Planning & Community Development Department
Central Park Apartments
86 S. Fair Oaks Avenue
Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment
City Council
April 11, 2022
Planning & Community Development Department
Approvals Required
Review/approval
of SCEA by City
Council
(action by
legislative body
required by
CEQA)
Concept Design
Review by Design
Commission
Final Design
Review by Design
Commission
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Project Location & Existing Conditions
• 32,362 sf (0.74 acre) site
• Surface parking area &
outdoor recreation space
serving Green Hotel
Apartments
• Outdoor advertising billboard
• Located within Old Pasadena
Historic District and Green
Hotel individual National
Register-listed site
> Non-contributing property
> No historic resources on the
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Planning & Community Development Department
Proposed Project
4 • Demolition of existing facilities
on the site.
• Construction of a mixed-use
project:
> 6,200 sf ground-floor
commercial/restaurant uses
> 4 work/live units appx. 1,300 sf
each
> 84 residential units including 8
very low income units
> Proposed 6-story building;
height ranges from 32- to 90’
using height averaging
Planning & Community Development Department
Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment
(SCEA)
• Under SB 375, a Transit Priority Project (TPP) qualifies for a SCEA if it meets the following criteria:
> At least 50% residential use
> Residential component is 54,448 sf of total 93,355 sf (58%) > Net density of 20 units per acre
> 84 dwellings/0.74 acres = 113 units per acre
> Within 0.5 mile of major transit stop
> Located within a High Quality Transit Area
> Within ¼-mile of Del Mar Station
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Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment
(SCEA)
• Requires compliance with applicable goals and
policies from SCAG’s 2016 RTP/SCS
• SCEA document finds project to be in compliance with
Connect SoCal (2020-2045 Regional Transportation
Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy) approved by SCAG on May 7, 2020
• Required to incorporate all feasible mitigation
measures, performance standards, or criteria from
prior applicable EIRs
• SCEA document finds project to be in substantial
compliance with all mitigation, standards and criteria from the General Plan and CDSP EIRs.
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Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment
(SCEA)
• SCEA analyzed potential impacts to 20
environmental impact areas required to be
analyzed under CEQA
• Potential impacts found related to Cultural
Resources, Noise and Tribal Cultural Resources
• SCEA found that mitigation would reduce all
potential impacts to less than significant levels
• All other impacts found to be less than
significant.
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Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment
(SCEA)
• Draft SCEA was released for public review from March 8, 2021 to May 6, 2021
• Written comments were received during the comment
period
> 3 state/local agencies
> 8 organizations
> 45 individuals
• Staff has prepared responses in Section 7 of the SCEA • Some edits were also made to the SCEA to address
public comments, none of which affected the SCEA’s
conclusions
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Conclusions & Recommendation
• Staff concludes that:
> The project meets the criteria for a SCEA per CEQA
> All impacts would either be less than significant or can be mitigated to less than significant levels
> Staff recommendation:
> Adopt the Resolution in Attachment A approving the SCEA, adopting findings, and adopting the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP); and
> Direct the City Clerk to file a Notice of Determination with the Los Angeles County Recorder.
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Central Park Apartments
86 S. Fair Oaks Avenue
Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment
City Council
April 11, 2022