Taylor Lane
Technical Professional – Environmental
Analyst and Air Quality Specialist
Professional Summary
Mr. Lane, a Lead Technical Analyst and Deputy Project Manager, has gathered experience working to prepare Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs) and Initial Studies (IS) in accordance to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Mr. Lane has also provided analyst-level services for the preparation of several Environmental Assessments (EAs) in accordance to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Analytical experience includes assessing projectrelated impacts to land use, aesthetic and visual resources, agricultural, biological, noise, air quality, hydrology, utilities, public services, and energy resources and conservation for several EIRs, IS/MNDs, and EAs. Through his educational career, Mr. Taylor Lane has acquired knowledge and skills relating to technical writing, GIS, and field survey/delineation techniques.
Wood Experience
x Deputy Project Manager, Mendota Pool Water Exchange
Agreements EIS/EIR, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Westlands Water District, Fresno, CA (2016-Present)
x Deputy Project Manager, Yolo Gardens Initial Study-Mitigated Negative Declaration, County of Yolo, CA (2018-Present) x Deputy Project Manager, Vogel Lot Division Initial StudyMitigated Negative Declaration, County of Marin, CA (2016- 2017)
x Deputy Project Manager, Baron Ranch Trail Realignment Initial Study-Mitigated Negative Declaration, County of Santa Barbara, CA (2016-2017)
x Deputy Project Manager, Cate School Master Plan Update, County of Santa Barbara, CA (2016)
x Deputy Project Manager, Fountain Valley Crossings Specific Plan EIR, City of Fountain Valley, CA (2016-2018)
x Lead Environmental Analyst, East Cherry Avenue Specific Plan EIR, City of Arroyo Grande, CA (2016)
x Environmental Analyst/Air Quality Specialist, Froom Ranch Specific Plan EIR, City of San Luis Obispo, CA (2018-Present) x Environmental Analyst/Air Quality Specialist, Strand & Pier Hotel Project EIR, City of Hermosa Beach, CA (2016-2017)
Years of Experience
3 (3 with Wood)
Office of Employment
West US – Santa Barbara, CA
Languages
x English
Professional Associations
x Member, Association of
Environmental Professionals
Education
x Member, Association of
Environmental Professionals
Training
x California Emissions Estimator
Model (CalEEMod) Technical
Specialist
x U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wetland Delineation (Certified
by the Wetlands Training
Institute)
Areas of Expertise
x Air Quality Emissions Modeling
x Greenhouse Gases
x Biological Resources
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Sydnie Margallo
Technical Professional - Environmental
Professional Summary
Ms. Margallo is an environmental science professional with over 2 years of environmental planning experience serving a diverse range of clients, including Federal, state, and local government, academic institutions (e.g., University of California San Diego), and private developers. She has experience in preparing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) compliant planning documents, as a lead technical analyst. As such, Ms. Margallo is knowledgeable on a diverse range of environmental policies and regulations. Ms. Margallo has contributed to the preparation of numerous NEPA-compliant documents for a widevariety of Federal agencies in support of capital improvement programs, management plans, and development plans. She has also contributed to the preparation of a variety of CEQA-compliant documents including Initial Studies and Mitigated Negative Declarations (IS/MNDs), Project-level Environmental Impact Reports (EIRs), and Programmatic EIRs with high levels of public interest (e.g., County of Santa Barbara Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and Licensing Program).
Ms. Margallo regularly analyzes technical studies necessary to support NEPA- and CEQA-compliant analyses (e.g., Phase I Cultural Resources Studies, Jurisdictional Wetland Delineations, Traffic Studies, Noise Analyses, etc.). Ms. Margallo has experience with using the California Emissions Estimator Model (CalEEMod) to create emissions estimates for various development projects (e.g., hotels, event centers, expanded parking lots, etc.). She is also familiar with noise modeling software and accepted metrics for analyzing aircraft noise as well as noise from construction and traffic. In addition, Ms.
Margallo has experience in conducting field work, including noise modeling, site visits, and cultural surveys.
Wood Experience
x Deputy Project Manager, Cole Grade Road Improvements EIR, County of San Diego, 2017
x Environmental Analyst/Air Quality Specialist, Ventura Hilton Project IS/MND, City of Ventura, 2017
x Environmental Analyst, Cannabis Land Use Ordinance and Licensing Program, County of Santa Barbara, 2017
x Environmental Analyst, Los Angeles Zoo Vision Plan EIR, City of Los Angeles, 2019
Years of Experience
3 (2 with Wood)
Office of Employment
West US - Santa Barbara
Languages
x English – Proficient
x French - Basic
Professional Associations
x Association of Environmental
Professionals
Education
x Bachelor of Science,
Environmental Management
and Protection, California
Polytechnic State University, San
Luis Obispo, 2016
x Minor, City and Regional
Planning, California Polytechnic
State University, San Luis
Obispo, CA, 2016
Areas of Expertise
x Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
x Climate Action Plans
Training
x California Air Pollution Control
Officers Association (CAPCOA)
California Emissions Estimator
Model® (CalEEMod)
x United States Air Force’s
(USAF’s) Air Conformity
Applicability Model (ACAM)
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Packet Pg. 2505 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) Tom Gaul
Principal-in-Charge
EDUCATION
Graduate Course Work, University of
California, Berkeley, 1982
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1981
AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Transportation Engineers
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
x Measuring the Miles: Developing New
Metrics for Vehicle Travel in Los Angeles,
2018 ITE Joint Western & Texas District
Annual Meeting
x Growing Without Vehicle Trips: The
Santa Monica LUCE, 2011 AEP California
State Conference
x Planning in Motion: The 2030 Oahu
Regional Transportation Plan, 2006 ITE
District 6 Annual Meeting
x Warner Center: A Plan for the 21st
Century, 1993 ITE District 6 Annual
Meeting
x The Making of Iniki Express (The Kauai
Emergency Bus System), 1993 ITE District
6 Annual Meeting
ABOUT
Tom has over 35 years of experience as a transportation planner and engineer, and has conducted studies for public agencies, private firms and institutions throughout the western United States. Tom has managed areawide transportation planning studies involving needs assessment, travel demand modeling, alternatives evaluation and public outreach, including general plans, specific plans and corridor studies. He has conducted traffic impact, circulation, parking and site access studies for residential, commercial, institutional, industrial, mixed-use and entertainment developments. He is experienced at recreational and special events planning, including circulation studies for the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim and parking and circulation improvements for Los Angeles Dodger Stadium. He has conducted alternatives analysis, station access planning and rail/traffic integration studies for rail transit projects in Los Angeles and Honolulu and was a task manager for the Los Angeles County HOV Performance Program and HOV System Integration Plan studies for MTA and Caltrans. He has managed preparation of Caltrans Project Study Reports and/or Project Reports for various improvement projects on the state highway system. Finally, Tom is experienced with multimodal planning including complete streets, streetscape plans and bicycle/pedestrian studies.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Santa Monica Land Use and Circulation Elements (Santa Monica, CA) With Tom as Principal-in-Charge and Project Manager, Fehr & Peers developed a citywide travel demand model for the award-winning Santa Monica General Plan Land Use and Circulation Elements (LUCE) update. The study included development of performance measures for evaluating and monitoring transportation-related goals, development of a travel demand model to evaluate proposed land use scenarios and circulation strategies, a transportation analysis for the LUCE EIR, and a nexus study to develop multi-modal transportation-based impact fees. The model incorporated many state-of-the-art and unusual features, including smart growth sensitivity to fully capture the potential effects of the General Plan alternatives on vehicle travel, greenhouse gas emissions, a Saturday model, a walking and bicycling demand GIS model, and a rail transit direct ridership model. In addition to traditional LOS, the model was used to evaluate innovative performance measures including travel times, greenhouse gases, and the ability of the City to achieve its groundbreaking “no net new PM peak trips” policy. Fehr & Peers is currently updating the model and assisting the City of Santa Monica with development of VMT metrics and thresholds in response to SB 743. Tom is Principal-in-Charge.
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Packet Pg. 2506 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) Capturing VMT Impacts and Benefits to CEQA (Los
Angeles, CA)
The City of Los Angeles is shifting from an auto-oriented metropolis to a city built around transit, compact transit-oriented development, and multi-modal “Complete Streets” which
emphasize all travel modes. However, these dynamic policy shifts have been significantly impeded by requirements under CEQA to mitigate automobile delay. The City has seized the historic opportunity, mandated by SB 743, to realign the environmental review processes with policies that support infill development and Complete Streets transportation projects. Fehr & Peers was selected to work closely with the LADCP and LADOT to develop new VMT-based CEQA thresholds and to update the tools
necessary to implement the new procedures. In addition to developing the new thresholds, Fehr & Peers updated the City’s travel demand model and developed a sketch model tool to perform project-level VMT analysis; quantifying the parking demand and vehicle trip reduction benefits for mixed-use projects, creative office buildings, market rate housing, and affordable housing, and Transportation Demand Management (TDM) strategies. The affordable housing sites are broken down based on population (senior, family, special needs, permanent supportive) and location (inside or outside a transit priority area).
Transportation and Outreach Consultant Services for
the City of Los Angeles General Plan Mobility Element
Fehr & Peers led a team updating the General Plan Mobility Element for the City of Los Angeles. From a selection of alternative approaches, the City chose a multimodal layerednetwork approach with a context sensitive overlay to update its street classification system. Fehr & Peers picked up where its LA Street Classification and Benchmarking System study left off and working with the City to develop concepts for a layered network.
Fehr & Peers worked with the City to create new street standards based on the development of that layered network. Through an extensive social media campaign and a series of meetings and workshops, Fehr & Peers framed the conversation in terms of transportation choices, where options and tradeoffs are clearly defined to reflect both aspirational goals and the constraints of conditions on the ground. This framing allows for the productive exchange of ideas between the public and the City. The Fehr & Peers team worked with the City to prepare a Streetscape Manual that identifies required improvements associated with each street type and addresses the existing disconnects between policy goals and current street standards. Throughout the project, our team performed outreach and branding related to public engagement for the Mobility Element. Using an innovative social media approach, the engagement approach includes crowdsourced idea generation and dialogue, a custom contest for ideas, and in-person workshops across the City. Tom was Principal-in-Charge.
Santa Monica Exposition LRT/Downtown Area
Circulation Planning (Santa Monica, CA)
Fehr & Peers assisted the City of Santa Monica with travel demand modeling and simulation in support of Exposition LRT multimodal circulation planning for Downtown Santa Monica, potentially considering Expo LRT integration, the Downtown Expo LRT Station Plaza, the Colorado Esplanade project, and potential future redevelopment of the 4th/5th Street & Arizona Avenue site. As part of this assignment, Fehr & Peers conducted travel demand forecasting model runs and VISSIM simulation model runs to analyze weekday peak hour traffic conditions and traffic/LRT interaction issues along Colorado Avenue and used this information to assist the City of Santa Monica and the Exposition Authority with resolution regarding the ultimate configuration of the LRT trackage leading into the 4th & Colorado terminus station. Fehr & Peers also evaluated issues associated with different development alternatives for the 4th/5th & Arizona site.
Santa Monica Civic Center Specific Plan Update and EIR
(Santa Monica, CA)
Tom led a team that prepared a circulation and parking study for the City of Santa Monica as part of updating the Civic Center Specific Plan (CCSP). The CCSP is a long-range plan that will guide the development of the civic center area, which includes the Santa Monica City Hall, the Public Safety Facility, the civic auditorium, a county courthouse, the RAND office complex, and planned residential uses. Fehr & Peers assisted the design team and the public working group with an evaluation of parking and circulation implications of various options regarding future development of the CCSP area. Land use options studied
included a new city government building, reuse of the old RAND site as open space, reuse/reprogramming of the civic auditorium, and the level of intensity of planned affordable residential units.
Fehr & Peers conducted traffic impact analyses and projected potential parking demands for each alternative. The firm also identified and evaluated alternative street system configurations and parking supply locations.
Westside Mobility Plan (Los Angeles, CA)
Fehr & Peers led a multi-disciplinary team to develop a long-term comprehensive Mobility Plan for the Westside of the City of Los Angeles, California. The study included development of a stateof-the-art travel demand model; a mobility and rail connectivity study including the potential for north/south rail transit connections from the LAX area through the Westside and
integration of transit, highway, bicycle and pedestrian modes; a comprehensive Westside parking study; updates to the Coastal Transportation Corridor and the West Los Angeles
Transportation Specific Plans (including VMT-based trip fee nexus studies for each); and a livable boulevards study addressing the integration of urban design/streetscape and transportation planning. The study included a substantial public outreach program to engage the community throughout the process.
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Packet Pg. 2507 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) Fatemeh Ranaiefar, PhD
Associate
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy, Transportation Science
University of California, Irvine, 2013
Master of Science, Industrial Engineering,
Socioeconomic System Engineering
Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering
Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
AFFILIATIONS
Standing Committee on Urban Freight
Transportation (AT025) – Communication
Coordinator
Standing Committee on Freight
Transportation Data (ABJ90) -
Communication Coordinator
Standing Committee on Freight
Transportation Planning and Logistics
(AT015) - Research coordinator
ABOUT
Fatemeh has been working with Fehr & Peers since 2013. She started and leads the freight discipline group at Fehr & Peers. She specializes in freight transportation modeling, developing performance measures, and developing decision support tools for prioritizing projects to address freight issues. She recently led the team of national experts to update California Freight Mobility Plan (CFMP 2019). Fatemeh gain very deep understanding of freight transportation challenges at various level through the outreach and engaging with industry stakeholders. She is one of the main developers of California Statewide Freight Forecasting Model (CSFFM). CSFFM is a commoditybased freight forecasting model sensitive to supply chain policies and green transportation strategies.
She is passionate about research community and developing next generation of Transportation enthusiasts. She serves on the multiple TRB committees and teaches Transportation Network Modeling to Master students at USC. She has provided over 150 hours training for public agencies’ empowering staff to develop and evaluate freight modeling scenario alternatives, assess projects based on comprehensive freight performance measures and understand the application of new freight data sources and its role in their decision-making process by enhanced visual infographics.
PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Santa Monica TDF Model Update & SB 743 Implementation (Santa Monica, CA)
Fehr & Peers is currently assisting the City of Santa Monica with an update its travel demand forecasting (TDF) model and with developing the City’s transportation impact assessment metrics in response to Senate Bill (SB) 743. The model update includes extending the model focus area, refreshing the model with updated socioeconomic and land use data, calibrating the model distribution using mobile source (i.e., “big”) data, and recalibrating to recent traffic volume data. The metrics update focuses on developing appropriate screening thresholds, impact significance thresholds, and methodologies for evaluating impacts on vehicle miles of travel (VMT), customized to City of Santa Monica characteristics and values.
San Bernardino Transportation Analysis Model (SBTAM)
Fehr & Peers helped the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) with travel demand modeling support services. Ms. Ranaiefar prepared a baseline 2040 DocuSign Envelope ID: 9B16548E-019F-4705-A4C7-AE19F25BFD09
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California State Freight Mobility Plan (CFMP 2019)
Fatemeh led a team of national experts to assist Caltrans in developing CFMP 2019 to create a powerful and effective instrument for freight mobility improvement. The team’s approach is based on effective public relationships and targeted, productive industry involvement to merge public and private visions and define implementable action steps. During the course of the project, Fatemeh worked closely with the Caltrans office of freight planning, California Freight Advisory Committee (CFAC) and California Transportation Commission. Major issues
addressed in the plan include:
• Using the freight system to strengthen economic development, efficiency, and competitiveness
• Reducing congestion on the freight system, and freight’s contribution to passenger system congestion
• Improving freight system safety, security, and resilience • Improving freight system maintenance and condition
• Incorporating advanced technology, performance management techniques, innovation, and accountability in system operation and maintenance
• Reducing freight’s adverse community and environmental impacts
• Reducing freight’s urban footprint in conjunction with increased passenger use of non-auto modes
• Merging freight transportation planning with Smart Growth, Complete Streets, and Transit Oriented Development initiatives Metro Regional Bike Share Plan
Fehr & Peers prepared the Regional Bike Share Plan for Metro to establish the parameters and framework for a Regional Bike Share program that encompasses Los Angeles County.
