LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT, SECTION 3 ADVANCED PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING Contract No. PS-4350-2000 Land Use, Community and Neighborhoods, and Environmental Justice Technical Memorandum Task No. 62.04.010.03.09E Prepared for: Prepared by: 777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 1100 Los Angeles, CA 90017 December 2018 Land Use, Community and Neighborhoods, and Environmental Justice Technical Memorandum Table of Contents Table of Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Project Overview ......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Purpose of Technical Memorandum ............................................................................ 1-4 2.0 PROJECT REFINEMENTS ........................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Construction Staging Areas .......................................................................................... 2-2 2.1.1 Western VA Construction Staging Area ........................................................... 2-5 2.1.2 Lot 42 Construction Staging Area .................................................................... 2-7 2.1.3 Construction Staging and Work Areas in Caltrans Infiltration Basins ................ 2-7 2.1.4 Construction Staging Area Located West of Bonsall Avenue ............................ 2-7 2.1.5 Replacement Parking Structure ....................................................................... 2-7 2.2 Alignment at VA Medical Center and Westwood/VA Hospital Station Entrance ........... 2-8 2.3 Westwood/VA Hospital Station Access ...................................................................... 2-12 2.4 Murals ....................................................................................................................... 2-15 2.5 Construction Method for Westwood/VA Hospital Station West Crossover ................. 2-18 2.6 Westwood/UCLA Station Entrances ........................................................................... 2-20 2.7 Tunnel Size ................................................................................................................ 2-23 2.8 Grouting .................................................................................................................... 2-23 2.9 Underground Conduits .............................................................................................. 2-25 3.0 METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Change of Circumstances............................................................................................. 3-1 3.2 Project Refinement Analysis ........................................................................................ 3-1 4.0 ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS ........................................................................................................ 4-1 4.1 Land Use ..................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.1 Regulatory Setting .......................................................................................... 4-1 4.1.2 Affected Environment/Existing Conditions ...................................................... 4-4 4.1.3 Environmental Impacts/Environmental Consequences .................................. 4-11 4.2 Community and Neighborhoods ................................................................................ 4-25 4.2.1 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................................ 4-25 4.2.2 Affected Environment/Existing Conditions .................................................... 4-26 4.2.3 Environmental Impacts/Environmental Consequences .................................. 4-35 4.3 Environmental Justice................................................................................................ 4-45 4.3.1 Regulatory Setting ........................................................................................ 4-45 4.3.2 Affected Environment/Existing Conditions .................................................... 4-46 4.3.3 Environmental Impacts/Environmental Consequences .................................. 4-51 5.0 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................ 5-1 WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT December 2018 Page i Land Use, Community and Neighborhoods, and Environmental Justice Technical Memorandum Table of Contents List of Figures Figure 1-1: Westside Purple Line Extension ................................................................................... 1-2 Figure 1-2: Communities in the Vicinity of Section 3 of the Westside Purple Line Extension .......... 1-4 Figure 2-1: Construction Schedule for Section 3 ............................................................................ 2-1 Figure 2-2: Construction Staging Areas – Final EIS/EIR and Proposed............................................. 2-3 Figure 2-3: Tower Crane and Vertical Conveyor Belt Storage Towers (Example) ............................ 2-6 Figure 2-4: Tunnel and Crossover Alignment at VA Medical Center – Final EIS/EIR and Proposed ................................................................................................................... 2-10 Figure 2-5: Westwood/VA Hospital Station Entrance and Pedestrian Circulation Features – Final EIS/EIR and Proposed ........................................................................................ 2-11 Figure 2-6: Bus and Passenger Drop-off Areas – Final EIS/EIR ...................................................... 2-13 Figure 2-7: Bus and Passenger Drop-off Areas – Proposed........................................................... 2-14 Figure 2-8: Murals ....................................................................................................................... 2-16 Figure 2-9: Northeast Mural Wall ................................................................................................ 2-17 Figure 2-10: Construction Method for Westwood/VA Hospital Station West Crossover ................. 2-19 Figure 2-11: Westwood/UCLA Station Entrances – Final EIS/EIR .................................................... 2-21 Figure 2-12: Westwood/UCLA Station Entrances – Proposed ........................................................ 2-22 Figure 2-13: Tunnel Size – Final EIS/EIR and Proposed ................................................................... 2-23 Figure 2-14: Ground Improvement Grouting for WPLE Section 3 at Westfield Mall ....................... 2-24 Figure 2-15: Ground Improvement Grouting at Sepulveda Boulevard ............................................ 2-25 Figure 2-16: Temporary and Permanent Power ............................................................................. 2-26 Figure 4-1: Westside Purple Line Extension—Section 3 Land Use Map .......................................... 4-6 Figure 4-2: Land Use Distribution of the Communities in the Study Area ....................................... 4-7 Figure 4-3: Land Use Distribution One-Quarter Mile of the Station Areas in the Study Area .......... 4-7 Figure 4-4: VA WLA Campus Planning Zones.................................................................................. 4-9 Figure 4-5: Simulated View 01 of Western VA Construction Staging Area from Los Angeles National Veterans Park (facing south) ........................................................................ 4-68 Figure 4-6: Simulated View 02 of Western VA Construction Staging Area from Los Angeles National Veterans Park (facing south) ........................................................................ 4-69 Figure 4-7: Simulated View 01 of Western VA Construction Staging Area from WLA VA Historic District (facing west) ..................................................................................... 4-70 Figure 4-8: Simulated View 02 of Western VA Construction Staging Area from WLA VA Historic District (facing west) ..................................................................................... 4-71 WESTSIDE PURPLE LINE EXTENSION PROJECT Page ii December 2018 Land Use, Community and Neighborhoods, and Environmental Justice Technical Memorandum Table of Contents List of Tables Table 4-1: 2016-2040 SCAG RTP/SCS Goals .................................................................................. 4-3 Table 4-2: Study Area Communities Percent of Population by Age (2000) .................................. 4-28 Table 4-3: Study Area Communities Population by Race and Ethnicity (2000)............................. 4-28 Table 4-4: Study Area Communities by Household Income (2000) .............................................. 4-29 Table 4-5: Study Area Communities by Population Density (2000) ............................................. 4-29 Table 4-6: Study Area Communities by Length of Tenancy (2000) .............................................. 4-29 Table 4-7: Study Area Communities Percent of Population by Age (2015) .................................. 4-30 Table 4-8: Study Area Communities Population by Race and Ethnicity (2015)............................. 4-31 Table 4-9: Study Area Communities by Household Income (2015) .............................................