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Proposed Mitigated Negative Declaration (310) 253-5710 FAX (310) 253-5721 9770 CULVER BOULEVARD, CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA 90232-0507 PROPOSED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION Project Title and Culver City File No.: 8777 Washington Project P2016-0049-CP - Comprehensive Plan P2016-0049-ZCMA – Zone Change Project Location: 8777 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232 Project Sponsor: Vitruvian Culver City LLC Project Description: The Project would redevelop a 42,660 SF (0.98-acre) property located north of the intersection at Washington Boulevard and National Boulevard within Culver City’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) area. The existing single-story commercial (retail/warehouse) building, a café addition, detached storage garage building, and associated asphalt-paved surface parking lot would be removed as part of the Project. The Project includes a 132,500 square foot (SF) commercial development composed primarily of “Class A” office uses within a four-story building (up to 56 feet in height) located over three levels of subterranean parking and surrounded by landscaped areas located on site and within the public right of way. In addition to the office use, the Project would incorporate approximately 4,500 SF of tenant- and commuter-serving retail and food retail uses that open to Washington Boulevard on the Ground Level. The office uses would be located on Levels 2 through 4, including a supporting media screening room that connects the ground and second levels. The Ground Level would have a floor to floor height of 15’-6”, levels two through four would have a floor to floor height of 13’-6”, with a double-height lobby accessed from the southwest corner of the Project Site. Combined, the office levels would include approximately 128,000 SF of office space. For purposes of this CEQA analysis, it is assumed the Project would include 128,000 SF of office space, 4,500 SF of retail / food retail, and a total of 132,500 SF of space to analyze a “worse-case: scenario” of environmental impacts. Parking for the proposed uses would be provided on site on the Ground Level and within a 3-level subterranean parking structure that accommodates 392 parking spaces. Environmental Determination: This is to advise that the City of Culver City, acting as the lead agency, has conducted an Initial Study to determine if the Project may have a significant effect on the environment and is proposing this MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION based on the following finding: The Initial Study shows that there is no substantial evidence, in light of the whole record before the agency, that the project may have a significant effect on the environment, or The Initial Study identified potentially significant effects, but: 1. Revisions in the project plans or proposals made by, or agreed to by the applicant before this proposed MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND INITIAL STUDY was released for public review would avoid the effects or mitigate the effects or mitigate the effects to a point where clearly no significant effects would occur, and 2. There is no substantial evidence before the agency that the project as revised may have a significant effect on the environment. A copy of the Initial Study, and any applicable mitigation measure, and any other material which constitute the record of proceedings upon which the City based its decision to adopt this MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION may be obtained at: City of Culver City, Planning Division 9770 Culver Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232 www.culvercity.org Contact: Michael Allen, Contract Planning Manager (310) 253-5713 or [email protected] The public is invited to comment on the proposed MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION during the review period, which ends May 10, 2017. Table of Contents ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION ................................. EC-1 ATTACHMENT A PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................A-1 A. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. A-1 B. Project Location and Surrounding Uses .................................................................................. A-1 C. Planning and Zoning ............................................................................................................... A-2 D. Existing Conditions .................................................................................................................. A-2 E. Description of Proposed Project .............................................................................................. A - 2 F. Necessary Approvals ............................................................................................................ A-18 ATTACHMENT B EXPLANATION OF CHECKLIST DETERMINATIONS ............................................. B-1 I. Aesthetics ................................................................................................................................ B-1 II. Agriculture and Forest Resources ......................................................................................... B - 1 0 III. Air Quality .............................................................................................................................. B-12 IV. Biological Resources ............................................................................................................. B-22 V. Cultural Resources ................................................................................................................ B-26 VI. Geology and Soils ................................................................................................................. B-33 VII. Greenhouse Gas Emissions.................................................................................................. B-38 VIII. Hazards and Hazardous Materials ........................................................................................ B - 5 2 IX. Hydrology and Water Quality ................................................................................................ B-58 X. Land Use and Planning ......................................................................................................... B-64 XI. Mineral Resources ................................................................................................................ B-67 XII. Noise ..................................................................................................................................... B-67 XIII. Population and Housing ........................................................................................................ B-81 XIV. Public Services ...................................................................................................................... B-82 XV. Recreation ............................................................................................................................. B-94 XVI. Transportation and Circulation .............................................................................................. B-94 XVII. Utilities and Service Systems .............................................................................................. B-117 XVIII. Mandatory Findings of Significance .................................................................................... B-125 XIX. Earlier Analysis ................................................................................................................... B-140 References ................................................................................................................................... B-140 ATTACHMENT C - MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM ................................................................ C-1 i 8777 Washington Project April 2017 Table of Contents List of Figures A-1 Regional and Project Vicinity Locations .......................................................................................... A-3 A-2 Aerial Photograph with Surrounding Land Uses ............................................................................. A-4 A-3 Ground Level Plan .......................................................................................................................... A-5 A-4 Level 2 and Level 3 ......................................................................................................................... A-7 A-5 Level 4 and Roof Level Plan ........................................................................................................... A-8 A-6 North and South Elevations .......................................................................................................... A-10 A-7 East and West Elevations ............................................................................................................. A-11 A-8 Longitudinal Section ...................................................................................................................... A-12 A-9 Lateral Section .............................................................................................................................. A-13 B-1 Map of View Locations .................................................................................................................... B-3 B-2 View Locations 1 and 2 ................................................................................................................... B-4 B-3 View Locations 3 and 4 ..................................................................................................................
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