Development of the Plan is a collaborative effort that includes three pilot cities (Los Angeles, Pasadena and Santa Monica) and Long Beach. Fehr & Peers developed criteria for determining local jurisdiction participation in the initial and future expansion phases of the program. Ms. Ranaiefar developed a
geographically transferable bike share direct demand ridership forecasting model using clustering approach and structural equation methodology. She and her group prepared a large set of sample data from five major bike share systems to resemble different characteristics of a new bike share system in a different city. The model was later used for other studies such as the Beverly Hills Bike Share Study.
San Joaquin Valley Goods Movement Sustainable
Implementation Plan (SJV GM SIP)
As part of a team, Fehr & Peers used the San Joaquin freight model and MIP models to evaluate needs for high priority connectors. Truck routing and truck parking are priorities to ensure the movement of goods through SJV communities. To propose the best framework for the model, Fehr & Peers
reviewed other freight models’ data sources, model development process and model maintenance. Fehr & Peers reviewed statemandated sustainable communities strategies in depth and providing a summary of strategies with potential impacts on goods movements in the Valley, especially those aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and are integrated with each MPO’s RTP. Fatemeh is modeling lead.
Santa Monica TDF Model Update & Vistro Conversion
(Santa Monica, CA)
Fehr & Peers assisted the City of Santa Monica with updating its transportation analysis tools, including the travel demand forecasting (TDF) model and its traffic analysis database. Fehr & Peers built the first TDF model in 2009 for the Santa Monica LUCE, and it is good practice to update a model every three to five years. The City collected newer citywide traffic counts in Fall 2013 and SCAG released its updated 2012 Regional
Transportation Plan (RTP) model in late 2012. The updated TDF model is to provide a more reliable base for long-range planning and for development review and environmental compliance. In addition to the travel demand model update, Fehr & Peers converted the City’s existing TRAFFIX database to VISTRO, a new traffic analysis software package. Ms. Ranaiefar was responsible for development of the VISTRO model for the City and helped to update and validate the City’s TDF Model update, Fehr & Peers converted the City’s existing TRAFFIX database to VISTRO, a new traffic analysis software package.
NCHRP 08-106 Metropolitan Freight Transportation:
Implementing Effective Strategies
Fatemeh led the team to develop an interactive sketch-planning tool: “Urban Freight Implementation Tool (UFT)” to aid
practitioners in assessing freight strategies for possible implementation based on user inputs. The tool provides visually appealing output that compares and contrasts composite scores of the selected transportation strategies to aid in identifying the most promising strategies for each problem.
Community Impact Study (Long Beach, CA)
Fehr & Peers conducted technical analysis in support of the Port’s Community Impact Study and wrote the Traffic & Mobility chapter of the study itself. The Port Area Travel Demand Model (PortTAM) was used to identify the magnitude, location and geographic extent of Port-related truck trips in the region. The modeling results were integrated with GIS mapping of other metrics to help Port staff and the project team better explore the data. Based on the results of the analysis and professional literature research, specific mitigation strategies were identified to help offset those impacts. Fatemeh was the modeler on this project and attended PorTAM training sessions.
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Packet Pg. 2509 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) PAUL D. TRAVIS, AICP
MANAGING PRINCIPAL
Experience Profile
Paul Travis has been with HRG since 2006 and specializes in master planning, CEQA, NEPA and Section 106 environmental review, and historic resources assessment.
At HRG, Paul manages planning-related projects with a focus on large, multiproperty sites including college campuses, historic downtowns, neighborhoods and districts, industrial sites, motion picture studios, and military bases. Paul has drafted preservation plans for the University of Southern California, NBC Universal Studios, Hollywood, and Los Angeles International Airport. He has participated in the development of community plans or specific plans for Paso Robles, Fresno, and Whittier; and has been involved in the master planning process for Loyola Marymount University, Occidental College, Mount St.
Mary’s College, Fox Studios, the Alameda Naval Station, and the Downey NASA site. Recent survey experience includes historic resource surveys for the cities of Los Angeles, Ventura, Glendale, Paso Robles, San Diego, and Fresno.
Prior to working at HRG, Paul worked as a research assistant at the Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies performing academic research for study of transit-oriented development along the Pasadena Gold Line light rail system.
Responsibilities include gathering and analysis of ridership data and adjacent development activity, and field observation of conditions surrounding transit stops.
Paul Travis meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards in Historic Preservation in Historic Preservation Planning and History.
Selected Projects
Fresno Fulton Corridor Specific Plan, Fresno
Fox Studios Master Plan, Century City
Gamble House Cultural Landscape Report, Pasadena
LAX Historic Assessments, Environmental Review, Preservation Plan NBC Universal Evolution Plan, Universal City
Sunset Bronson Studios, Hollywood
SurveyLA, Los Angeles
Thacher School, Ojai
Years of Experience: 14
Education
Master of Arts in Urban Planning,
University of California, Los
Angeles, 2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Printmaking,
San Jose State University, San Jose,
1985
Speaking Engagements
California Preservation Foundation
x Historic Resources and the
California Environmental
Quality Act
x Historic Resources Surveys
x Preservation Planning
American Planning Association,
California Chapter
x Preservation Planning
Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Certified
Planners, Member
American Planning Association,
Urban Design & Preservation
Division, Member
American Planning Association,
Los Angeles Chapter, Member
California Preservation
Foundation, Guest Speaker,
Workshop Leader
National Trust for Historic
Preservation, Member
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Packet Pg. 2510 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement)
CHRISTINE LAZZARETTO
MANAGING PRINCIPAL
Experience Profile
Christine Lazzaretto is an Architectural Historian who has been working in historic preservation in Southern California since 2003 and at Historic Resources Group since 2008. At HRG, Christine works on environmental review, policy development, historic resources surveys, historic context statements, and federal tax credit projects. She has worked on numerous large-scale historic resources surveys, authored a wide range of historic context statements and successful National Register nominations. Her deep understanding of CEQA principles, significance, context and environmental impacts make her a leading expert in cultural resources analysis for environmental review and she is a frequent guest speaker at USC on CEQA. Christine also manages teams of professional colleagues on large-scale planning and mitigation efforts.
Prior to joining HRG, Christine worked at Pasadena Heritage as Preservation Director and Program Director, where her responsibilities included administering the Preservation Easement Program; assisting with advocacy efforts; attending local hearings and advising neighborhood groups on preservation issues; conceiving, organizing and implementing all of the organization’s highly successful educational tours and programs; conducting historic research; producing written architectural descriptions and detailed histories.
Christine Lazzaretto meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards in History and Architectural History.
Selected Projects
Archer School for Girls Master Plan, Los Angeles
CBS Columbia Square Adaptive Reuse
City of Goleta Comprehensive Preservation Planning
City of Santa Monica Citywide Survey Update
City of Santa Monica On-Call Historic Resources Consulting City of Long Beach Historic Preservation Element
Forum Rehabilitation and Historic Tax Credit Project, Los Angeles Fulton Corridor & Downtown Neighborhoods Specific Plans, Fresno Herald-Examiner Technical Report, Los Angeles
Hill & Fifth Technical Report, Los Angeles
Modernism in Riverside Survey
Paramount Pictures Master Plan, Los Angeles
SurveyLA, Los Angeles
University of Southern California Master Plan and Additional Services Years of Experience: 16
Education
Master of Heritage Conservation,
University of Southern California,
Los Angeles
Bachelor of Arts Degree with High
Distinction, Art History, The
Pennsylvania State University,
State College, PA, Phi Beta Kappa
Honors and Awards
Los Angeles Conservancy
Preservation Award
• SurveyLA
Speaking Engagements
California Preservation Foundation
• Topics: CEQA, Historic
Resource Surveys, Context
Statements
University of Southern California
• Lecturer, Heritage
Conservation Summer
Course
Professional Affiliations
California Preservation Foundation
• Board of Trustees, 2016-
Present, Current President
• Education Committee CoChair, 2015-Present
DOCOMOMO Southern
California
• Founding & Current VicePresident
Los Angeles Conservancy
National Trust for Historic
Preservation
Society of Architectural Historians
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Packet Pg. 2511 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) LUIS F. PEREZ
LUIS F. PEREZ
Project Role: Project Manager
Education: M.A. Organizational Management Fielding Graduate University, B.A. Environmental Science and Public Relations, Northern Arizona University
Expertise: CEQA Project Management, Land Use Analysis, Permitting and Compliance - 30 years Mr. Perez is a Senior Project Manager with MRS Environmental. Before joining MRS, Mr. Perez acquired extensive public agency experience working for Santa Barbara County, which included interpretation of land use and environmental policies and regulations for large development projects, recommendations to decision-makers and public presentations. He was an Energy Specialist with the Santa Barbara County Energy Division for 16 years, working on permitting and environmental review for onshore and offshore oil and gas projects. Mr. Perez is involved with the management and preparation of environmental studies, primarily focusing on the implementation of CEQA for oil and gas development projects in California. His major areas of expertise are in land use issues of major oil and gas development and transportation projects.
Mr. Perez has extensive experience in the preparation of environmental documents, staff reports for decision-makers, presentations for decision-makers, public workshops and hearings.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
While working for MRS Environmental, for the last 13 years Mr. Perez has worked as Project Manager for the preparation of the Hermosa Beach Oil Development Project EIR, the Whittier Main Oil Field EIR, Paredon EIR, the Baldwin Hills Community Standards District EIR, the Conoco-Phillips Santa Maria Refinery Expansion EIR, the Chevron El Segundo Marine Terminal Lease Extension EIR, the Guadalupe Oil Field Fencing Plan, and the preparation of the Venoco Full Field Development Project EIR.
Mr. Perez was the Project Manager for multiple oil and gas development projects for the County of Santa Barbara. Those projects included:
The Pacific Pipeline Project, which was a proposal for construction of a pipeline from the Gaviota Area to refineries in Los Angeles. The Molino Gas Development Project, which was the first project approved for drilling from an onshore location into an offshore reservoir. The Chevron Point Arguello Project, which included three platforms, oil and gas pipeline and an onshore processing facility. Mr. Perez reviewed applications, conducted environmental review and processed permits for various proposals, including Marine Tankering, Process Reconfiguration, and the Rocky Point Unit drilling project, among others. Mr. Perez was also the Project Manager for a number of decommissioning of oil and gas projects that had reached the end of their economic life. Those projects included the abandonment of the Texaco Pipeline through Hollister Ranch, the decommissioning of the Unocal Cojo Marine Terminal and the decommissioning of the Texaco Gaviota Gas Plant, among others. In addition, Mr. Perez led the team effort required to oversee compliance with mitigation required for the execution of the different projects.
While working for the County, Mr. Perez was also tasked with the management and supervision of the contract to provide Oil and Gas permitting and compliance services to the City of Goleta by Santa Barbara County. The efforts included to manage and supervise teams, report writing, public hearings and presentations for the Venoco Full Field Development Project, Venoco State Lease 421 Repairs, and Venoco Line 96 SCADA system.
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Packet Pg. 2512 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) LUIS F. PEREZ
Mr. Perez also managed the contract to provide oil and gas permitting and compliance services to the City of Carpinteria, which included application completeness review, policy considerations, and preparation of environmental documents.
Mr. Perez has also acquired significant experience in the implementation and compliance of oil and gas and construction projects by overseeing the operation of the All American Pipeline Project, the Chevron Point Arguello Project, the Gaviota Marine Terminal Project, the Exxon Santa Ynez Unit Project, the Santa Maria Asphalt Refinery, among others.
Mr. Perez was the government liaison for the permitting and compliance of the construction of the Cano Limon-Rio Zulia Pipeline Project in Colombia, South America for Mannesmann Anlagenbau, AG. The project involved coordination with multiple agencies, preparation of documents, emergency response preparedness training, and environmental restoration.
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GREG CHITTICK
GREG CHITTICK
Project Role: Hazardous Materials and Air Quality
Education: M.S. Mechanical Engineering, B.S Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley Expertise: Project Management, Air Quality and modeling, Health Risk, GHG, Hazardous Materials, Risk Assessments and Hazard Modeling, Technical Analysis. 30 years Mr. Chittick is a Senior Scientist and Project Manager with MRS Environmental with more than 30 years of experience specializing in project management in combination with the technical analysis areas of safety, risk, air quality analysis, noise, aesthetics, visual, traffic and GIS systems. At MRS, he has been involved in preparing and managing numerous air quality studies, health risk assessments, environmental technology studies, computer mapping analysis, modeling accidental releases of hazardous materials, and conducting risk analysis studies for small and large facilities. Mr. Chittick has worked with a large range of industry and government agencies including the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, County of Santa Barbara, County of San Luis Obispo, California State Lands Commission, Federal Bureau of Ocean Energy management and various APCDs and AQMDs. His combination of effective and efficient project management with extensive experience in technical analysis makes him an exceptionally well qualified asset to any project.
Mr. Chittick also worked for more than 10 years with Arthur D. Little, Inc., based in Boston, on risk, air quality and EIR analysis. Mr. Chittick previously worked at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory on studies related to building energy efficiency. Mr. Chittick is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Southern California Association of Risk Analysis, the Chlorine Institute, and the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration.
Mr. Chittick’s areas of expertise include:
Key Expertise:
x Air Quality Analysis
x Air Quality Modeling
x Health Risk Assessment Modeling
x Hazardous Materials Assessment
x Quantitative Risk Assessment
x Modeling of Accidental releases
x Acoustics Analysis
x Traffic Analysis
x Visual Assessment
x GIS Analysis
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS HIGHLIGHTS
Mr. Chittick has completed numerous air quality analyses for more than 50 environmental assessment documents over the past 30 years. Analyses have included assessment of criteria pollutants, including emissions from hydrocarbon impacted soil handling activities; toxic pollutants, including AB2588 health risk assessments; CO hot spots analysis and greenhouse gas emissions analysis, including electrical grid assessments; and indirect emissions. Modeling DocuSign Envelope ID: 9B16548E-019F-4705-A4C7-AE19F25BFD09
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conducted as part of these analyses included ISC, AERMOD, SLAB, ACE, HARP, HARP2, CALINE4, CAL3QHC, URBEMIS, CalEEMod, SupeChems and CANARY among numerous others.
Conducted numerous health risk assessment studies for AB2588 compliance, on development projects operational activities, large industrial facilities, oil and gas developments, mining and gravel plants, utility-scale battery installations, railroad loading/unloading facilities, cannabis installations and emergency generator projects.
Assessments of highway toxic pollutant emissions impacts on nearby residential developments, including use of HARP2 and AERMOD models to examine impacts from the full range of vehicles on Highway 101 (diesel trucks, gasoline automobiles, buses, motorcycles, etc) on proposed nearby residential developments. Included recommendations and quantification of mitigation measures effectiveness systems to reduce cancer impacts of highway emissions to nearby residents.
Extensive experience with CalEEMod for operational and construction emissions estimates for development projects in California, including the development of mitigation and quantification of mitigation measure effectiveness. Development projects have included large, multi-year construction and overlapping operational-construction emissions, as well as coordination with SCAQMD on the implementation of CalEEMod as part of CEQA analysis projects. Air quality impacts of traffic congestion associated with CO hot spots includes numerous studies associated with development projects and congested intersections utilizing EPA models, conducted in close coordination with traffic studies.
Mr. Chittick assessed the quantitative risk impacts using QRA techniques on development projects, industrial oil and gas, hydrogen plants and pipelines, offshore drilling, and production units as well as pipelines and marine terminals. Risk analysis examines risks to public health as well as the quantitative analysis and hazardous materials spill probabilities and impacts to the environment.
