Department of City Planning - Environmental Analysis Section City Hall • 200 N. Spring Street, Room 750 • Los Angeles, CA 90012 Volume 1 of 4 Draft EIR – Introduction through Appendix A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT HOLLYWOOD COMMUNITY PLAN AREA 6250 Sunset Project Case Number: ENV-2014-751-EIR State Clearinghouse Number: 2014071039 THIS DOCUMENT COMPRISES THE FIRST PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) FOR THE PROJECT DESCRIBED. THE FINAL EIR WILL COMPRISE THE SECOND AND FINAL PART. Project Address: 6230-6254 Sunset Boulevard, and 6237-6253 Leland Way, Los Angeles, CA, 90028 Project Description: The Project proposes a mixed-use development on an approximately 2.06 acre site located between Sunset Boulevard and Leland Way in the Hollywood community of the City of Los Angeles. The Project Site is currently developed with an approximately 38,280 square foot building constructed in the late 1930’s as the Earl Carroll Theatre (ECT Building), and a surface parking lot with accessory structures. The ECT Building has been used by the Nickelodeon on Sunset Corporation (Nickelodeon) as a sound stage for television productions with associated offices since the early 1980’s. The Project would protect and retain the ECT Building and construct a new seven-story, mixed-use building on the western portion of the Project Site. The Project includes approximately 4,700 square feet of ground floor commercial space oriented towards Sunset Boulevard. The Project would include 200 residential units. Five percent of the residential units are restricted as very-low income. The Project would also provide a pedestrian Paseo between the new building and the ECT Building that would link Sunset Boulevard and Leland Way. Other amenities associated with the residential units include a lobby, fitness center, pool terrace, pool, spa area, sky deck, landscaped areas, and a club house/lounge area. Parking would be located in a four-level, parking structure with two levels of subterranean parking, an at- grade parking level, and one level above-grade. Bicycle parking would also be provided. Council District: 13, Mitch O’Farrell APPLICANT: Essex Portfolio L.P. PREPARED BY: Environmental Review Section Los Angeles City Planning Department March 2015 ¤£101 N El Centro Ave El Centro N PROJECT SITE ^ Project Boundary Regional and Vicinity Map FIGURE o 0 0.125 0.25 Miles 6250 Sunset Source: ESRI Street Map, 2009; PCR Services Corporation, 2014. 1 ¤£101 Yucca Street Capital Records Ivar Avenue Ivar Vine Street Vine N GowerStreet N Pantages Theatre Hollywood Boulevard W. Hotel and Residences LA Fitness Mixed Use Residential and Residential and Commercial Commercial Selma Avenue Selma Avenue Low/Medium Density Residential Argyle Avenue Argyle Harold Way Sunset & Vine Sunset Mixed Use Commercial Media Tower N El Centro Avenue El Centro N CBS and Residential Office and Hollywood Columbia Commercial Avenue Baig La Palladium Square Commercial Sunset Boulevard Sunset & Vine Sunset Gower Tower Studios Arclight Cinemas/ Commercial Cinerama Dome Leland Way Low/Medium Vine Street Vine Hollywood Density Community Residential GowerStreet N Hospital De Longpre Avenue Low/Medium Density Residential Project Boundary Aerial Photograph of Project Site and Vicinity FIGURE o 0 200 400 Feet 6250 Sunset Source: ESRI, 2010; PCR Services Corporation, 2014. 2 SKY DECK CENTER (FLOOR 7)7 (FLOORS 2 AND 3)) CLUB HOUSE/ LOUNGEE AREA (FLOOR 3) N Conceptual Site Plan FIGURE 6250 Sunset 3 Source: Harley Ellis Devereaux and Meléndrez, 2014. PCR N Radius Map FIGURE 6250 Sunset 4 Source: Quality Mapping Service, 2014. PCR Table of Contents Page VOLUME 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................................... ES‐1 1.0 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................................... 1‐1 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ............................................................................................................................................. 2‐1 3.0 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING .............................................................................. 3‐1 A. Aesthetics/Visual Resources .......................................................................................................................................... 4.A‐1 B. Air Quality ............................................................................................................................................................................... 4.B‐1 C. Cultural Resources ...........................................................................................................................................................4.C.1‐1 1. Archaeological and Paleontological Resources .............................................................................................. 4.C.1‐1 2. Historical Resources .................................................................................................................................................. 4.C.2‐1 D. Geology and Soils ................................................................................................................................................................. 4.D‐1 E. Greenhouse Gas Emissions .............................................................................................................................................. 4.E‐1 F. Hazards and Hazardous Materials ................................................................................................................................ 4.F‐1 G. Land Use .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4.G‐1 H. Noise ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 4.H‐1 I. Population, Housing and Employment ......................................................................................................................... 4.I‐1 J. Public Services ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4.J.1‐1 1. Fire Protection .............................................................................................................................................................. 4.J.1‐1 2. Police Protection .......................................................................................................................................................... 4.J.2‐1 3. Libraries .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4.J.3‐1 4. Parks and Recreation ................................................................................................................................................. 4.J.4‐1 K. Transportation and Circulation ..................................................................................................................................... 4.K‐1 5.0 ALTERNATIVES ............................................................................................................................................................. 5‐1 1. Alternative 1: No Project/No Build Alternative ......................................................................................................... 5‐9 2. Alternative 2: Reduced Density Alternative ............................................................................................................. 5‐17 3. Alternative 3: Site Design Alternative ......................................................................................................................... 5‐33 G. Environmentally Superior Alternative ........................................................................................................................ 5‐51 6.0 OTHER CEQA CONSIDERATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 6‐1 7.0 REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................................................. 7‐1 8.0 LIST OF EIR PREPARERS AND ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONS CONTACTED ....................................... 8‐1 City of Los Angeles 6250 Sunset SCH No. 2014071039 i Table of Contents (Continued) APPENDICES APPENDIX A: NOTICE OF PREPARATION (“NOP”), INITIAL STUDY, SCOPING MEETING MATERIALS, AND NOP AND SCOPING MEETING COMMENTS VOLUME 2 APPENDIX B: AIR QUALITY WORKSHEETS APPENDIX C: CULTURAL RESOURCES DOCUMENTATION C‐1: Native American Consultation C‐2: Paleontological Resources Record Search Results C‐3: Historical Resources Assessment Report APPENDIX D: GEOLOGY AND SOILS REPORT APPENDIX E: GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION WORKSHEETS VOLUME 3 APPENDIX F: HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DOCUMENTATION F‐1: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment F‐2: Phase 2 Soil Vapor Investigation for Potential Off‐Site Vapor Intrusion VOLUME 4 APPENDIX G: NOISE WORKSHEETS APPENDIX H: POPULATION, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT DATA APPENDIX I: PUBLIC SERVICES I‐1: Fire Department Correspondence and Supporting Documentation I‐2: Police Department Correspondence