Division of Land / Environmental Review. Volume I FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT WEST LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY PLAN AREA

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1 Division of Land / Environmental Review City Hall 200 N. Spring Street, Room 750 Los Angeles, CA Volume I FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT ENV EIR State Clearinghouse No WEST LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY PLAN AREA Council District 5 THIS DOCUMENT COMPRISES THE SECOND AND FINAL PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) FOR THE PROJECT DESCRIBED. THE DRAFT EIR, WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY CIRCULATED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AND COMMENT, COMPRISES THE FIRST PART. Project Address: Santa Monica Boulevard; 1801 Avenue of the Stars and 1930 Century Park West, Los Angeles, California Project Description: Westfield, LLC (the Applicant) proposes the within the Century City community of the. The approximately 22-acre project site consists of the existing Westfield Century City Shopping Center at Santa Monica Boulevard, and two adjacent properties addressed as 1801 Avenue of the Stars and 1930 Century Park West. The proposed project would create an integrated center within the community by providing a broad array of shopping and dining choices, entertainment opportunities, outdoor spaces and amenities. Specifically, existing buildings and outdoor areas within the shopping center would be reconfigured or renovated to provide for new retail and restaurant spaces, along with landscaping and open space amenities. In addition, the project would remove two existing office buildings that together comprise approximately 360,964 square feet adjacent to the shopping center, and replace them with new residential uses, shopping center uses, office uses and an additional parking facility, all of which would be physically integrated with the existing shopping center. Upon completion, an addition of an estimated 358,881 square feet of shopping center space, 106,523 square feet of new office uses and approximately 262 multi-family residential, apartments or condominium units would be provided within the project site. When accounting for the existing commercial uses to be removed, the proposed project would result in a net increase of approximately 104,440 square feet of commercial uses. The proposed improvements would ensure the future vitality of the shopping center and enhance Century City as a walkable community by providing options to live, play, work and shop in an area that is already an established employment hub. APPLICANT: Westfield, LLC PREPARED BY: Environmental Review Section Los Angeles City Planning Department July 2008

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3 TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME I Page I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY... I-1 II. CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS TO THE DRAFT EIR... II-1 III. RESPONSES TO WRITTEN COMMENTS...III-1 Topical Response 1: Traffic Impacts and Mitigation Measures... III-2 Topical Response 2: Traffic Analysis Study Area... III-4 Topical Response 3: Baseline Traffic Conditions... III-6 Topical Response 4: Project Trip Generation... III-8 Topical Response 5: Transportation Demand Management Plan... III-14 Topical Response 6: Shared Parking Demand Analysis... III-16 Topical Response 7: Project Site Access, Circulation and Loading Operations... III-19 Topical Response 8: Construction Impacts... III-21 Topical Response 9: Project Consistency with the Century City North Specific Plan... III-29 Topical Response 10: Century City North Specific Plan Cumulative Automotive Trip Generation Potential... III-31 Topical Response 11: Shading Impacts... III-35 Topical Response 12: Water Supply... III-45 Response to Comments Matrix... III-51 Response to Written Comments... III-71 IV. MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM... IV-1 Page i

4 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) VOLUME II APPENDICES Appendix A Traffic Technical Appendix Appendix Al Appendix Figure AI, Comparison of Santa Monica Transit Parkway Lane Configurations AppendixA2 Appendix Table A2, Beverly Hills Added Locations - Level of Service Summary ICU Data Worksheets - Weekday A.M. and P.M. Peak Hours & Weekend Peak Hour Traffic Count Data AppendixA3 Appendix Table A3-A, Post-SMB Level of Service Summary - Proposed Project Site Access Appendix Table A3-B, Post-SMB Level of Service Summary - Optional Site Access CMA Data Worksheets - Post-SMB Weekday A.M. and P.M. Peak Hours & Weekend Peak Hour - Proposed Project Site Access CMA Data Worksheets - Post-SMB Weekday A.M. and P.M. Peak Hours & Weekend Peak Hour -Optional Site Access Traffic Count Data Appendix A4 Appendix Table A4, Added Locations - Level of Service Summary CMA Data Worksheets - Weekday A.M. and P.M. Peak Hours & Weekend Peak Hour Traffic Count Data Site Specific High-Rise Condominium Trip Generation Surveys Page ii