Mr. Chittick has conducted quantitative risk analysis for a broad range of transportation related projects, including transportation of gas liquids and ammonia on highways and pipeline transportation of crude oils and hydrocarbon products. His studies have included developing QRA models, FN curves and mitigation measures to reduce risk impacts. Mr. Chittick has conducted numerous chemical release and dispersion modeling analyses, including releases of hydrogen, ammonia, gas liquids, hydrocarbons, produced gas containing hydrogen sulfide, and vapor from spilled combustible liquids, including fuels and crude oil.
Models include CANARY, SuperChems, SLAB, AERMOD, Aloha, and multi-component models.
His experience with noise analysis has included impacts of increased traffic, construction equipment operations, as well as in-field measurements of noise levels. Analysis included modeling of noise generated from a range of equipment, including assessing the attenuation of noise levels over barriers and terrain and assessing the effectiveness of a range of noise mitigation methods. The analysis included the development of location-specific models to assess potential noise impacts.
Mr. Chittick has conducted over 20 in-field noise measurement and assessments studies, including noise associated with construction equipment, sheetpile installation, railway noise, truck noise, processing equipment noise, including pumps and compressors, and natural noise DocuSign Envelope ID: 9B16548E-019F-4705-A4C7-AE19F25BFD09
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sources, including ocean waves and surf. Studies of noise mitigation have included the measurement of the effect of noise barriers, noise blankets and the effects of vegetation on noise attenuation. Assessments have included A weighted, linear, and octave band analysis. Mr. Chittick’s traffic impact experience includes analysis of level of concern and intersection traffic flow changes due to project related increases in traffic volumes utilizing the Intersection Capacity Utilization approach and the Highway Capacity Manual software. His experience with visual impacts has been acquired conducting visual simulations of proposed projects, including industrial plant equipment removals and additions, grading and land contouring impacts on visual resources, drill rig impacts, viewpoint analysis and 3D flythrough assessments.
Mr. Chittick has also conducted fire protection and emergency response analysis associated with many industrial project EIRs. All included analysis of pertinent issues, including water supply and demand estimates and availability of emergency response and mutual aid assistance. He also examined and compared projects to applicable codes and guidelines, including IRI, ANSI, and NFPA.
Experience for Environmental Projects
Montebello Hills Residential Development Project
Numerous Santa Barbara County development projects CalEEMod analysis’ E&B Oil Drilling and Production Project EIR: City of Hermosa Beach Baldwin Hills Oil Field Monitoring Project: County of Los Angeles Assisting County of Santa Barbara for Analysis for Energy Projects City of Carson Oil and Gas Support
GHG CEQA Thresholds Development: Santa Barbara County APCD Phillips 66 Company Rail Spur Extension and Crude Unloading Project EIR: County of San Luis Obispo
Orcutt Hill Resource Enhancement Plan Project
ERG Operating Company Foxen Petroleum Pipeline Project Santa Maria Energy Production Plan and Development Plan Venoco South Ellwood Field Project: California State Lands Commission Becker and Legacy Wells Abandonment and Remediation Project: California State Lands Commission
Huasna Valley Excelaron Oil Exploration and Production Project: County of San Luis Obispo Chevron Tank Farm Project: County of San Luis Obispo
DocuSign Envelope ID: 9B16548E-019F-4705-A4C7-AE19F25BFD09
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Wood Environment &
Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
104 West Anapamu Street, Suite 204A
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
DocuSign Envelope ID: 9B16548E-019F-4705-A4C7-AE19F25BFD09
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Packet Pg. 2517 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) Exhibit B
Budget
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Packet Pg. 2518 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) Exhibit C
Insurance Requirements and Verifications
WOOD shall procure and maintain for the duration of the Agreement insurance against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property that may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder by WOOD, its agents, representatives, employees or subcontractors.
Minimum Scope and Limits of Insurance
Coverage shall be at least as broad as:
1. Commercial General Liability (CGL): Insurance Services Office Form CG 00 01 covering CGL on an “occurrence” basis, including products and completed operations, property damage, bodily injury and personal and advertising injury, with limits of no less than $1,000,000 per occurrence. If a general aggregate limit applies, either the general aggregate limit shall apply separately to this project/location (Insurance Services Office Form CG 25 04) or the general aggregate limit shall be twice the required occurrence limit.
2. Automobile Liability: Insurance Services Office Form CA 00 01 covering Code 1 (any auto), or if WOOD has no owned autos, Code 8 (hired) and Code 9 (non-owned), with limits of no less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury and property damage.
3. Workers’ Compensation: Workers’ Compensation insurance as required by the State of California, with Statutory Limits and Employers’ Liability Insurance with limits of no less than $1,000,000 per accident for bodily injury or disease (see footnote #1).
4. Professional Liability: Insurance appropriate to WOOD’s profession with limits of no less than $1,000,000 per occurrence or claim/$2,000,000 in the annual aggregate.
If WOOD maintains broader coverage or higher limits than the minimums shown above, the City of Santa Monica requires and shall be entitled to any broader coverage and higher limits maintained by WOOD. Any available insurance proceeds in excess of the specified minimum limits of insurance and coverage shall be available to the City of Santa Monica.
Other Insurance Provisions
1. The insurance policies are to contain, or be endorsed to contain, the following provisions:
a. Additional Insured Status: The City of Santa Monica, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers are to be covered as additional insureds on the CGL policy with respect to liability arising out of work or operations performed by or on DocuSign Envelope ID: 9B16548E-019F-4705-A4C7-AE19F25BFD09
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Packet Pg. 2519 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) behalf of WOOD including materials, parts, or equipment furnished in connection with such work or operations. CGL coverage can be provided in the form of an endorsement to WOOD’s insurance (at least as broad as Insurance Services Office Form CG 20 10 11 85, or if not available, through the addition of a combination of (1) CG 20 10, CG 20 26, CG 20 33, or CG 20 38 and (2) CG 20 37). b. Primary Coverage: For any claims related to this Agreement, WOOD’s insurance shall be primary coverage at least as broad as Insurance Services Offices Form CG 20 01 04 13 as respects the City of Santa Monica, its officers, officials, employees and volunteers. Any insurance or self-insurance maintained by the City of Santa Monica, its officers, officials, employees or volunteers shall be in excess of WOOD’s insurance and shall not contribute with it.
c. Notice of Cancellation: Each insurance policy required herein shall state that coverage shall not be cancelled except after notice has been given to the City of Santa Monica.
d. Waiver of Subrogation: WOOD hereby grants to the City of Santa Monica a waiver of any right of subrogation which any insurer of said WOOD may acquire against the City of Santa Monica by virtue of payment of any loss. WOOD agrees to obtain any endorsement that may be necessary to affect this waiver of subrogation, but this provision applies regardless of whether or not the City of Santa Monica has received a waiver of subrogation endorsement from the insurer.
Self-Insured Retentions
Self-insured retentions must be declared to and approved by the City of Santa Monica. The City of Santa Monica may require WOOD to purchase coverage with a lower retention or provide satisfactory proof of ability to pay losses and related investigations, claim administration, and defense expenses within the retention. The policy language shall provide, or be endorsed to provide, that the self-insured retention may be satisfied by either the named insured or City of Santa Monica.
Acceptability of Insurers
Insurance is to be placed with insurers authorized to conduct business in California with a current A.M. Best rating of no less than A:VII, unless otherwise acceptable to the City of Santa Monica.
Claims Made Policies
1. If the Professional Liability policy provides “claims made” coverage:
a. The Retroactive Date must be shown and must be before the date of this Agreement or the start of work.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 9B16548E-019F-4705-A4C7-AE19F25BFD09
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Packet Pg. 2520 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) b. The insurance must be maintained, and evidence of insurance must be provided for at least 5 years after completion of work.
c. If the policy is cancelled or not renewed, and not replaced with another “claims made” policy form with a Retroactive Date prior to the effective Agreement date, WOOD must purchase “extended reporting” coverage for a minimum of 5 years after completion of work.
Verification of Coverage
WOOD shall furnish the City of Santa Monica with original certificates and amendatory endorsements (or copies of the applicable policy language effecting coverage provided by this clause). All certificates and endorsements are to be received and approved by the City of Santa Monica before work commences. However, failure to obtain required documents prior to the work beginning shall not waive WOOD’s obligation to provide them. The City of Santa Monica reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, including the endorsements required herein, at any time.
Failure to Maintain Insurance Coverage
If WOOD, for any reason, fails to maintain insurance coverage which is required pursuant to this Agreement, the same shall be deemed a material breach of contract. The City of Santa Monica, at its sole option, may terminate this Agreement and obtain damages from WOOD resulting from said breach.
Subconsultants
WOOD shall require and verify that all subconsultants maintain insurance meeting all the requirements stated herein. All exceptions must be approved in writing by the Risk Manager.
Footnotes
# 1: Workers’ Compensation insurance coverage is not required if WOOD does not have employees. WOOD must, however, execute the City’s Workers’ Compensation Coverage Exemption Declaration Form.
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Packet Pg. 2521 Attachment: Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Services Agreement) 1 FIRST MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT NO. 11112 (CCS)
This First Modification of Agreement Number 11112 (CCS) (“First Modification”), entered into as of _________________(“Execution Date”), by and between the City of Santa Monica, a municipal corporation (“City”), and Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (“WOOD”) is made with reference to the following:
RECITALS
A. On or about January 4, 2021, the City and WOOD entered into Agreement Number 11112 (CCS) for preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the 6th Cycle Housing Element Update (“Original Agreement”).
B. The City and WOOD desire to modify the Original Agreement to include additional services to be performed by WOOD and to increase the contract price to pay for those additional services.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Now, therefore, the undersigned parties do hereby mutually agree to modify the Original Agreement as follows:
1. Section 2 of the Original Agreement entitled “WOOD Services” shall be modified by adding the following paragraph:
Additional Services. WOOD will perform all of the additional services (“Additional Services”) described in Exhibit A-1, Scope of Services. WOOD will complete the Additional Services in accordance with Exhibit B-1, Budget.
2. Section 4 of the Original Agreement entitled “Compensation” shall be modified by adding the following paragraph:
Compensation. The City will compensate WOOD for the Additional Services in an amount not to exceed $8,548.00, as set forth in Exhibit B-1. The total contract price for services pursuant to the Original Agreement and this First Modification shall not exceed $367,386.00.
3. Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit B-1 are attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
4. Except as expressly modified by this First Modification, all other terms and conditions of the Original Agreement shall be and remain in full force and effect.
DocuSign Envelope ID: 6B24F17F-9B2A-4EFE-BEB8-061E34246E66 4/26/2021
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Packet Pg. 2522 Attachment: First Modification - Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional 2 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Modification as of the date and year first written above.
ATTEST:
______________________________
DENISE ANDERSON-WARREN
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
______________________________
LANE DILG
City Attorney
CITY OF SANTA MONICA,
a municipal corporation
By: ______________________________
RICK COLE
City Manager
WOOD Corporation
#VENDOR
By: _______________________________
DocuSign Envelope ID: 6B24F17F-9B2A-4EFE-BEB8-061E34246E66 Interim City Attorney
George Cardona
4/13/2021
Vice President
4/14/2021
Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
Aaron Goldschmidt
Interim City Manager
Lane Dilg
4/26/2021 4/26/2021
City Clerk
Denise Anderson-Warren
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Packet Pg. 2523 Attachment: First Modification - Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Exhibit A-1
Scope of Services
DocuSign Envelope ID: 6B24F17F-9B2A-4EFE-BEB8-061E34246E66
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Packet Pg. 2524 Attachment: First Modification - Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional - Submitted Via Email -
February 8, 2021
City of Santa Monica
Planning and Community Development
City Planning Division
1685 Main Street, Room 212
PO Box 2200
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2200
(310) 458-8341
Attn: Ms. Rachel Kwok, Environmental Planner
Subject: Modification No. 1 to Prepare Analysis of Public Services and Recreation Impacts; Environmental Impact Report for the 6
th Cycle Housing Element Update
Dear Ms. Kwok:
Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc. (Wood) is currently underway assisting the City of Santa Monica (City) with preparation of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the 6 th Cycle Housing Element
Update (Project). Our current scope of work includes preparation of several EIR analyses for a selection of environmental topics per the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). We understand that the City would like our team to prepare the EIR section addressing impacts to Public Services and Recreation in addition to our current scope. We are excited to assist the City with this additional task. This modification request includes a proposed scope of work, cost estimate, and schedule to prepare the Administrative Draft, Draft, and Final EIR analyses for these resources.
SCOPE OF WORK
Modification to Task No. 4 – Administrative Draft EIR
Our team would prepare an Administrative Draft EIR analysis addressing Public Services and Recreation in the City and assessing potential direct and indirect impacts to these resources as a result of the proposed Project. Public services provided by the City include fire and police protection services, libraries, and parks, which provide recreation resources for City residents and visitors. Over time, housing created through implementation of the proposed Project would substantially increase demand for public services provided by the City. Based upon an initial review of the LUCE Program EIR and DCP Program EIR, City police and fire protection services appear generally adequate to service future growth, but these projections do not factor in the substantial population increase associated with the proposed Project. Further, although enrollment has declined in recent years, several schools that have potential to serve new residents and are currently experiencing capacity issues. Population composition would affect the demand for schools based on household size and ages. Public parks, recreation, and open space would continue to be provided by the DocuSign Envelope ID: 6B24F17F-9B2A-4EFE-BEB8-061E34246E66
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Packet Pg. 2525 Attachment: First Modification - Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Modification No. 1 to the EIR for 6
th Cycle Housing Element
City of Santa Monica February 8, 2021
2 City and, by its nature, the Housing Element would not expressly address additional parkland. The LUCE Program EIR notes that the City does not currently meet Quimby Act standards of 3 acres of parks per 1,000 residents, although the availability of beach areas and schools helps to offset this deficit.1 The LUCE and DCP also call for several new park/open space facilities through development agreements. To address potential impacts to Public Services and Recreation, we would:
▪ Summarize the status of existing public services provided by the City, and any ongoing fiscal or facility issues associated with provision of such services. These would include police, fire, parks, libraries, and schools, with attention to the existing enrollment status of schools that would serve new populations and assessment of parkland acreages to determine adequacy of park ratios. ▪ Identify increases in demand for public services for both cumulative growth and potential housing development, including a review of police and fire staff levels, response times, and existing facilities and equipment with a more detailed assessment of potential for increases in enrollment at area schools and increased demand for park and recreational services.
▪ Using accepted thresholds for the City identify potential impacts related to increased demand for public services and recreation that would require new or expanded facilities, particularly to schools and parks along with police and fire protection.
▪ Build upon programs and provided in the LUCE, Bergamot Area Plan, DCP, and the City’s capital improvement plan to identify potential mitigation measures as required addressing project impacts to public services and recreation.
Deliverables: Two (2) electronic versions of the Administrative Draft EIR section addressing public services and recreation for two (2) rounds of City staff review (MS Word and PDF).
Schedule: This analysis will occur concurrent with preparation of the Administrative Draft EIR, estimated to be completed in April 2021.
Modification to Task No. 5 – Draft EIR
Upon receipt and incorporation of City comments on the Administrative Draft EIR analysis, we would provide an electronic screencheck copy of the Draft EIR analysis as part of the compiled Draft EIR to the City prior to publication to allow City staff to verify that previous comments were adequately addressed. Our team would incorporate any final administrative comments from the City and publish the Public Services and Recreation section as part of the Draft EIR for printing and posting to the City’s website.
Deliverables: One (1) electronic version of the Screencheck Draft EIR section (MS Word and PDF) for one (1) round of City staff administrative edits.
Schedule: This effort will occur concurrent with preparation of the Draft EIR, estimated to be completed in June 2021.
1 It is unclear if this LUCE analysis accounted for development of Tongva Park and Ken Genser Square near City Hall.
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Packet Pg. 2526 Attachment: First Modification - Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Modification No. 1 to the EIR for 6
th Cycle Housing Element
City of Santa Monica February 8, 2021
3 COST ESTIMATE
Our team would complete this scope of work for a not-to-exceed amount of $8,548, based on established staff billing rates for the Project. Task 4 would be augmented by $6,731 and Task 5 would be augmented by $1,817. A detailed cost estimate is attached. All deliverables would be digital (i.e., MS Word and PDF) and no travel or per diem expenses would be required. We assume that responding to comments on Public Services and Recreation topics (Task 6) and preparing the Final EIR (Task 7) can be handled within existing budget; however, in an unlikely circumstance we receive detailed comments on these issues, our team would be available on a time and materials basis.
