclables have been removed.
iv. Energy (Electricity and Natural Gas) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) provides electricity service to the Project site. Electricity is supplied and distributed to the City of Los Angeles by LADWP, which derives energy from conventional and alternative resources. The largest single source of power supply for LADWP is coal, which presently provides approximately 47 percent of the City’s energy. Natural gas provides approximately 29 percent of the City’s energy; nuclear energy accounts for 16 County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan, 2009 Annual Report, 29. City of Los Angeles ENV 2009‐2519‐EIR .
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approximately 9 percent; hydroelectricity, approximately 7 percent; and the remainder, approximately 8 percent, comes from renewable energy sources such as hydrogeneration plants along the Los Angeles Aqueduct system, digester and landfill gas from sewage treatment plants and landfills, and purchases from renewable sources. LADWP owns and operates 20 receiving stations throughout the Los Angeles area that serve as collection points for power conveyed from switching stations and power generation facilities in California, Utah, Nevada and Arizona via a network of major overhead and underground transmission lines. The receiving stations lower the voltage of electricity to subtransmission levels, sending the power on to 120 distributing stations throughout the City. LADWP currently serves 1.4 million electric service connections in the greater Los Angeles area. Natural gas is supplied and distributed to the City of Los Angeles, including the City of Los Angeles, by the Southern California Gas Company. Natural gas is extracted from on‐ and off‐shore sites in California, the San Juan Basin in northwestern New Mexico and southwestern Colorado (the largest single source), west Texas, the Rocky Mountains, southwestern Colorado, and western Canada. It is then transported via high‐pressure transmission lines to one of four storage fields maintained by the Gas Company in Southern California, and redistributed through a network of transmission, supply, distribution, and local service lines. With each transition, pressure is regulated down to the most efficient level of pressure for the end user.
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RELATED PROJECTS
The analysis contained in Section IV of this Draft EIR examines both Project‐specific impacts and the potential environmental effects associated with cumulative development. CEQA requires that an EIR evaluate cumulative impacts. The State CEQA Guidelines, Section 15355, defines “cumulative impacts” in part as “two or more individual effects which, when considered together, are considerable or which compound or increase other environmental impacts.” Section 15130(b)(1) states that cumulative impact analysis should be based on either a list of past, present, and probable future projects or a summary of projections contained in an adopted General Plan or related document. The selection of methodology is dependent on the appropriateness and availability of the data. When assessing cumulative impacts upon broad regional issues, such as air quality, the analysis takes into consideration projections of cumulative growth that are contained in adopted planning documents of the City, SCAG, or the SCAQMD. Conversely, the analysis of the cumulative effects of localized impacts focuses on a list of related projects in the project vicinity.
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A list of potential projects in the Project vicinity that might be developed within the same timeframe as the proposed Project was compiled based on information provided by the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) and the Department of City Planning. This information includes data contained in recent traffic studies conducted in the Project area, specifically for the Dodger Stadium: Next 50 Years project. The list is presented as Table III‐1, Related Projects.
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Table III‐1 Related Projects Map No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Project Name Blossom Plaza ‐ Mixed‐Use Project Proposition Q & F Public Safety Civic Center Facility Plan (Jail) 110 N. Beaudry Ave. Mixed‐Use Project LAUSD Elementary School #14 Chinatown Gateway Project 1234 W. 3rd Street Mixed‐Use Project 1311 W. 5th Street Apartments The Grand Avenue Project 327 N. Fremont Ave. Mixed‐Use Project
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Location (Address) 900 N. Broadway
City Los Angeles
Los Angeles Street/Temple Street 110 N. Beaudry Avenue
Los Angeles
NWC of Alvarado Street/Santa Ynez Street Cesar E. Chavez Street/N. Broadway 1234 W. 3rd Street