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) VOLUME III Appendix A5 Appendix Table AS-A, Existing + Project Level of Service Summary - Proposed Project Site Access Appendix Table AS-B, Existing + Project Level of Service Summary - Optional Site Access Appendix Table AS-C, Weekday Summary of Neighborhood Street Impact Analysis Appendix Table AS-D, Weekend Summary of Neighborhood Street Impact Analysis Appendix Table AS-E, Cumulative Impact Analysis Level of Service Summary - City of Los Angeles Appendix Table AS-F, Cumulative Impact Analysis Level of Service Summary - City of Beverly Hills CMA Data Worksheets - Existing + Project Weekday A.M. and P.M. Peak Hours & Weekend Peak Hour - Proposed Project Site Access CMA Data Worksheets - Existing + Project Weekday A.M. and P.M. Peak Hours & Weekend Peak Hour - Optional Site Access Appendix A6 Neighborhood Parking Intrusion Surveys: Appendix Table A6-Al, Summary of NPI Observations for Comstock Hills Associations - Friday, May 16, 2008 Appendix Table A6-A2 through A6-A7, Comstock Hills NPI Observations Friday, May 16, 2008 Appendix Table A6-Bl, Summary ofnpi Observations for Comstock Hills Associations - Saturday, May 17, 2008 Appendix Table A6-B2 through A6-B7, Comstock Hills NPI Observations - Saturday, May 17, 2008 Transit Data: Appendix Figure A6, Metro Transit Stops on Adjacent Roadways Appendix Tables A6-Cl through A6-CS, Metro Transit Ridership Data Appendix Table A6-C6, Visual Observations of Transit Ridership - Weekday PM Peak Period Page iii

6 TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED) Automatic 24-Hour Machine Traffic Count Data AppendixA7 LADOT Approved Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Copies of Comment Letters Proposed Amendment to the Century City North Specific Plan Los Angeles City Planning Department Trip Covenant to Document Conversion of Drive-Through Bank to Office Commercial Use at 1930 Century Park West Memorandum and Replacement Trips Covenant for 1930 Century Park West Page iv

7 LIST OF FIGURES Figure II-1 II-2 II-3 II-4 II-5 II-6 II-7 II-8 II-9 II-10 II-11 II-12 II-13 II-14 III-1 III-2 III-3 III-4 III-5 III-6 III-7 III-8 III-9 III-10 Page Project Phasing Plan...II-2 Building Heights of Existing and Approved Towers Within Project Vicinity...II-5 Grade at 1801 Avenue of the Stars...II-6 Grade at 1930 Century Park West...II-7 Conceptual North Signage...II-8 Conceptual East Signage...II-9 Conceptual West Signage...II-10 Conceptual South Signage...II-11 Conceptual Landscape Plan: Avenue of the Stars...II-13 Conceptual Landscape Plan: Santa Monica Boulevard North...II-14 Conceptual Landscape Plan: Santa Monica Boulevard South...II-15 Conceptual Landscape Plan: Century Park West and Constellation Boulevard...II-16 Conceptual Landscape Plan: Constellation Boulevard...II-17 Zoning Map...II-25 Winter Solstice Shadows in Vicinity of Comstock Hills Area... III-39 Spring Equinox Shadows in Vicinity of Comstock Hills Area... III-40 Summer Solstice Shadows in Vicinity of Comstock Hills Area... III-41 Fall Equinox Shadows in Vicinity of Comstock Hills Area... III-42 New Service and Facilities Since Last Plan Update (1999)... III-160 Photosimulation of Project from Warnell Avenue North of Santa Monica Boulevard (Key Map No. 19)... III-210 Photosimulation of Project from Intersection of Warnell Avenue and Eastborne Avenue (Key Map No. 20)... III-211 Updated Key Map for Visual Simulations... III-212 Composite View from Intersection of Eastborne and Warnall Avenues Without Other Proposed and Approved Projects... III-282 Composite View from Intersection of Fox Hills Drive and Calvin Avenue Without Other Proposed and Approved Projects... III-283 Page v

8 LIST OF TABLES Table III-1 III-2 III-3 III-4 III-5 Page Comparison of Actual Ground Counts to ITE/WLATIMP Rates Weekday... III-12 Comparison of Actual Ground Counts to ITE/WLATIMP Rates - Weekend... III-13 Mean Number of Clear, Partly Cloudy and Cloudy Days in Los Angeles... III-37 Summary of Project-Generated Shadow Impacts Affecting Comstock Hills in the Morning Hours... III-43 Response to Comments Matrix... III-51 Page vi