This modified scope of work would be undertaken by our current team members, led by Dan Gira, Project Principal, Erika Leachman, Project Manager, and Nick Meisinger, Deputy Project Manager, and all terms of our existing agreement to prepare the EIR for the proposed Project would apply. Please consider me a point of contact for contractual matters. Either Dan or I are authorized to represent the firm in discussions regarding this proposal. We are glad to continue to work with you on this important project.
Respectfully Submitted,
Aaron P. Goldschmidt
Vice President
Environmental Planning and Natural Resources Program
Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
104 West Anapamu Street, Suite 204A
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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Packet Pg. 2527 Attachment: First Modification - Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Exhibit B-2
Budget
DocuSign Envelope ID: 6B24F17F-9B2A-4EFE-BEB8-061E34246E66
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Packet Pg. 2528 Attachment: First Modification - Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Modification of EIR Professional Wood Environment & Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.
Not-to-Exceed Cost Estimate Based on Time and Materials CLIENT: City of Santa Monica (Wood reserves the right to move budget between tasks) PROJECT: Modification No. 1 - 6th Cycle Housing Element EIR Date of Estimate: February 8, 2021
DIRECT LABOR : TITLE NAME RATE HOURS AMOUNT HOURS AMOUNT HOURS AMOUNT Professional Level 625 Project Principal Dan Gira $190.00 1 $190 1 $190 2 $380 Professional Level 617 Project Manager Erika Leachman $150.00 4 $600 2 $300 6 $900 Professional Level 611 Deputy Project Manager Nick Meisinger $110.00 6 $660 3 $330 9 $990 Professional Level 604 QA/QC Technical Manager Marie Laule $100.00 1 $100 1 $100 2 $200 Professional Level 605 Senior Analyst Taylor Lane $100.00 8 $800 2 $200 10 $1,000 Professional Level 603 Environmental Analyst Sydnie Margallo $90.00 40 $3,600 4 $360 44 $3,960 Administrative Level 813 Project Administrator Rosann Malloch $100.00 1 $100 1 $100 2 $200 Administrative Level 807 Word Processing Janice Depew $75.00 1 $75 1 $75 2 $150 Administrative Level 807 Office Administrator Rita Samaniego $65.00 1 $65 1 $65 2 $130 TOTAL DIRECT LABOR 63 $6,190 16 $1,720 79 $7,910
SUBCONTRACTORS:
Deirdre Stites - Graphics Graphics Dierdre Stites $76.00 6 $456 1 $76 7 $532 Subtotal Subcontractors 6 $456 1 $76 7 $532
Subcontractor Markup 5% $23 $4 0 $27
TOTAL SUBCONTRACTORS 6 $479 1 $80 7 $559
OTHER DIRECT COSTS:
Shipping/Printing All digital deliverables $0 $0 $0
Subtotal ODCs $0 $0 $0
ODCs Markup 5% $0 $0 $0
TOTAL ODCs $0 $0 $0
Office Administration 1% (labor only) $62 $17 $79
(phones, office equipment, office supplies)
TOTAL PROJECT ESTIMATE 63 $6,731 16 $1,817 79 $8,548
© 2021 Wood -- This information is deemed by Wood to be Private and Proprietary information intended for the Client-use only. This information shall not be disclosed outside of this bid process and must be securely stored to prevent unauthorized dissemination.
TOTAL PROJECT
Public Services &
Recreation Analysis for
Administrative Draft EIR
Public Services &
Recreation Analysis for
Draft EIR
Task 4 Task 5
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Packet Pg. 2529 Attachment: First Modification - Contract 11112 - Wood (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion City Council
Housing Element Progress Update
April 26, 2022
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Packet Pg. 2530 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Purpose
1. Approve contract modification for EIR
2. Receive progress update on Housing Element
3. Direct City Manager to prepare letter advocating for information hearing and request for extra time to
complete Housing Element rezoning process
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Packet Pg. 2531 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Background
• RHNA for Santa Monica is 8,895 units – demonstrate that we have the zoning capacity to accommodate this
• Housing Element studied 11,070 units
• 1,884 units were designated as lower income units on city-owned sites
• Adopted Housing Element Timeline
• October 12, 2021 - Adopted by City Council
• November 10, 2021- Transmitted to HCD for 90-day review period • February 8, 2022 – HCD Comments Received and City informed that Housing Element is out of compliance
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Packet Pg. 2532 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Key Housing Element Deadlines
• October 15, 2021 – Adopt a compliant
Housing Element
• February 12, 2022 – extra 120 days to
adopt a compliantHousing Element in
order to avoid updating Housing
Element every 4 years
• AB1398 took effect on January 1, 2022
replacing this provision with a requirement
to rezone for the RHNA by October 15, 2022
HCD’s position is that
HCD had to certify the
Housing Element before
Council adoption
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Packet Pg. 2533 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Out of Compliance - Consequences
Immediate short-term consequences
• Approvals
• Must approve any project with 20% on-site units affordable to lower-income households or 100% moderate units even if the project exceeds zoning or LUCE maximums
• Conditions cannot render the project infeasible
• Loss of funding for affordable housing
• Rezoning for RHNA complete by 10/15/22
• If rezoning not completed
• Must approve any projects on SSI that meets the densities in the table (seeking further clarification from HCD on applicability) • State can start enforcement proceedings against City
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Packet Pg. 2534 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Out of Compliance - Consequences
Long-term consequences
• SB35 determination based on building permits issued
relative to pro-rated RHNA
• If Above Moderate RHNA not met – streamlined process for projects with at 10% affordability • If Lower Income RHNA not met – streamlined process for projects with at least 50% affordability • Requires ministerial approval process for housing projects that include
These are only selected highlights but does not include being out of compliance means the State can seek judicial relief and impose penalties and fines
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Packet Pg. 2535 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Progress on Response to HCD Comments
• Staff continues consultation with HCD staff seeking
clarification regarding comments
• Discussions have covered
• City-owned sites
• Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing with a particular focus in R1 zones
• Approaches to remedy the “shortfall” of sites to accommodate lower income units and address constraints to housing production
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Packet Pg. 2536 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Progress on Response to HCD Comments
• City-owned sites
• Further Clarification on HCD Comments
• Must show greater commitment to demonstrate that City-owned sites can accommodate the 1,884 affordable housing units
Sites Unit Capacity Constraints
Parking Structure 3 (pending project) 104 None
Wilshire Parking Lots (3) 130 None
4th/AZ 338 Bank leases don’t terminate until 2026
Bergamot Arts Center 707 Property management agreement until April 2027.
Annual leases with 30 businesses that renew each
calendar year until redevelopment
Main Street Parking Lots 605 None but replacement parking will be definitely be necessary (Coastal Zone)
Total 1,884
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Packet Pg. 2537 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Progress on Response to HCD Comments
• City-owned sites
• Potential revised program
• Commit to minimum number of units on city-owned sites • Commit to issue RFPs on city-owned sites on regular schedule • Explain process that City will pursue to develop city-owned sites • Identify any potential partners for 100% affordable housing • List tools that City has used in the past to facilitate affordable housing on public land
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Packet Pg. 2538 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Progress on Response to HCD Comments
• Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing
• Further Clarification on HCD Comment
• Incentivizing one additional ADU in R1 zones and implementing SB9 is not sufficient to demonstrate City’s commitment to fully address AFFH requirement
• Where there city has less resource disparity, HCD places greater emphasis on local factors and demonstration of how the City of overcoming historic patterns
• Revised program must include
• Specific metrics to incentivize housing choice and affordability especially in R1 zone neighborhoods
• Mid-cycle review to assess whether additional actions are needed to achieve established metrics
• Staff will need further consultation with HCD on how to fully address this comment
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Packet Pg. 2539 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Progress on Response to HCD Comments
• Shortfall of Sites to Accommodate Low Income Units
• Further Clarification on HCD Comment
• Not sufficient to mention potential zoning changes and flexibility to adjust range of FARs may not be acceptable
• FARs might need to increase because of challenge to realistic capacity based on existing uses as impediment to zoning
• Revised program must include
• Commitment to acreage, number of units and allowable densities • Staff will need further consultation with HCD on how to fully address this comment
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Packet Pg. 2540 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Amendment to EIR Contract
• Modification to agreement of $231,041 for additional analysis • Necessary to revise EIR to account for study of more
housing units in response to HCD comments
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Packet Pg. 2541 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Why Revisions to EIR are Necessary
• Addressing HCD Comments means the need to study
an increase in overall number of potential housing units based on two main factors
1) Re-categorizing sites on the SSI from future projects to pending projects due to applications received for housing projects since September 2021
2) Overall reduction in zoned capacity by 15% to account for possibility that sites develop into 100% commercial instead of housing
If city-owned sites cannot be used, capacity would
need to increase to well over 13,000 units
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Packet Pg. 2542 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Why Revisions to EIR are Necessary
Conceptual Diagram of Why Overall Capacity Goes Up
Parcels
Identified as
Highest
Probability to
accommodate
housing
(332 sites)
Overall Number
of Units
(RHNA + Buffer
= 11,070 units)
9,168 affordable units allocated
through 100% affordable projects or
inclusionary projects (15%)
Remove sites with
pending projects
Reduced
number
of parcels
UNITS LAND
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Packet Pg. 2543 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Why Revisions to EIR are Necessary
Conceptual Diagram of Why Overall Capacity Goes Up
Overall Number of
Units
(RHNA + Buffer
~13,000 units)
Reduced
number
of parcels
Need more overall units to
make up for loss of
affordable unit capacity
through pending projects
and 15% across the board
cut in capacity
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Packet Pg. 2544 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + Recommendation
1. Approve Contract Modification to Housing Element EIR
2. Receive update regarding progress update on Housing
Element
3. Direct City Manager to prepare advocacy letter for
legislative changes to provide for additional time beyond October 15, 2022 to complete rezoning
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Packet Pg. 2545 Attachment: PowerPoint Presentation (5031 : Housing Element Update and Discussion + City Council
Report
City Council Meeting: April 26, 2022
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Rick Valte, Public Works Director, Public Works, Engineering and Street Services
Subject: Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution Ordering Vacation of Public Rightof-Way on 21st Street between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Hold a public hearing, receive public comment, and approve the proposed partial vacation with conditions of 21st Street between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway for the Public Works Department;
2. Confirm the determination that the environmental impacts of the vacation with conditions of a portion of 21st Street directly adjacent to the Providence Saint John’s (“Providence” or “Saint John’s”) campus were analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Report certified by City Council on March 22, 2022; and
3. Adopt the attached resolution ordering the vacation with conditions.
Executive Summary
On March 22, 2022, City Council considered the first reading of the Ordinance for a Third Amendment to the Development Agreement between the City and Providence Saint John’s Health Center (“Providence”) and approved the Providence Phase Two Master Plan (“Phase Two Master Plan”) to establish a plan for long term development of the Providence campus and adopted a resolution of intent to vacate a public street. To implement the Phase Two Master Plan, Providence requested that the City vacate the northerly 250 feet of 21st Street between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard. The vacated area is proposed to be used as publicly accessible open space. California law requires a noticed public hearing to be held and subsequent finding(s) that this portion of 21st Street is unnecessary for public use prior to vacating the public street right-of9.A Packet Pg. 2546
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way. California law also allows the City to impose conditions before the vacation becomes effective.
Background
On March 22, 2022, City Council directed the City Clerk to set a public hearing on the proposed vacation proceedings for April 26, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. At the same meeting, City Council declared its intent to vacate a portion of 21st street between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard, and adopted the Third Amendment to the Development Agreement (“Third Amendment”) between the City and Providence. The Third Amendment requires that certain conditions be satisfied before the street vacation becomes effective.
Past Council Actions
3/22/2022 (Attachment B) Council approved Resolution 11412 CCS of Intention to hold a public meeting and an intent to a vacate a public street 3/22/2022 (Attachment C) Council held a Public Hearing for Providence Saint John’s Health Center
3/22/2022 (Attachment D) Council approved Resolution 11408 CCS certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Third Amendment to the Development Agreement for Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase Two Master Plan.
3/22/2022 (Attachment E) Council approved Resolution 11409 CCS adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program.
3/22/2022 (Attachment F) Council approved Resolution 11411 approving the Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase Two Master Plan.
Discussion
Providence has requested the vacation of a 250-foot segment of 21st Street between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard as shown below in Figure 1. This street segment is abutted by Providence owned properties on both sides and was initially dedicated to the City as an easement for street purposes to provide access and public utilities to properties on both sides of the street.
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With the Council approved Master Plan and Providence’s ownership of properties on both sides of 21st Street, the vacation of this street segment presents an opportunity for a pedestrian-oriented, publicly accessible plaza. The plaza would open onto Santa Monica Boulevard and provide public access for pedestrians through the Providence campus to Broadway. The remaining southerly portion of 21st Street is abutted by three existing residential buildings (Figure 2) and would remain a public street to provide property access as well as circulation through two new City streets: a direct connection to newly created St. John’s Way and onto newly formed 20th Place and out to Broadway as depicted in Figure 1.
Figure 1 – Map showing proposed 21st Street partial vacation and proposed new public streets
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Figure 2 – Photo of three existing properties on 21st Street (1427, 1443 and 1445 21st Street) and proposed new streets.
California law authorizes vacating a public street after a public notice and hearing, based on the finding that the public street is unnecessary for prospective public use (Streets and Highways Code section 8324). The Resolution of Vacation (Attachment G) stipulates that the street vacation would only occur after certain city required conditions have been satisfied and instructs the City Clerk to record the Resolution of Vacation only after all conditions have been satisfied.
The proposed street vacation would be subject to the conditions of Section 2.6.4 of the Third Amendment and all the other related requirements of Exhibit Q of the Third Amendment. These conditions include:
(a) Dedication of Providence’s property for two new City streets, as depicted above in Figure 1, to provide alternative vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle access;
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(b) Dedication of pedestrian connections to provide pedestrian access through the Providence Campus; specifically, in accordance with Third Amendment, Providence will dedicate the Middle 24/7 Pedestrian Connection pursuant to an easement agreement and dedicate the West 24/7 Pedestrian Connection pursuant to a springing easement agreement;
(c) Completion of street improvements and utility relocations; and (d) Dedication of necessary utility easements.
As part of these required utility relocations, City-owned water, sewer, and streetlight infrastructure would be relocated out of the street vacation area and/or appropriate public service easements would need to be provided on private property. The utility relocations and easements would be completed at Providence’s expense.
Outreach
Notice of the date, time, and place of the public hearing was published on April 6, April 11, and April 18 in the Santa Monica Daily Press. Notices stating the time and place of the public hearing were posted in the vicinity of the proposed vacation, including on 21st Street between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway. Publication and posting of the notices were done in accordance with Part 3, Chapter 3 of the California Streets and Highways Code, “General Vacation Procedures.” Staff anticipates performing this notification again once Providence initiates the Master Plan phases triggering use of the Street.
In addition to City-owned utilities, private utilities (e.g., Southern California Edison and telecommunications) exist in the proposed street vacation. City staff sent preliminary notifications to the private utility companies requesting information and feedback pertaining to their infrastructure within the proposed vacation areas. Staff anticipates that private utility relocations would be necessary, and Providence would work on relocation arrangements prior to the street vacation taking place.
Phasing
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As set forth in the Third Amendment approved by the City Council on March 22, 2022, the partial street vacation would not occur until all of the aforementioned conditions have been met to the City’s satisfaction as part of future phased construction during the 17-year vesting period. To implement the conditions required for the vacation, Providence would phase the construction work to maintain access for the three residential properties on 21st Street. Attachments C and F provide significant details on the two phasing plans, approved by the City.
