(Sharon Gin - Legislative Assistant - (213)-978-1074 or email Sharon.Gin@lacity.org)

Motion (Koretz - Krekorian) relative to an instruction to the Department of City Planning to prepare a General Plan Amendment to redesignate the parcels located at 2951 and 2957 Midvale Avenue from the existing Medium to Low land use designation to conform to the current zoning on the property.

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT:  7/12/15; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION:  7/1/15

Mitigated Negative Declaration and related California Environmental Quality Act findings, communication from the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners, and an appeal filed by by John R. Ellis and Fredda L. Ellis, from the determination of the Board of Building and Safety Commissioners in approving an application to export 4,156 cubic yards of earth from 9410 West Sierra Mar Place, subject to Conditions of Approval.

Owner:  9410 Sierra Mar Place LLC.

Applicant:  NE Designs, Inc.

Case No. BF140073

Fiscal Impact Statement:  No

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

TIME LIMIT:  8/22/15; LAST DAY FOR COUNCIL ACTION:  8/21/15

Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Errata, Mitigation Monitoring Program, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and related California Environmental Quality Act findings, report from the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC), an Ordinance to effect a zone change from [Q]C2-2-CDO to [Q]C2-2-CDO-SN, a proposed Ordinance to establish a signage district for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, and an appeal filed by James O'Sullivan on behalf of himself and Fix the City Inc., from part of the determination of the LACPC in taking the actions below, for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures project, located at 6001-6067 West Wilshire Boulevard and 6000 West 6th Street.  The proposed project consists of the establishment of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures through the rehabilitation of the historic May Company Building (Original Building), constructed in 1939, the demolition of the 1946 Addition to the Original Building, and the new construction of a 42,300 square-foot New Wing (Sphere) with a 1,000-seat theater and a 10,000 square-foot enclosed deck.  The total floor area for the project would be approximately 208,000 square feet.  The project proposes signage, a museum cafe and store, and will provide code-required parking within the existing Pritzker Garage and Spaulding Lot of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art campus.

Actions Taken by LACPC

1. Approved a Zone Change from [Q] C2-2-CDO to [Q]C2-2-CDO-SN.
   
   
2. Approved the establishment of a Signage District for the museum.
   
   
3. Approved a Design Overlay for a project complying with the Miracle Mile Community Design Overlay.
   
   
4. Approved a Master Conditional Use Permit to allow for the on-site sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
   
   
5. Approved a Variance to permit code-required short-term bicycle parking greater than 50 feet from a main pedestrian entrance and to permit code-required long-term bicycle parking within the Original Building.
   
   
6. Dismissed without prejudice, a Variance request to permit outdoor dining in conjunction with occasional special events in the Tea Room and Rooftop Terrace as the Tea Room is consistent with Zoning Administrator's Interpretation 1808, which·asserts that eating establishments "with incidental outdoor dining terraces or outdoor eating patios for serving and consuming of food and refreshment would be similar to and no more objectionable than other uses permitted in the C2 Zone."
   
   
7. Approved a Zoning Administrator's Interpretation specifying that Los Angeles Municipal Code (LAMC) Section 12.24-Y also applies to institutional (rnuseum) and auditorium (theater) uses.
   
   
8. Approved a Zoning Administrator's Interpretation confirming that museum and related uses (for profit and not for profit) are permitted in the C2 Zone and is consistent with the City Use List (ZA 2003-4842-ZAI).
   
   
9. Approved a Site Plan Review for a project which creates or results in an increase of 50,000 square feet of gross non-residential floor area.
   
   
10. Approved a request for Special Permission for Reduction of Off-Street Parking Spaces for a project located within 1,500 feet from the portal of a fixed rail transit station.
    
    
11. Adopted Findings and modified Conditions of Approval.
    
    
12. Certified it has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Draft and Final EIR, the Errata, comprising of ENV-2013-1531-EIR, (State Clearinghouse No. 2013051086) and adopted the EIR, Mitigation Monitoring Program, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and the related Environmental Findings.
    
    
13. Advised the applicant that time limits for effectuation of a zone in the "Q" Qualified classification are specified in LAMC Section 12.32.G. Conditions must be satisfied prior to the issuance of building permits.
    
    
14. Advised the Applicant that, pursuant to California State Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the City shall monitor or require evidence that mitigation conditions are implemented and maintained throughout the life of the project and the City may require any necessary fees to cover the cost of such monitoring; and, that pursuant to the State Fish and Game Code Section 711.4, a Fish and Game and/or Certificate of Game Exemption is now required to be submitted to the County Clerk prior to or concurrent with the Environmental Notices and Determination (NOD) filing.
    
    

Applicant:  Bill Kramer, Homewood Foundation
Representative:  William Delvac, Armbruster, Goldsmith, Delvac, LLP

Case No. CPC-2014-3119-ZC-SN-CDO-MCUP-ZV-ZAI-SPR

Fiscal Impact Statement:  Yes

Community Impact Statement:  None submitted.

Director of Planning’s oral status report relative to ongoing development of City planning policies, work program, operations, and other items of interest.