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Los Angeles
1311 W. 5th Street Grand Avenue, btw Cesar Chavez Ave. and 5th Street
Los Angeles Los Angeles
327 N. Fremont Ave.
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Size 223 du 22,008 sf 9,000 sf 6,000 sf 7,000 sf 179,000 sf 204 du 5,000 sf 875 stu 280 du 22,000 sf 363 du 7,740 sf 80 du 1,648 du 412 du 275 rm 681,000 sf 53,000 sf 225,250 sf 67,000 sf 250 se 50,000 sf 600 du 30,000 sf
Description Condominium Retail Sit‐Down Restaurant Fast‐Food Restaurant Cultural Center Metro Jail Apartment Retail Elementary School Apartment Retail Apartment Retail Apartments Condominium Apartment Hotel Office Supermarket Retail Restaurant Event Facility Health Club Apartment Retail
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Table III‐1 Related Projects Map No. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
Project Name 1855 N. Glendale Blvd. Mixed‐ Use Project Chinatown Condominiums Bunker Hill Mixed‐Use Project Zen Mixed‐Use Project 855 N. Figueroa Terrace Condominiums Affordable Apartment Project 715 N. Yale Street Apartments LAUSD Central LA HS #11 HRD/PDC 1924 W. Temple Street Mixed‐ Use Project LA Dodger Stadium: The Next 50 Years MTA Bus Facility
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Location (Address) 1855 N. Glendale Boulevard
City Los Angeles
Size 65 du
1101 N. Main Street 720 W. Cesar E. Chavez Avenue
Los Angeles Los Angeles
250 S. Hill Street
Los Angeles
855 N. Figueroa Terrace
Los Angeles
300 du 272 du 6,431 sf 8,000 sf 330 du 2,800 sf 9,200 sf 56,200 sf 102 du
Condominium Retail Restaurant Condominium Retail Restaurant Health Club Condominium
431 S. Lucas Ave. 715 N. Yale Street 1200 W. Colton Street
Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles
1924 W. Temple Street
Los Angeles
75 du 65 du 25,500 sf 50 vis 350 vis 132 du 73 du 46 du 19,103 sf
Apartment Apartment Human Resources Office Exam Facility Conference Facility High‐Rise Condominium Condominium Apartment Retail
1000 W. Elysian Park Ave.
Los Angeles
920 N. Vignes Street
Los Angeles
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Description Condominium
Metro Bus Maintenance & Operations (271 buses)
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Table III‐1 Related Projects Map No. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.
Project Name Gas Station with Convenience Store
Location (Address) 1605 N. Glendale Boulevard
Central LA Area New HS #9 Gratts New Primary Center Lorenzo Residential Development 2400 Allesandro Avenue Mega Toys Project Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
450 N. Grand Ave. 474 Hartford Avenue 1076 W. 6th Street
LAUSD – Central LA High School #12 1027 Wilshire Mixed‐Use 662 Lucas Avenue Condominiums 7th Street Mixed‐Use 1111 Wilshire Mixed‐Use
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Size 12 vfp (8) vfp
Los Angeles Los Angeles Los Angeles
233,505 sf 51,329 Sf 600 du 20,000 sf 15 du 320 du 18,716 sf (62,627) sf 66,000 sf 6,000 sf 18,000 sf
Description Gas Station with Convenience Store Gas Station with Convenience Store (to be removed) Performing Arts High School K‐2 Primary Center Condominium Retail Single Family Homes Condominium Retail Warehousing (to be removed) Storage Educational Program Space Exhibition Storage Space for Public Viewing High School
2400 Allesandro Avenue 905 & 723 E. 2nd Street
Los Angeles Los Angeles
160 N. Central Avenue
Los Angeles
1201 W. Miramar Street
Los Angeles
500 stu
1027 W. Wilshire Boulevard 662 Lucas Avenue Condominiums 1135 W. 7th Street
Los Angeles
402 du 4,728 sf 311 du
Condominium Retail Condominium
1111 W. Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles
130 du 7,037 sf 420 du 40,000 sf
Condominium Retail Condominium Retail
Los Angeles Los Angeles
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Table III‐1 Related Projects Map No. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37.
Project Name 456 Witmer Condominiums Witmer Project Park Fifth Project Center Land Good Samaritan Mixed‐Use Project
Location (Address) 456 S. Witmer Street 1247 W. 7th Street
City Los Angeles Los Angeles
501 S. Olive Street
Los Angeles
418 S. Spring Street
Los Angeles
1136 W. 6th Street
Los Angeles
Size 39 du 186 du 6,200 sf 900 du 19,000 sf 19,200 sf 96 du 122 rm 10,000 sf 2,000 sf 3,500 sf 725 du 39,999 sf (20,800) sf
Description Condominium Condominium Retail Condominium Retail Restaurant High‐Rise Condominium Hotel Retail Spa Drinking Place Apartment Retail Medical‐Dental Office Building (to be removed) Warehousing (to be removed) Apartment (to be removed) Office (to be removed)
(18,250) sf (14) du (2,600) sf Source: Crain & Associates, Inc., 2010. Units: du = dwelling units; sf = square feet; emp. = employees; stu = students; se = Seats; vis = Visitors; vfp = Vehicle Fueling Positions.
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