Environmental Review
The environmental impacts of the proposed 21st Street vacation area were analyzed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and are contained in the Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2017041030) for the Third Amendment and the Phase Two Master Plan certified by the City Council on March 22, 2022 (Attachments D, E and F).
Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of the recommended actions. Conditions and requirements set forth in the Master Plan and Third Amendment specify that Providence is responsible for the costs of vacating the 250-foot segment of 21st Street and the costs of establishing the two new streets on Providence-owned property as part of its implementation of the Master Plan.
Prepared By: Joshua Carvalho, Civil Engineer
Approved Forwarded to Council
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Attachments:
A. LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP DEPICTING PROPOSED PORTIONS OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND BROADWAY B. RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND
BROADWAY
C. PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN’S HEALTH CENTER (MARCH 22,2022 AGENDA ITEM 9-A )
D. RESOLUTION 11408 CCS CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN’S HEALTH CENTER E. RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING
CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION MONITORING AND
REPORTING PROGRAM
F. RESOLUTION 11411 CCS ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN G. RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST
STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND BROADWAY
H. Written Comment
I. Applicant's PowerPoint Presentation
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03/08/2022 Alex Nazarchuk, P.E.- City Engineer 1685 Main Street, MS#15, Santa Monica, California, CA 90401
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Packet Pg. 2553 Attachment: LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP DEPICTING PROPOSED PORTIONS OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD 03/08/2022 Alex Nazarchuk, P.E.- City Engineer 1685 Main Street, MS#15, Santa Monica, California, CA 90401
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Packet Pg. 2554 Attachment: LEGAL DESCRIPTION AND MAP DEPICTING PROPOSED PORTIONS OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC City Council Meeting: March 22, 2022 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER 11412 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST
STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND BROADWAY, IN THE CITY
OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65450 et seq. permits each city to adopt a specific plan for the systematic implementation of the general plan for individual areas covered by the general plan; and
WHEREAS, the Hospital Area Specific Plan (the “HASP”) was adopted by Resolution No. 7695 (CCS) of the City Council on September 27, 1988 to ensure harmonious development within the Hospital Area identified in the HASP; and WHEREAS, the HASP was adopted to be consistent with the Land Use and Circulation Elements (the “LUCE”) of the City’s 1984 General Plan and Zoning Map in effect at the time of adoption of the HASP; and
WHEREAS, the HASP was amended by Resolution No. 8617 (CCS) on June 29, 1993, and Resolution No. 9254 (CCS) on April 1, 1998 (collectively referenced herein as the “HASP Amendments”) to reflect the changes associated with the Saint John’s Health Center Development Agreement (the “Original Agreement”), dated June 9, 1998 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles, DocuSign Envelope ID: 2123C3A6-649D-4674-985D-4F82BB2DB2D5
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Packet Pg. 2555 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC State of California on July 29, 1998 as Instrument No. 98-1311808 (the “Original Development Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement contemplated new development and associated zoning changes within the HASP areas associated with Saint John’s Health Center; and
WHEREAS, in July 2010, the City adopted a new LUCE (“2010 LUCE”) and associated zoning changes Citywide, including the Hospital Area; and WHEREAS, the 2010 LUCE contemplates that future amendments to the HASP will occur to be consistent with 2010 LUCE and associated zoning code updates, as well as new development proposed by the Saint John’s Health Center; and
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement provided vested rights for development of the Saint John’s Health Center in two phases (“Phase I” and “Phase II”, respectively), with Phase I being developed entirely on the North Campus of the Saint John’s Health Center properties (i.e., those properties north of Santa Monica Boulevard) and Phase II being developed on a portion of the North Campus and on the South Campus (i.e., those properties south of Santa Monica Boulevard) of the Saint John’s Health Center properties; and
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement provided a ten (10)-year vesting deadline for Phase I (“Phase I Vesting Deadline”) and a seventeen (17)-year vesting deadline for Phase II (“Original Phase II Vesting Deadline”), subject to the provisions for the continuation of vested rights pursuant to Sections 3.8.2 and 3.8.3 of the Original Development Agreement; and
DocuSign Envelope ID: 2123C3A6-649D-4674-985D-4F82BB2DB2D5
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Packet Pg. 2556 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC WHEREAS, the owner of Saint John’s Health Center (“Saint John’s”) and City executed that certain First Amendment to Development Agreement dated October 4, 2011 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles, State of California on October 13, 2011 as Instrument No. 20111388841 (the “First Amendment”). The First Amendment extended the Phase I Vesting Deadline, modified the obligation under the Original Development Agreement to construct the North Subterranean Parking Structure and Entry Plaza as part of Phase I, and allowed a modified Entry Plaza and parking program in-lieu of constructing the North Subterranean Parking Structure; and
WHEREAS, Saint John’s completed construction of Phase I in accordance with the Original Development Agreement and First Amendment; however, Saint John’s was unable to complete Phase II within the Original Phase II Vesting Deadline; and WHEREAS, Saint John’s and the City executed that certain Second Amendment to Development Agreement dated August 28, 2017 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles, State of California on October 2, 2017 as Instrument No. 20171125181 (“Second Amendment”). The Second Amendment modified the terms of the Original Development Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, with respect to Phase II as follows:
(1) Replacement of the Original Development Agreement’s requirement for City Council approval of a South Campus Master Plan with a requirement for City Council approval of the Phase II Master Plan to address Phase II development on both the North and South Campuses (“Phase II Master Plan”).
DocuSign Envelope ID: 2123C3A6-649D-4674-985D-4F82BB2DB2D5
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Packet Pg. 2557 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC (2) Establishment of the basic development parameters for thePhase II Master Plan.
(3) Provision that no Phase II Development Review Permits shall be issued for the development of any building or parcel contemplated in the Phase II Master Plan prior to City Council approval of the Phase II Master Plan. (4) Provision that Saint John’s and the City each agree and covenant to negotiate in good faith a third amendment to the Original Development Agreement, as amended, to extend the Original Phase II Vesting Deadline in consideration for the provision of additional community benefits.
(5) Confirmation that nothing in the Second Amendment constituted a confirmation or denial of Saint John’s vested rights under the Original Development Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment, it being understood and agreed to by the City and Saint John’s that the intent of the Second Amendment was solely to make a procedural change to implement the Original Development Agreement, as modifiedby the First Amendment, while preserving the substantive rights of Saint John’s and the City, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the comprehensive changes to the City’s Zoning Code in 2015 rendered the zoning map designations and zoning code references in the HASP obsolete; and
WHEREAS, the Saint John’s and the City have negotiated in good faith a third amendment to the Original Development Agreement, as amended, to extend the DocuSign Envelope ID: 2123C3A6-649D-4674-985D-4F82BB2DB2D5
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Packet Pg. 2558 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC Original Phase II Vesting Deadline in consideration for the provision of additional community benefits (the “Third Amendment”); and
WHEREAS, the Third Amendment contemplates the concurrent adoption of the Phase II Master Plan, which will act as the specific plan for Phase II development of the Saint John’s Health Center after the Third Amendment Effective Date and until the end of the Phase II Vesting Deadline; and
WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan is a comprehensive master plan that governs the Phase II portion of the Saint John’s Health Center Campus, including with respect to development, uses, circulation, parking, open space, and timing for implementation of the Phase II Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, after the Phase II Vesting Deadline, the Zoning Code then in effect shall apply to any development applications filed for the Saint John’s Health Center, except as otherwise expressly allowed in the Third Amendment; and WHEREAS, due to the fact that the HASP is now obsolete, the Phase II Master Plan is a focused specific plan for the Saint John’s Health Center, and the development standards for the remainder of the Hospital Area are now included in Chapter 9 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code, City staff is recommending amendments to the 2010 LUCE and repeal of the HASP; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Phase II Master Plan conforms to the requirements of Government Code sections 65450 et seq. as well as the requirements of Chapter 9.45 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (General and Specific Plans); and DocuSign Envelope ID: 2123C3A6-649D-4674-985D-4F82BB2DB2D5
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Packet Pg. 2559 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC WHEREAS, the City prepared and circulated for public review and comment a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Phase II Master Plan (“Phase II DEIR”) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and designated SCH No. 2017041030; and
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2022, the City’s Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the Phase II Final Environmental Impact Report (“FEIR”), the Tentative Tract Map, the 2022 LUCE Amendment, the repeal of the HASP, the Third Amendment, the Phase II Master Plan, and the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions. At such hearing, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council certify the Phase II FEIR and approve the 2022 LUCE Amendment, the repeal of the HASP, the Third Amendment with specified conditions, the Phase II Master Plan, the Tentative Tract Map, and the proposed conditional street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions; and
WHEREAS, on March 22, 2022, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the Phase II FEIR, the Tentative Tract Map, the 2022 LUCE Amendment, the repeal of the HASP, the Third Amendment, the Phase II Master Plan, and the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions, and certified the FEIR and adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation and Monitoring Plan; adopted the 2022 LUCE Amendment and repealed the HASP; approved the Third Amendment; and approved the initiation of proceedings for the street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica DocuSign Envelope ID: 2123C3A6-649D-4674-985D-4F82BB2DB2D5
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Packet Pg. 2560 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions; approved the Phase II Master Plan; and approved the Tentative Tract Map; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the LUCE and repeal of the HASP should only be effective concurrently with the “Third Amendment Effective Date,” as such term is defined in the Third Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan should only be effective concurrently with the “Third Amendment Effective Date,” as such term is defined in the Third Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Third Amendment conforms to the requirements of Government Code sections 65450 et seq. as well as the requirement of Chapter 9.60 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (Development Agreements); and WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan contemplates a partial vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions; and WHEREAS, the proposed street vacation area is as shown in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and WHEREAS, the proposed street vacation will provide the opportunity for a pedestrian-oriented, publicly-accessible plaza as part of the Phase II Master Plan for the South Campus.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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Packet Pg. 2561 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Monica hereby declares its intention to order the vacation of that portion of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, as shown in the Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Monica, in vacating the abovementioned portion of 21st Street, elects to proceed under and in accordance with the provisions of Streets and Highways Code Section 8300 et seq. In accordance with Streets & Highways Code Section 8324, subd. (b), the City Council may require that the vacation shall only occur after conditions imposed by the City Council have been satisfied and may instruct the City Clerk that any resolution of vacation adopted by the City Council not be recorded until such conditions have been satisfied.
SECTION 3. In consideration of the vacation of this street, the applicant will relocate any sewer line, water line, and other utilities that may require relocation per City requirements, and provide any necessary utility easements to City and other utility providers. These costs will be borne by the applicant in addition to any connection fees.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this Resolution in the Santa Monica Daily Press on two successive dates, the first publication is to be made not less than fifteen days prior to the date of the public hearing.
SECTION 5. The hour of 6:30 p.m. of the 26th day of April 2022, in the City of Santa Monica, California, be and the same hereby is fixed as the time and place when DocuSign Envelope ID: 2123C3A6-649D-4674-985D-4F82BB2DB2D5
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SECTION 6. The City Engineer of the City of Santa Monica hereby is directed to cause Notices of Street Vacation to be posted as required by Street and Highways Code Section 8323.
SECTION 7. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JOSEPH LAWRENCE
Interim City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 2563 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC Exhibit “A”
Diagram of Proposed Street Vacation Area on 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway
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Packet Pg. 2564 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11412 CCS INTENTION TO ORDER THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA DocuSign Envelope ID: C801E4E7-E455-4B03-BAAA-3ABF8FAFBBEC Adopted and approved this 22nd day of March 2022.
Sue Himmelrich, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 11412 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 22nd day of March 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, Davis, De la Torre, Parra,
Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Negrete
ATTEST:
Nikima Newsome, Assistant City Clerk
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Report
City Council Meeting: March 22, 2022
Agenda Item: 9.A
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: David Martin, Director, City Planning
Subject: Adoption of Resolutions and Introduction and First Reading to Adopt the Providence Saint John's Development Agreement
Recommended Action
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Adopt a resolution certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR) for the Third Amendment to the Development Agreement and Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase Two Master Plan in accordance with CEQA;
2. Adopt a resolution adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations to support approval of the Third Amendment to the Development Agreement and Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase Two Master Plan based upon the FEIR and other information provided in the record and adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program;
3. Adopt a resolution repealing the 1988 Hospital Area Specific Plan and amending the 2010 Land Use and Circulation Element of the General Plan to modify references to the 1988 Hospital Area Specific Plan;
4. Adopt a resolution approving the Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase Two Master Plan;
5. Introduce an ordinance for first reading to adopt the Third Amendment to the Development Agreement for the Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase Two Master Plan;
6. Adopt a Statement of Official Action approving Tentative Tract Map 82302; and
7. Adopt a Resolution of Intent declaring the Council’s intent to vacate a portion of 21st Street between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway upon dedication of new public streets to be located on Saint John’s South Campus.
Summary
The Applicant, Providence Saint John’s Health Center, (“Providence” or “Saint John’s”) currently operates a full-service health care center, including a hospital, emergency room, outpatient care, and research facilities on both sides of Santa Monica Boulevard
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roughly between 20th and 23rd Streets. The original Development Agreement was executed in July 1998 with a 55-year term to guide phased reconstruction and future development of Saint John’s Health Center after the 1940s-built hospital sustained substantial damage from the 1994 Northridge earthquake. The Development Agreement authorized vested rights for two phases of development on Saint John’sowned property. Providence has worked collaboratively with the City of Santa Monica since 2015 on the preparation of the proposed Phase Two Master Plan (“Master Plan”) at the Providence Saint John’s Health Center campus. Providence also applied for a third amendment to its original development agreement (“Third Amendment”) to state the process and timing to allow vested rights for the development of up to 682,700 sf (of which up to 660,150 sf would be above-grade and up to 22,550 sf would be belowgrade) of wellness/healthcare/research facilities and a range of community-focused uses through a phased design, approval, and construction process. The development agreement incorporates the development standards and infrastructure requirements from the Master Plan. The existing North Campus hospital (on the north side of Santa Monica Boulevard) will remain. As part of the negotiated development agreement, Providence would provide substantial community benefits that would provide up-front and longer-term resources to help address our community’s critical health needs.
The Third Amendment is necessary to implement Phase Two based on Providence’s previous request for an extension of time to construct certain improvements.
Preparation and negotiation of the proposed Master Plan and Third Amendment has been guided by the parameters and fundamental intent of the originally-granted vested rights for Phase Two development, while also updating the plan concept to respond to changes in health care; address the City’s desire to manage development impacts and overall size of Phase Two; address infrastructure needs; and implement a multi-modal mobility strategy specific to the Health Center campus and its Mid-City context.
Of equal importance, the proposed Third Amendment also presents a fundamentallyrenegotiated community benefit package for the duration of the original 55-year Development Agreement term. This Amendment acknowledges Saint John’s important role as a non-profit health center that implements and supports programs addressing
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critical health needs in the community by consolidating Providence’s ongoing annual Phase One community benefit obligations with the additional benefits negotiated for Phase Two. As proposed, the renegotiated community benefit package reflects three key strategies that focus on both securing long-term benefits through the year 2053 and up-front, flexible funding to increase the City’s capacity to address priority needs:
1. Maintain certain ongoing Phase One community benefits categories through 2053 and, as needed, expand these programs to account for Phase Two development, such as Saint John’s on-site Child Care Program requirement, transportation demand management program, and neighborhood protection measures.
2. Restructure Providence’s annual Santa Monica Community Benefit Program to obligate Saint John’s to provide increased annual cash grant support to other non-profit organizations who provide a range of programs to address homelessness and other critical health and social service needs in the community.
3. A monetary commitment of two $5,000,000 cash contributions ($10,000,000 in total) from Providence to support Santa Monica initiatives that directly respond to the City’s urgent priority to address behavioral health needs in the community.
The City would use and/or leverage these negotiated funds to support a comprehensive strategy to increase capacity to address the community’s unmet behavioral health needs.
