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II. Environmental Setting II. Environmental Setting A. Overview of Environmental Setting This section provides a brief overview of the regional and local setting of the Century Plaza Mixed-Use Development (“Proposed Project”). The Proposed Project would be developed on an approximately 250,000-square-foot (5.74-acre) site (“Project Site”) located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Avenue of the Stars and Constellation Boulevard in the Century City area of the City of Los Angeles (“City”). Century City is a highly urbanized regional center in the western portion of the City. The Project Site is currently developed with the 16-story Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel (“Existing Hotel”) as well as a spa/health club, restaurants, conference rooms, a ballroom, and a lounge. More complete and specific discussions of the environmental setting as it relates to each of the environmental issues analyzed in this Draft Environmental Impact Report (“Draft EIR”) are included in the environmental setting discussions contained within Section IV (Environmental Impact Analysis). A list of related projects, which is used as the basis for the discussions of cumulative impacts throughout Section IV (Environmental Impact Analysis) of this Draft EIR, is provided at the end of this section. 1. Regional Setting Downtown Los Angeles is located approximately 9 miles east of the Project Site and the Pacific Ocean is approximately 6 miles west of the Project Site (see Figure II-1, Regional and Vicinity Map, on page II-2). Regional access to the Project Site is available from both the San Diego Freeway (I-405) and the Santa Monica Freeway (I-10), which are located approximately 1.9 miles west and 1.75 miles south of the Project Site, respectively. In addition, a network of major roadways in the area provides local and regional access to the Project Site including Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard, and Avenue of the Stars. 2. Local Setting As shown in Figure II-2, Aerial Photograph, on page II-3, the Project Site is bounded by Avenue of the Stars to the northeast, Constellation Boulevard to the north, a recently completed high-rise residential condominium development commonly referred to as “The Century” to the south, and MGM Drive to the southwest, with Constellation Place (“MGM City of Los Angeles Century Plaza Mixed Use Development SCH No. 2009061084 July 2011 Page II-1 WORKING DRAFT - Not for Public Review Source: ESRI Streetmap, Matrix Environmental, 2010. 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