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Appendix C Notice of Preparation/Scoping This page intentionally left blank. DEPARTMENT OF EXECUTIVE OFFICES CITY PLANNING CCityity of Los Angeles 200 N. SPRING STREET, ROOM 525 CAALIFORNIALIFORNIA MICHAEL J. LOGRANDE DIRECTOR LOS ANGELES, CA 90012-4801 AND (213) 978-1271 6262 VAN NUYS BLVD., SUITE 351 VAN NUYS, CA 91401 ALAN BELL, AICP - DEPUTY DIRECTOR CITY PLANNING COMMISSION (213) 978-1272 RENEE DAKE WILSON LISA M. WEBBER, AICP PRESIDENT DANA M. PERLMAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR VICE-PRESIDENT (213) 978-1274 ROBERT L. AHN JAN ZATORSKI DAVID H. J. AMBROZ ERIC GARCETTI DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARIA CABILDO MAYOR (213) 978-1273 CAROLINE CHOE RICHARD KATZ JOHN W. MACK FAX: (213) 978-1275 MARTA SEGURA - INFORMATION JAMES K. WILLIAMS COMMISSION EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT II www.planning.lacity.org (213) 978-1300 May 22, 2014 NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING Case Number: ENV-2014-1458-EIR, CPC-2014-1456-SP, and CPC-2014-1457-SP Project Name: Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan and West Los Angeles Transportation Improvement and Mitigation Specific Plan (CTCSP/WLA TIMP) Specific Plans Amendment Project Project Location: Westside of Los Angeles - Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan and West Los Angeles Transportation Improvement and Mitigation Specific Plan areas, including the communities of Brentwood, Century City, Mar Vista, Palms, Playa Del Rey, Playa Vista, Venice, Westchester and Westwood. Community Plan Brentwood-Pacific Palisades, LAX, Palms-Mar Vista-Del Rey, Venice, Areas: Westchester-Playa Del Rey, West Los Angeles, and Westwood. Council Districts: 5 and 11 Scoping Meeting Dates: June 5 and June 9, 2014 Due Date for Public Comments: June 23, 2014 The proposed project consists of amendments to the Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan (CTCSP) and West Los Angeles Transportation Improvement and Mitigation Specific Plan (WLA TIMP). The amendments would include an update to the development/traffic impact fee program, including revisions to the fees, trip generation rates, exemptions, and in lieu credits, and an update to the list of transportation improvements and mitigation measures to be funded, in part, by the impact fees collected from new development. Other proposed changes would include administrative amendments and minor revisions consistent with updates to transportation policies and/or integration of current best practices. The CTCSP and WLA TIMP were adopted in 1985 and 1997, respectively, with the purpose of establishing a traffic impact fee program1 to be assessed on new development and intended to assist in the implementation of future transportation improvements on the Westside. The traffic impact fees were established by specific plan ordinances and have been a part of the development approval process in the Westside since adoption. The City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning (Lead Agency) will prepare an environmental impact report (EIR) for amendments to the CTCSP and WLA TIMP identified herein (proposed project). This Notice of Preparation (NOP) is being distributed to applicable responsible agencies, trustee agencies, and interested parties as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Comments from interested agencies are requested as to the scope and content of the environmental information that is pertinent to each agency’s statutory responsibilities in connection with the proposed project. Study Area The study area is in the western portion of the City of Los Angeles (the “Westside”) and encompasses the Coastal Transportation Corridor Specific Plan (CTCSP) area and the West Los Angeles Transportation Improvement and Mitigation Specific Plan (WLA TIMP) area (see Figure 1, Regional Location). As shown on Figure 2, the CTCSP area includes all or parts of the Westchester-Playa Del Rey, Palms-Mar Vista-Del Rey, and Venice community plan areas and the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Plan area. The CTCSP area is generally bounded by the City of Santa Monica on the north, Imperial Highway on the south, the San Diego Freeway (Interstate [I]-405) on the east, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. As shown in Figure 3, the WLA TIMP area includes all or parts of the Westwood, West Los Angeles, Brentwood-Pacific Palisades, and the Palms-Mar Vista-Del Rey community plan areas, and is generally bounded by the City of Beverly Hills/Beverwil Drive/Castle Heights Avenue/National Boulevard/Hughes Avenue on the east; Sunset Boulevard on the north; the City of Santa Monica and Centinela Avenue on the west; and Venice Boulevard on the south. Project Description The proposed project consists of amendments to the CTCSP and WLA TIMP. The updates of the CTCSP and WLA TIMP, as derived from the Westside Mobility Plan (WMP), are consistent with the City’s multimodal approach to transportation planning and apply such principles to the Westside in a more targeted manner. The details are summarized as follows. 1 Also referred to as a Transportation Impact Assessment (TIA) in the CTCSP and WLA TIMP. 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