Associated applications also include:
• A General Plan Amendment to repeal the outdated Hospital Area Specific Plan, which was not previously updated with the adoption of the 2010 Land Use and Circulation Element or the 2015 Zoning Ordinance Update; • A request to vacate a portion of 21st Street between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, subject to conditions, in order to implement the Master Plan and create a publicly-accessible plaza that opens onto Santa Monica Boulevard with public access for pedestrian and cyclists provided through to Broadway; and
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• A Tentative Tract Map to align existing parcel lines within the Phase Two Master Plan area that is bounded by Santa Monica Blvd, 20th Street, Arizona Avenue and 23rd Street.
Key Issues for Council Consideration
The proposed Master Plan and Third Amendment includes a negotiated community benefits package that reflects extensive work between Providence and the City over a seven-year period and acknowledges that a balanced approach for a proposal of this scale is necessary. Long-term planning for providing health care in today’s changing landscape requires a level of predictability and flexibility for an institution like Saint John’s to function effectively and also continue its legacy of service to the community. In fact, over the past two years, as observed through the global health care response to the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a heightened need for health care providers to plan for future expansion to accommodate new medical technologies and standards of care, while also remaining responsive to a rapidly changing and challenging health care environment.
With respect to land use planning, it is also important to address the interests of residents and businesses in the area impacted by the growth and daily operations of a major institution like Saint John’s. Saint John’s must navigate the challenges of serving its core mission, being a good neighbor, collaborating with the City on orderly longrange planning, and going through the City’s entitlement process.
Accordingly, the Master Plan has undergone in-depth City review and the Providence team has made a series of significant revisions in response to City comments that have been focused on creating a long-range plan that supports orderly, phased, and integrated development at the Saint John’s campus. It is important to state that the Phase Two Master Plan does not obligate Saint John’s to construct any particular development or the entire development scope; rather the Master Plan provides a framework for Saint John’s to continue to meet changing health care needs through the flexible reassessment and modernization of Health Center facilities and operations for a 17-year vesting period.
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As detailed more fully in this report, on January 26, 2022, the Planning Commission voted to recommend that the City Council approve the Phase Two Master Plan and amended Development Agreement with eight recommended refinements to the negotiated community benefits package.
Taken together, the proposal successfully provides a comprehensive, integrated, and orderly long-range plan for phased development of wellness, health care, and medical research facilities on the Saint John’s Campus – and provides substantial community benefits that provide support for homelessness services and services to other vulnerable populations, and a significant, new financial investment to support City initiatives to address the community’s critical behavioral health needs.
Background
Project Site Information
Providence Saint John’s Health Center is located along Santa Monica Boulevard between 20th Street and 23rd Street. The facility’s North Campus is located between Santa Monica Boulevard and Arizona Avenue with the main hospital entrance on Santa Monica Boulevard and the emergency department entrance on Arizona Avenue. The South Campus is located between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway and includes the Saint John’s Cancer Institute, and surface parking lots.
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Figure 1: Providence Saint John’s Health Center along Santa Monica Boulevard / 23rd Street / Arizona Avenue
Figure 2: Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase Two North Campus
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Zoning
District
&
Land
Area
HMU (Healthcare Mixed-Use District)
MUBL (Mixed-Use Boulevard low District)
347,700 SF parcel area zoned HMU
7,200 SF parcel area zoned MUBL
Providence Saint John’s Health Center Campus
LUCE: Healthcare District Land Use Designation
1988 Hospital Area Specific Plan
Existing
On-Site
Improve
ments:
(A) Providence Saint John’s Health
Center & Entry Plaza ~475,000 SF
2121 Santa Monica Blvd (1942 / 2013)
(B) Providence Saint John’s Child &
Family Development Center –
~34,670 SF 1339 20th Street (1961)
(C) Commercial building ~10,551 SF
(SJHC Foundation Building)
2221 Santa Monica Blvd (1970)
(D) Saint John’s Cancer Institute and
Research Center ~55,055 SF
2200 Santa Monica Blvd (1951)
(E) 10-unit apartment building (vacant) –
1417 21st Street (1948)
(F) MRI Building
(G) Surface parking lots
Adjacent
Zoning
Districts
& Land
Uses:
R2, R4, MUB, HMU, MUBL, GC: Medical
office & services, single- & multi-family
residential, assisted living, commercial,
institutional, creative office & studios
Project Timeline and Process
Providence Saint John’s Health Center is a non -profit hospital and health care facility that was originally built in 1942 on Santa Monica Boulevard between 20th and 23rd Streets in the Mid-City neighborhood. After sustaining significant damage in the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, a plan for a two-phase (Phase One and Phase Two) reconstruction and expansion of the hospital’s North and South Campuses was authorized in July 1998 through approval of a Development Agreement between the City and the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth on behalf of Saint John’s Health Center.
The 55-year term of the Development Agreement ends on July 9, 2053. The First Amendment to the Development Agreement was authorized by Council in 2011, in large part, to modify the way the Health Center would be required to provide parking for the Phase One project. Phase One construction was completed in 2013. The Second A
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C
D
E
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Amendment to the Development Agreement, authorized by Council in 2017, was largely procedural in nature and established the framework for consideration of an extension of Phase Two vested rights subject to negotiation of a third amendment to its original Development Agreement (“Third Amendment”), which is the application currently before the Council. A full summary and history of the original Development Agreement and Second Amendment is provided in Attachment “B”.
Figure 3: Project Timeline and Process
Public Review Process for Master Plan and Third Amendment to Development Agreement
The public review process for the Applicant’s proposal included a number of steps, including several community meetings, to engage community members and policy makers on the Phase Two Master Plan and potential community benefits. Preliminary discussions by the Planning Commission and City Council regarding the proposed development agreement followed in 2016. The City Council gave authorization to proceed with project negotiations and environmental review in December 2016 and the hearing for the Second Amendment in April 2017 provided another opportunity for public comment. A Public Scoping Meeting was held by the City in 2017 to gather community
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input on the potential impacts areas to study in the project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR).
Figure 4: Summary of Salient Points from Public Review Process Planning staff and members of the Providence team attended meetings of the City’s Social Services Commission in August 2019 and on February 28, 2022 to provide an overview of the Phase Two Master Plan and share information about Providence’s current community benefit program and key benefits negotiated for Phase Two. The Social Services Commission submitted an Op-Ed to the Santa Monica Daily Press (see Attachment “C”) in February 2020 outlining its priority recommendations. Planning staff and Providence also attended a second meeting of the Social Services Commission on February 7, 2022. A letter from the Commission outlining its comments on the negotiated community benefits proposal will be provided to the City Council for its March 22, 2022 hearing (see Attachment “C”). Finally, as part of the Planning Commission’s public hearing, nearly 100 letters were provided to the Commission.
Attachment “C” to this staff report provides links to these public comments provided during the City review process.
Planning Commission Recommendation for Third Amendment to Development Agreement
On January 26, 2022, the Planning Commission voted 4-0-1 to recommend that the City Council Certify the Final EIR and approve the Phase Two Master Plan, Third
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Amendment, and other associated applications with the inclusion of eight recommendations that address negotiated Phase Two community benefits and certain impact fees. The Commission agreed that the Master Plan provides a comprehensive approach for modernization of the Health Center campus and the community benefits package is significant and provides important programs and resources that respond to community needs.
The Planning Commission’s eight recommendations to guide implementation of Providence’s annual community benefit program are organized into the following three categories and listed below:
A. Annual Cash Grant and In-Kind Services Program
B. Funding for Santa Monica Behavioral Health Initiatives C. Impact Fees and Multi-Family Housing
Staff’s response to these recommendations is presented with fuller context in the Community Benefits section of this staff report.
A. Annual Cash Grant and In-Kind Services Program
1. Providence shall consult with subject matter experts, community stakeholders, and co-funders in the grantmaking processes.
2. Limit in-kind funding to clearly measurable capital and operational contributions.
3. Ensure a robust system for funding data-driven innovation that does not unfairly advantage prior grantees over promising new grantees.
Exhibit R-1 to the Development Agreement contains the negotiated Community Benefits. Staff has incorporated items #1 and #2. As discussed later in this report, while staff has not incorporated the specific language of #3 above, the intent of this recommendation is addressed through the inclusion of a review process to allow Saint John’s to seek City Council approval to make a cash grant to a new organization or program that would count toward its Development Agreement requirement, in the event that the grantee is not also a City Human Services Grant Program recipient.
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B. Funding for Santa Monica Behavioral Health Initiatives
4. Focus the behavioral health funding on infrastructure and gap funding for mental health outpatient care, with attention to measurable ways that the program can divert from and prevent readmission to inpatient psychiatric care.
5. Do not include the requirement for an eight-year outside payment date for the second $5M payment to the City for behavioral health initiatives or a 1.5% adjustment for inflation as proposed by staff.
As discussed more fully in this report, staff has negotiated a $10,000,000 cash contribution from Providence to the City to be provided in two payments and the Development Agreement stipulates that that these funds are to support Santa Monica behavioral health initiatives, as determined by the Santa Monica City Council, following a City-led public engagement process. Staff has not incorporated the Planning Commission’s recommended language in #4 because the parameters in the Development Agreement have specifically been drafted to provide the flexibility necessary to allow the City Council to determine the most effective use of these funds.
Staff does not agree with the Planning Commission’s recommendation #5 to eliminate the staff-proposed eight-year outside payment date for the second $5,000,000 contribution to the City. As discussed in the Community Benefits section of this staff report, assuming Providence moves forward with construction of Phase Two, having a timeline for receiving this second contribution, which would include an annual adjustment as recommended by staff, will allow the City to more effectively plan for the use of these funds to support future behavioral health services in the community.
C. Impact Fees and Multi-Family Housing
6. Vest the Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) and Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee at the FY2021-2022 baseline rates for full 17-year term for the Phase Two Master Plan.
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7. Require the ten (10) units of Multi-Family Housing to be deed-restricted for 80% AMI Households, based on California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (TCAC) rents, instead of for 50% AMI Households.
8. Clarify and expressly state that if Saint John’s partners with a nonprofit housing provider to build a 100% Affordable Housing Project, rent levels for the deed-restricted affordable housing units may be aligned with the permitted income limits, rent limits, and regulations of the public financing source.
As outlined in #6, the Planning Commission recommends that Providence pay its Transportation Impact Fee (TIF) and Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee for all Phase Two development that occurs during the 17-year vesting period for the Master Plan based on the FY2021-2022 rates plus Consumer Price Index (CPI), compared to the ten-year period agreed on by the staff and the Applicant. Staff continues to recommend that the two impact fees be held at today’s rates plus CPI for the 10-year period only. Consistent with the purpose of a development agreement, the City’s proposal balances Providence’s interest in having vested rights and a greater measure of predictability – with the City’s need to recover costs for capital improvements and providing new affordable housing that are necessary to mitigate impacts associated with new development in the City.
City staff and Providence have reviewed Planning Commission recommendations #7 and #8 addressing the ten (10) units of replacement multi-family housing to be provided as part of the Phase Two Master Plan. The Planning Commission’s recommendations have been considered but not fully incorporated. The Planning Commission was concerned that a ten (10) unit development with 50% Area Median Income (AMI) rents would not be feasible and therefore recommended higher TCAC 80% AMI rents to make the ten (10) replacement unit development feasible. However, while higher TCAC 80% AMI rents would increase feasibility for a ten (10) unit development, it would not encourage the applicant to seek opportunities to provide more affordable housing units.
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specifically mandating or imposing a specified number of additional units since completion of the replacement units is required before a certificate of occupancy can issue for the other Phase Two developments. Therefore, the updated language provided in Exhibit R-1 to the Third Amendment states that all units will be deedrestricted for TCAC 80% AMI Households with the clarification that rents, income levels, unit mix, and unit sizes may be adjusted in order to partner with a non-profit affordable housing provider to develop the affordable units and obtain public financing.
Discussion
I. Overview of Phase Two Master Plan
The Master Plan establishes the vision, goals, and principles for long-range development of the Health Center through the following components:
• Vested rights for maximum allowable floor area and building heights; • Cohesive circulation and multi-modal mobility plan for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians and parking requirements;
• Permitted Uses;
• Development standards including:
o Building form/envelope standards (e.g. setbacks/stepbacks) that address the specific needs of a health care campus
o Open space requirements including publicly-accessible open space • Potential development phasing plans; and
• Requirements for necessary utilities and infrastructure to improve connections between Saint John’s and surrounding neighborhood.
More specifically, the Master Plan’s phased development proposes the following:
• Up to 682,700 sf of total floor area, of which up to 660,150 SF would be abovegrade floor area (approximately 563,525 SF of net-new above-grade floor area) and 22,550 sf would be below-grade floor area for development of wellness/healthcare/research facilities;
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• A requirement for future discretionary review by the Planning Commission of certain Phase Two buildings;
• Future vacation of a portion of 21st Street between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard, subject to conditions including dedication of new public streets to be located on Saint John’s South Campus;
• On-site subterranean parking;
• Publicly-accessible open space areas;
• Visitor accommodations;
• A minimum of 10 units of replacement multi-family housing; and • New replacement facilities for Providence’s existing Saint John’s Cancer Institute and Child and Family Development Center.
The proposed Master Plan would govern any proposals for future facilities on Saint John’s Phase Two development sites submitted for a period of 17 years. Following approval of the Master Plan, each building proposed for construction during this 17-year vesting period would require both a finding of consistency with the Phase Two Master Plan and review and approval of a Development Review Permit by the Planning Commission. This review by the Planning Commission is required so that building mass, site design, and infrastructure and parking needs are reviewed in the future – at a period in time closer to when individual building will be constructed – and with the benefit of a then-current assessment of health care, community priorities, and infrastructure needs.
It is important to state that the Phase Two Master Plan does not obligate Saint John’s to construct any particular development or the entire development scope; rather the Master Plan provides a framework for Saint John’s to continue to meet changing health care needs through the flexible reassessment and modernization of Health Center facilities and operations for a 17-year vesting period. The Master Plan identifies the infrastructure, circulation, and open space improvements necessary for each Phase
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Two Building and also addresses keeping the existing Health Center in full operation throughout each stage of future development.
While there are two conceptual phasing plans presented as part of the Master Plan, the exact order for development of Phase Two Buildings is not mandatory, as each stage of development can occur and function independent of other stages, if certain Phase Two Buildings are not pursued in the future. During the 17-year vesting period Saint John’s would not be permitted to pursue new health care facilities under the current zoning standards. The overall term of the amended Development Agreement would remain at a total of 55 years until the year 2053.
Purpose and Goals of the Phase Two Master Plan
The proposed Phase Two Master Plan and Third Amendment to the Development Agreement between the City and Providence represents a comprehensive evaluation of the proposed vested rights and obligations for Phase Two development that reflects Saint John’s important and long-standing presence in the community as a health care provider and one of the City’s top five employers with a total of over 1,400 employees, and the organization’s need to update facilities and create new space that reflects both the innovations and changing needs in health care.
The Phase Two Master Plan presented as Attachments “D” and “E” encompasses Applicant-owned parcels on both sides of Santa Monica Boulevard and integrates health care-related uses, buildings, open space, parking resources, and vehicle, pedestrian, and bicycle circulation improvements across the North and South Campuses with the goal of expanding on the services currently provided by the hospital’s diagnostic and treatment center, in-patient suites, emergency department, and medical research facility (Saint John’s Cancer Institute).
Providence developed the parameters and program goals for the Phase Two Master Plan following a needs assessment process conducted by Providence after assuming sponsorship of the Health Center in 2014 and have been revised based on periodic outreach with community members, following Planning Commission and Council
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preliminary discussions of the Master Plan concept, and substantive and extensive review with City staff. The proposed Master Plan incorporates the recommendations and priorities that have been gathered from Providence’s executive team, physicians, clinicians, staff, administrators, and community health care service providers – and provides a long-range plan for developing a state-of-the-art medical care and research center that includes a new medical research facility for the Saint John’s Cancer Institute, expanding ambulatory and acute care services rebuilt as part of Phase One, and supporting health and wellness education in the community.
The City has conducted a comprehensive review of the proposed Phase Two Master Plan and worked with Providence to negotiate the process and terms for the Third Amendment in furtherance of following key principles:
• Preserving and expanding community access to the high quality health care provided by Saint John’s;
• Promoting economic investment in Santa Monica;
• Protecting the surrounding community from impacts; and • Negotiating enhanced community benefits for Santa Monica and its residents that support City priorities to address critical health care needs in the community.
With respect to the Master Plan, through the review process, the City sought to create a comprehensive campus plan that provides the following:
• Orderly, phased, and cohesive buildout of health care and community-focused uses;
• A variety of enhanced open space areas;
• Sufficient on-site parking and infrastructure;
• Safe and efficient mobility for all modes; and
• Development parameters that set clear buildable envelope maximums and also provide the flexibility necessary to respond to changing health care needs over the next 17 years.
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The proposed Phase Two Master Plan is divided into four chapters and provides a comprehensive presentation of the vision, vested uses and development standards, and options for implementation of Phase Two development.
Providence Saint John’s Health Center
Phase Two Master Plan - Key Topics
Chapter 1 Introduction Overview of Health Center; Master Plan parcels; regulatory requirements; prior amendments
Chapter 2
Vision, Goals, Policies
Overview of Master Plan Components; Phase I vision and planning; Phase Two programming goals; urban planning and design principles Chapter 3
Development
Standards
Plan Overview
Permitted Uses Development Standards
Open Space Standards
Mobility Plan
Vehicle Parking Plan
Bicycle Amenities
Loading
Sustainability and Resiliency
Water and Sewer Infrastructure
Emergency Vehicle Access
Chapter 4
Phasing Plan
Implementation Principles
Phasing Plans
Scope of Work in Each Stage for Phasing Plan A & Phasing Plan B Due to the comprehensive nature of the Phase Two Master Plan, a summary of the following key components is provided as Attachment “A” to this staff report:
• Phase Two vested uses and site planning
• Conceptual development of Phase Two site and buildings • Key development standards and Phase Two vested floor area comparison • Open space and pedestrian connections
• Mobility plan and parking
Each section includes a discussion of the key factors that guided staff’s review of that component of the Master Plan from a land use policy and planning perspective.
Conceptual Phasing Plans for Master Plan Implementation As summarized in Attachment “A” and presented in full in Attachment “D”, the Phase Two Master Plan sets forth an integrated long-range plan for phased design, approval,
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and development of wellness, health care, and medical research facilities on the Saint John’s Campus. The City and Saint John’s have conducted intensive review and study of all aspects of the Master Plan to identify the infrastructure, circulation, and open space improvements are required for each building and stage of implementation of the Phase Two development program.
Chapter Four of the Master Plan includes two conceptual phasing plans that provide the order in which development is likely to occur and identifies the associated improvements and related construction activities that will be required with each building and development stage. While discussion about Master Plan implementation has shifted focus over the course of the City review process, several key outcomes have continued to shape the City’s careful evaluation of this important aspect of the Phase Two Master Plan:
• Structuring orderly, phased buildout of the Phase Two development program with the existing Health Center remaining accessible and in full operation; • Ensuring the existing Child and Family Development Center and Saint John’s Cancer Institute will remain in continuous operation until new facilities are constructed and ready to open;
• Minimizing construction impacts to neighboring residents and businesses, by allowing staging on Providence Saint John’s owned properties to the extent reasonably feasible;
• Ensuring that sufficient parking is provided for existing health center operations for its various users groups throughout implementation of the Master Plan; and • Ensuring that applicable infrastructure, open space, and circulation improvements are provided timely with each implementation stage of the Phase Two development program.
Two potential alternate phasing plans were studied in detail as part of the Phase Two Master Plan review: Phasing Plan A and Phasing Plan B. These alternative Phasing Plans are shown in Figures 5 and 6 below and on Pages 58-59 of the Master Plan with
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the specific requirements for each stage of the plans. In Phasing Plan A, the first Phase Two developments to move forward would be the Child & Family Development Center (S1), Multi-Family Housing (S2), and West Ambulatory Care & Research Building (S3).
Figure 5: Master Plan – Phasing Plan A
In Phasing Plan B, the West Ambulatory & Acute Care (2C) building on the North Campus along with the Multi-Family Housing (S2) would be the first developments to move forward.
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Figure 6: Master Plan – Phasing Plan B
These Phasing Plans presented in full in the Master Plan demonstrate the incremental stages of implementation for the infrastructure, open space, parking, circulation and other improvements associated with the redevelopment of each Phase Two site. If implementation of Phase Two proceeds in an order that differs from the two phasing plans, the Third Amendment’s Development Review Permit findings along with the companion requirements in the Master Plan ensure that infrastructure, open space, parking, circulation and other improvements necessary to support each Phase Two site are provided.
Finally, it should be noted that during the City review process, a draft proposal was initially presented with a single phasing plan that included specific time deadlines for each stage of development with buildings constructed in sequential order during the vesting period (e.g., The S1 Building Development Review Permit would be filed within three years of Master Plan approval, etc.). While this concept represented a simplified
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approach to phased development of the master plan, both parties negotiated the two potential phasing plans presented today in recognition of the fundamental need expressed by Saint John’s to have the flexibility, as a non-profit health care provider, to fundraise and plan construction, to account for the inherent complexity of maintaining ongoing operations during construction, and to potentially shift the order of Phase Two development to respond to programmatic priorities in response to changing health care needs in the community.
II. Third Amendment to the Development Agreement
Vested Rights and Approval of Phase Two Buildings
This Third Amendment reflects the good faith negotiations both parties have engaged in to extend the Phase Two Vesting Deadline to allow for a longer timeframe to develop in accordance with the proposed Phase Two Master Plan and provide renegotiated community benefits as required by the amended Agreement.
More specifically, the Third Amendment provides a seventeen (17) year Phase Two Vesting Deadline starting from the final effective date of the Third Amendment, subject to a maximum three-year extension. Prior to the Phase Two Vesting Deadline, Saint John’s would have a vested right to construct Phase Two development with the floor areas, building heights, uses, and number of units indicated in Chapter 3 of the Phase Two Master Plan, provided procedural requirements and milestones are completed timely for submittal of Planning applications, issuance of building permits, and completion of construction for Phase Two Buildings.
The Third Amendment also provides for the following:
• Allows modifications to the Phase One circulation plan that was established by the original Development Agreement in order to align the North Campus Entry Plaza with new South Campus circulation per the Phase Two Master Plan. • Establishes review procedures for Phase Two development during the 17-year Vesting Period as follows:
o Development Review Permit - For each Phase Two Building.
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o ARB Approval (Design Review) - Required prior to issuance of a building permit for each Phase Two Building.
o Administrative Approval – Allowed for buildings less than 2,000 SF such as the two small cafés and for the Multi-Family Housing Building.
Special Development Review Findings for Phase Two Buildings Specifically-tailored Development Review Permit findings of fact have been created and incorporated in the Third Amendment in order to acknowledge the requirement for consistency with the Phase Two Master Plan and the vested rights established by the Plan and to address the unique requirements of developing pursuant to the Phase Two Master Plan, including the need for a final determination of the necessary off-site infrastructure by the City Engineer and City Traffic Engineer as part of the Development Review Permit process. All Phase Two Buildings that require approval of a Development Review Permit would be subject to the following proposed findings of fact necessary for approval:
1. The physical location, size, height, density (floor area or number of units), massing, setbacks, pedestrian orientation, open space, parking requirements, and placement of proposed structures on the site and the location of proposed uses within the project are consistent with the Phase II Master Plan Standards (Exhibit “Q”);
2. The rights-of-way can accommodate autos, bicycles, pedestrians, and multimodal transportation methods, including adequate parking and access in accordance with the Phase II Master Plan Standards (Exhibit “Q”);
3. The health and safety services (police, fire etc.) are sufficient to accommodate the new development;
4. The project is generally consistent with the Phase II Master Plan Standards (Exhibit “Q”);
5. Based on environmental review in accordance with Section 2.13.4 of the Third Amendment, the proposed project has no potentially significant environmental impacts or any potentially significant environmental impacts have been reduced
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to less than significant levels because of mitigation measures incorporated in the project or a Statement of Overriding Considerations has been adopted;
6. The project has no unacceptable adverse effects on public health or safety;
7. The project complies with all applicable mitigation measures and conditions of approval established in Exhibit “S” of the Third Amendment.
8. The project provides all applicable significant project features and community benefits consistent with Exhibit “R-1” of this Third Amendment.
9. Saint John’s has met and conferred with the City Engineer and City Traffic Engineer, as applicable, to determine the off-site infrastructure (for utilities, traffic infrastructure, and public right-of-way) that will be required by the City Engineer and City Traffic Engineer as conditions to issuance of a building permit to be completed prior to issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for the Phase II Building(s), and the information necessary for the City Engineer and City Traffic Engineer to make his or her determination has been provided by Saint John’s.
Without limiting the City Traffic Engineer’s or the City’s Engineer’s authority under Article 7 of 2022 SMMC, as amended from time to time after the Third Amendment Effective Date, the City Traffic Engineer’s and City Engineer’s determinations are generally consistent with the Phase II Master Plan.
Proposed Community Benefits
Pursuant to a development agreement, the City can negotiate community benefits within the bounds of its police power and statutory authority. The Third Amendment that accompanies the Master Plan proposes a renegotiated community benefit package for the duration of the original 55-year Development Agreement term that ends in the year 2053. The City’s negotiation of community benefits has been focused on delivering a series of programmatic and monetary investments from Saint John’s to support community health in the Santa Monica.
The following discussion presents a brief summary of each community benefit category that has been negotiated by the City and Providence. This negotiation acknowledges
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Saint John’s important role as a non-profit health care provider that implements and supports programs addressing critical health needs in the community and builds upon the substantial community benefits that have been provided by Saint John’s through its existing Phase One obligation.
Exhibit R-1 to the Third Amendment would govern community benefits, childcare requirements, and neighborhood protection provisions in the Development Agreement including for Phase One and Phase Two. Some community benefits are required through the end of the 17-year vested rights term for the Phase Two Master Plan while other benefits are required through the end of the term of the Development Agreement in the year 2053.
1) Community Benefit Program: Homelessness Services and Services to Other Vulnerable Populations
The new Community Benefit Program would serve as a replacement for Saint John’s annual Phase One Santa Monica Community Access Plan (SMCAP) obligation. This would require that Saint John’s continue its triennial health needs assessment in the community and provide on an annual basis until the end of the Development Agreement term, grant funds and in-kind services to support homelessness services and services to other vulnerable populations. More specifically, Saint John’s must provide cash grants to other non-profit community partners and in-kind support for homeless services and prevention, services to other vulnerable populations, and/or behavioral health programs in the community in the amount of a minimum of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) in value provided annually for twenty years. Starting in calendar year 2043, a minimum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in value will be required annually through the end of 2052. The annual amount of the Providence’s community benefit program will be subject to an annual 1.5% adjustment.
Providence must provide a minimum of 80% of the required annual value as cash grants to other non-profit organizations/programs that meet the following criteria and
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any remaining applicable annual value any may be provided as in-kind support or programs:
• The non-profit organization must serve populations consistent with the requirements of the City’s Human Services Grants Program; and • The non-profit organization is funded by or has been funded by the City of Santa Monica’s Human Services Grant Program within the three fiscal years prior to submitting a request to Providence for grant funding.
For other organizations/programs that may not meet these criteria (e.g., a new/emerging organization or new program that is not funded by the City’s grant program), the Development Agreement provides a process for Saint John’s to make a request to the City Council for approval that a cash grant to such organization/program would count toward its annual requirement.
Per the Planning Commission’s recommendations, as part of its annual community benefit program implementation, the following two criteria shall also apply in order to provide:
• Saint John’s shall consult with subject matter experts, community stakeholders and co-funders [i.e. financial partner] in the grantmaking process. • Any in-kind funding shall be limited to clearly measurable capital and/or operational contributions.
At the end of the Development Agreement Term, the total value of Providence’s annual community benefit program will be over $29,000,000, of which over $23,000,000 will have been provided by Providence as cash grants to other non-profit organizations. 2) Child Care Program
During the entire Development Agreement Term, Saint John’s will be required to continue its on-site Phase One Child Care Program obligation for providing a minimum 49 spaces for full-day childcare which includes a minimum 21 full-day infant/toddler
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spaces and provide additional service capacity to address Phase Two childcare demand. Along with a series of programmatic requirements, tuition subsidies are also required as part of the Phase One obligation. The original Development Agreement requires Saint John’s to provide additional childcare spaces to address the childcare needs generated by the Phase Two development. A childcare needs assessment was conducted as part of the Phase Two process, subject to City approval. Based on that analysis Saint John’s is required to increase its service capacity for a minimum of 11 additional childcare spaces over the implementation of Phase Two development.
The requirement to provide its Child Care Program to address both Phase One and Phase Two requirements may occur in the planned new Child and Family Development Center Building (S1) on the South Campus adjacent to Broadway. This planned facility would have a total of five classrooms, outdoor activity space, and have operational capacity for up to 71 licensed childcare spaces. In the event that childcare for Phase One or Phase Two is not provided on the S1 Site and operations remain on the North Campus in the existing Child and Family Development Center Building, Saint John’s will be required to pay an Early Childhood Initiatives contribution to the City in the amount of $300,000.00. The City would utilize this contribution to support early childhood initiatives including but not limited to infant, toddler and pre-school tuition subsidies; family support and parent engagement strategies; home visitation programs; facility and playground improvements and kindergarten readiness models.
3) Monetary Contribution for Santa Monica Behavioral Health Initiatives Background on Negotiation
The City recognizes the need for greater capacity to address the unmet behavioral health needs of both housed and unhoused residents, especially on a 24/7 basis. The City is studying different models to address this gap, assessing resources and identifying partnerships both locally and in the region. The City’s Community Services Department has released a Request for Proposals to advance this evaluation in a concrete way. More specifically, the City is seeking a cross-discipline expert team to advise the City and support the development of a comprehensive behavioral health
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strategy, to include a community engagement process, and to evaluate the feasibility and development of an operational plan and site assessment for a potential behavioral health center.
City and Providence Negotiation
In addition to the negotiation of Saint John’s annual Community Benefit Program providing cash grants and in-kind services to support homelessness services and services to other vulnerable populations, as outlined in #1 above, the City and Providence have been in substantive discussions regarding a new and significant investment from Providence in the form of a direct financial commitment of $10,000,000 to help expand access to services and to improve the continuum of care for individuals in the community who need access to behavioral health services.
The negotiated funds would be paid directly to the City and could be used for capital needs or operational funding for a behavioral health center – or for other City-sponsored behavioral health programs. The most effective way(s) to use these funds would be determined at the discretion of the City Council. It is staff’s hope that Council’s determination will be informed by the forthcoming inclusive community-based process to develop a comprehensive behavioral health strategy, including an operational plan for a 24/7 behavioral health center and feasibility studies of available City property. A Request for Proposals for experts to support the City’s development of a communitywide behavioral health strategy was released earlier this month. Staff anticipates returning to Council in Summer 2022 with recommendation of award of contract.
Community engagement would follow. Additionally, staff will return to Council in May with an interdepartmental update on homelessness that will highlight potential new investments through the FY 2022-23 budget process to expand access to behavioral healthcare.
In addition, in order to address the broader intent of Planning Commission’s recommendation #4 regarding how the City should use the funds, staff has included a requirement:
• Saint John’s shall support the City’s community engagement process for the development of Santa Monica Behavioral Health Initiatives by actively
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participating in planning meetings and making good faith efforts to provide subject matter experts and leverage existing partnerships to help advance the City’s behavioral health goals and priorities.
The City and Providence both agree on the fundamental purpose and importance of this community benefit to make a meaningful and positive impact in supporting behavioral health services in Santa Monica; however, the City and Providence are not in full agreement on the schedule of payment and the inclusion of an annual adjustment to account for inflation, as detailed below.
Providence Proposal
Providence proposes that Saint John’s would be required to provide a total sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) to the City based on the following schedule:
a) Within 180 days after the Third Amendment Effective Date, Saint John’s would be required to pay the sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) to the City; and
b) Within 100 days after the effective date of the final City approval of the Development Review Permit for the first Phase Two Building (excluding the Phase Two Multi-Family Housing building (S2)), Saint John’s would be required to pay an additional sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) to the City.
City Proposal
The City proposes that an outside time limit be established for submitting the second payment of $5,000,000 in order to ensure that the City has a clear timeline and the full ability to plan for the use of these funds to address a critical community priority. More specifically, timing is important because there are both City and other agency efforts underway to evaluate the feasibility and potential for implementing different behavioral health service models that could also include the future siting and operation of a community-based behavioral health center. Having a firm commitment regarding when resources would be available for such a project may allow the City to use such funds to leverage other resources and partnerships toward this effort. Accordingly, the City has
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proposed the following counterpoint to Providence addressing the timing of the second payment and inclusion of a 1.5% annual adjustment to account for inflation:
(b) Saint John’s shall pay the additional sum of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) to the City upon the earlier of:
(i) One-hundred (100) days after the effective date of the final City approval of the Development Review Permit for the first Phase Two Building (excluding the Phase Two Multi-Family Housing building (S2)), or (ii) Eight (8) years after the Third Amendment Effective Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this additional sum is not paid within three (3) years after the Third Amendment Effective Date, this sum shall be adjusted commencing January 1, 2025 and annually thereafter by one and a half percent (1.5%).
In summary, Providence agrees with the timing for the first payment to the City – and agrees that the second payment of $ 5,000,000 is contingent on the approval of the first Development Review Permit for a Phase Two Building (excluding the Phase Two MultiFamily Housing building). However, Providence does not agree with setting an outside date of eight years for the second payment regardless of whether or not a Development Review Permit for a Phase Two Building has been approved.
If the outside payment date is not agreed to by Providence then this second contribution could be made to the City any time within the 17-year vesting period that starts after final approval of the Third Amendment, provided Providence proceeds with Phase Two development. As a result, if Providence never proceeds with Phase Two development then the second contribution would not be received by the City. Providence also does not agree with increasing the second payment by 1.5% annually as described in the City proposal.
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Providence has expressed their position that the community benefit proposal presented to the City is substantial and unprecedented for a non-profit organization in a land use entitlement context and that the timing for the second payment tied to the approval of the first Development Review Permit for a Phase Two Building is fair and appropriate.
Furthermore, Providence has indicated that the first $5,000,000 payment to the City within 180 days of final approval of the Third Amendment and Phase Two Master Plan is not contingent on construction of any Phase Two development and, as such, is demonstration of its commitment to helping address behavioral health in the community, and to its overall investment in the Phase Two Master Plan process. 4) Child & Family Development Center Youth and Family Program Beginning on July 1, 2023 through the Term of the Development Agreement, Saint John’s has agreed to continue its Child/Youth Development Project (or a substantially similar program) without City funding. Saint John’s has historically received City grants of approximately $315,000 annually to subsidize this program. The Child/Youth Development Project shall continue to provide direct services to children and families who have been impacted by community violence, familial discord, poverty, substance abuse, and/or trauma as further described in Section 3.2 of Exhibit R-1. 5) Community Access to Phase Two Community-Oriented Facilities The original Development Agreement established a requirement that as part of Phase Two development, Saint John’s would be obligated to allow a reasonable number of Santa Monica residents who are unable to afford fees and memberships to have access to Phase Two’s community-oriented facilities. R-1 Exhibit Section 3.3 outlines this proposed community benefit with more specificity following negotiation as part of the Third Amendment and with consideration of the applicable components of the Phase Two Master Plan. This requirement would be in effect during the full term of the Development Agreement and specifies the terms for use of Phase Two communityoriented facilities including by community groups and local non-profit organizations at the new Education & Conference Center on the South Campus. There is also a requirement for providing discounted admission pricing to Santa Monica residents for
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future conference and events hosted by Saint John’s and open to the public at the Education & Conference Center.
6) Phase Two Open Space, including Publicly-Accessible Open Space and 24/7 Pedestrian Connections
The original Development Agreement established the requirement for a minimum of 35% open space provided on the South Campus as part of Phase Two. This site planning requirement has been incorporated into the Phase Two Master Plan and has served as benchmark guiding principle for the Plan’s evolution since the Development Agreement for the Health Center was originally approved in 1998. Accordingly, substantial open space, including Publicly-Accessible Open Space and 24/7 Pedestrian Connections, have been an area of focus for both the City and Saint John’s in terms of site planning for Phase Two. Publicly-accessible open space and 24/7 Pedestrian Connections are required in accordance with Section 2.11 of the Third Amendment and the Phase Two Master Plan Standards.
7) Phase Two Vehicle, Bicycle & Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements and Enhanced Transportation Demand Management and the Transportation Impact Fee
Section 3.5.1 of Exhibit R-1 provide the cross-reference to the Phase Two Master Plan’s requirement for Saint John’s to make certain vehicle, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure improvements as part of the Phase Two developments. The City and Providence has engaged in negotiations regarding payment of the Transportation Impact Fee for Phase Two Buildings as individual Development Review Permit applications are submitted as part of the phased buildout of Phase Two.
With respect to payment of the Transportation Impact Fee for Phase Two development, both parties have agreed that the fee in effect in 2022 will be valid for Phase Two development applications submitted and deemed complete during a period of ten years after the Third Amendment Effective Date. After that 10-year period, the Transportation Impact Fee then in effect would apply.
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Through the negotiation, both parties have also agreed that in order to further support use of public transportation and single-occupancy vehicle trip reduction by a large employer in the community such as Saint John’s, Providence may request that up to $50,000 of the TIF for each Phase Two development may be used by Saint John’s (rather than being paid to the City) for transportation demand management measures beyond those required by the Phase Two Transportation Demand Management Plan (Exhibit R-2 to the Third Amendment). This Transportation Demand Management Plan was originally negotiated and required as part of the First Amendment to the Development Agreement and has been implemented since then and will be required through the end of the 17-year Phase Two Vesting Deadline. After the Phase Two Vesting Deadline, the City’s transportation demand requirements then in effect will apply.
8) Phase Two Local Hiring Programs
Section 3 of Exhibit R-1 confirms that during the Term of the Third Amendment, Saint John’s will be required to implement and monitor the Local Hiring Programs for Phase Two as provided in Exhibits R-5 and R-6 to the Third Amendment. These programs include local hiring provisions for construction-related and permanent employment. The Applicant and commercial tenants would be required to follow certain steps to ensure that the greatest opportunity for interviewing local residents and employees is provided.
All hiring decisions would continue to remain at the discretion of Providence and commercial tenants. The concept of Priority for Targeted Job Applicants provides an updated definition of “First Priority” as follows: “Any resident of a household with no greater than 80% Median Income that resides within the Low and Moderate Income Areas identified in Map 2-7 of the City of Santa Monica’s Adopted 6th Cycle 2021-2029 Housing Element or any resident who resides in Santa Monica’s 90404 zip code (Pico Neighborhood).”
9) Neighborhood Protection Measures
Except as otherwise stated in Section 4 of Exhibit R-1, during the Term of the Third Amendment, a series of Neighborhood Protection Measures will be required. These
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requirements include having a community Ombudsperson, security escorts for staff, providing a discounted daily parking rate for visitors/patients with Disabled Person license plates or placards who are visiting Saint John’s, availability of special events parking, requirement for an annual community meeting to identify and address any issues associated with Saint John’s compliance under the Development Agreement, and the requirement to continue implementation of its noise reduction parking policy in Lot “H” adjacent to the 1440 23rd Street residential building is required. . 10) Phase Two South Campus Affordable Housing & Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee
Subject to the terms provided in Section 5 of Exhibit R-1, Saint John’s is required to replace the existing 10 vacant residential units located at 1417 21st Street by building no less than ten (10) new deed-restricted residential rental dwelling units affordable to TCAC 80% AMI Households on the South Campus in the location identified in the Phase Two Master Plan adjacent to Broadway. All ten of these units will be subject to a recorded rental deed restriction of not less than 99-years. Saint John’s is not precluded from partnering with a housing provider to develop, finance and deliver these affordable units. Saint John’s may satisfy its housing obligations under the Third Amendment at any time, however, no other Phase Two Building on the South Campus may obtain its Certificate of Occupancy until these replacement units have been issued a Certificate of Occupancy by the City.
With respect to payment of the Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee for applicable Phase Two development, both parties have agreed that the fee in effect in 2022 will be valid for Phase Two development applications submitted and deemed complete during a period of ten years after the Third Amendment Effective Date. After that 10-year period, the Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage then in effect would apply.
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11) Internship/Nurse Residency Program
As provided in Section 6 of Exhibit R-1, during the Term of the Third Amendment, Providence will be required to make available at least two (2) internships or nurse residencies during each school year (which for this purpose includes the following summer) to students who attend a high school in Santa Monica or Santa Monica College (or attended within three years prior to the relevant year) or are Santa Monica residents. Two (2) additional internships or nurse residencies shall also be made available no later than six months after the issuance of the Certificate of Occupancy for the first Phase Two Building, not including the Phase Two Multi-Family Housing building.
All four (4) of these internships shall be paid at the City’s minimum wage unless a student requests an unpaid internship in order to obtain school credit(s) (or more school credits) for such internship. Providence shall select interns in accordance with its normal practice of hiring the most qualified candidate and shall make a good faith effort to hire residents of the 90404 zip code (Pico Neighborhood) as the first priority and other Santa Monica residents as the second priority when most qualified or equally qualified as other applicants who are not residents of the 90404 zip code or Santa Monica residents, as applicable. Subject to the requirements specified Section 6 Exhibit R-1, Saint John’s retains full discretion to establish selection criteria for, and to select, the students for the internships.
Saint John’s will also be required to notify the City’s Director of Community Development, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica College, Virginia Avenue Park Advisory Board, and Virginia Avenue Park Youth Employment Services of the availability of, and selection criteria for, such internships prior to the start of each school year.
12) Equal Opportunity Subcontracting
Section 7 of Exhibit R-1 provides the requirements for inclusion in all construction contracts between Saint John’s and its contractors with respect to Phase Two Development Sites during the Term of the Third Amendment:
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“The Contractor shall not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, or disability in the solicitation, selection, hiring, or treatment of subcontractors, vendors, or suppliers. The Contractor shall provide equal opportunity for subcontractors to participate in subcontracting opportunities. The Contractor understands and agrees that violation of this clause shall be considered a material breach of the contract and may result in contract termination or other contract remedies.”
“At least 30 days before recruitment of subcontractors by any of Saint John’s construction contractors, Saint John’s shall submit documentation to the Community Development Director, evidencing its construction contractors’ outreach about bid opportunities to enhance participation by all classes of subcontractors, vendors, or suppliers, including, without limitation, women business enterprises, minority business enterprises, and local business enterprises. The scope of documentation shall be reasonably determined by the Community Development Director.” Proposed Vacation of a Portion of 21st Street
In order to implement the Phase Two Master Plan on the South Campus, Providence has requested vacation of a 250-foot portion of 21st Street between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard. This is shown in purple in the figure below. This proposed partial street vacation provides the opportunity for a pedestrian-oriented, publiclyaccessible plaza that opens onto Santa Monica Boulevard with public access for pedestrians and cyclists provided through to Broadway. The southern portion of 21st Street would remain a public street and continue to provide access to neighboring residential developments and connect to two new City streets on Saint John’s property.
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Figure 7 – Map Showing Proposed Street Vacation and Proposed new City streets If approved, the proposed street vacation would be subject to the following conditions:
(a) dedication of Saint John’s property for two new City streets (referred to as 20th Place and Saint John’s Way), as depicted above in Figure 7, to provide alternative vehicular, pedestrian and bicycle access, and (b) dedication of pedestrian connections to provide pedestrian access through Saint John’s Campus, and c) dedication of necessary utility easements. The partial street vacation would not occur until all of these conditions have been met to the City’s satisfaction as part of future phased construction during the 17-year vesting period.
Attachment “M” to this staff report provides the Council’s Resolution of Intention declaring its intention to order vacation of portions of 21st Street’s public right-of-way and to set a public hearing on April 26, 2022. This resolution is the formal initiation of the process to approve the future street vacation that is required by the Streets and Highways Code. Public outreach and required notifications would be conducted prior to the April 26, 2022 meeting.
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General Plan Consistency Analysis
The proposed Phase Two Master Plan and Third Amendment to the Development Agreement is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses and programs specified in the general plan and any applicable specific plan, in that Saint John’s is a non-profit healthcare facility located in the Healthcare District Land Use Designation.
The vision for this land use designation is to create a cohesive environment that supports the continued vitality of the City’s hospitals, responds to the evolving needs of the health care community, and improves the way health care facilities relate to surrounding residential and commercial areas.
The Phase Two Master Plan and Third Amendment is consistent with Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) Goal D28: Allow for the continued improvement of the Healthcare District and the ongoing responsible expansion of the Saint John’s Health Center (St. John’s) and Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center (SMUCLA). Specifically, the Phase Two Master Plan and Third Amendment to the Development Agreement present a comprehensive Master Plan that addresses all development on the north and south campuses for a 17-year period and provides for substantive review of individual buildings closer to the time of construction in order to create the cohesive environment that supports the vitality of the health care district and also protects adjacent residential neighborhoods.
The proposed Phase Two Master Plan and Third Amendment to the Development Agreement is also consistent with LUCE Goal LU7: Support the continued vitality of the City’s hospitals to meet the healthcare needs of the City and the larger region, and implement strategies to reduce vehicle trips. Specifically, development standards in the Master Plan and the procedural requirements set forth in the Third Amendment to the Development Agreement ensure that a mix of medical research and hospital health care uses are vested (permitted) for a period of 17 years to allow phased implementation of health care facilities that are responsive to changing health care needs in the community. Moreover, Saint John’s Health Center will be required to continue to implement a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program to reduce vehicle
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trips in the area and associated parking demand and the Master Plan includes pedestrian and bicycle enhancements to promote alternative modes of travel and better connections to public transit.
Accordingly, the Phase Two Master Plan is therefore consistent with LUCE Circulation Policy T19.2 which seeks appropriate TDM requirements for new development.
Furthermore, the project is consistent with LUCE’s overall land use policies by providing community benefits for the area, including but not limited to, affordable housing, mobility improvements, visitor accommodations, publicly-accessible open spaces, and programs to address the needs of vulnerable populations in the community.
Hospital Area Specific Plan Repeal and General Plan Amendment The Phase Two Master Plan and Third Amendment to the Development Agreement was assessed for consistency with the Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) of the General Plan, including various Citywide and Healthcare District goals, objectives and policies. The current HASP is based on 1984 General Plan policies and 1988 Zoning Ordinance designations and development standards for the entire Hospital Area Specific Plan study area, including UCLA-owned properties, commercial-zoned parcels, and residential-zoned parcels. The proposal to repeal the 1988 HASP and remove references to the HASP contained in the 2010 Land Use and Circulation Element would not change the current regulations that apply to the HASP area. More specifically, the 2015 Zoning Ordinance use regulations and development standards would continue to apply to parcels in the current HASP area and, if approved, the Phase Two Master Plan would govern the Saint John’s Health Center parcels until the end of the 17-year vesting period established by the amended Development Agreement. The proposed General Plan Amendment would only strike or modify references to a Hospital Area Specific Plan; the 2010 LUCE’s goals, objectives, and policies would continue to apply for the LUCE Healthcare District, applicable Boulevards (Wilshire, Santa Monica, and Broadway), and the Healthcare Mixed Use Land Use Designation. Proposed language associated with General Plan Amendment and the repeal of the HASP is provided in Attachment “H”.
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Environmental Analysis
In accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), an EIR was prepared to analyze the potential environmental effects of the Providence Saint John’s Project. As required by Section 15082 of the CEQA Guidelines, a Notice of Preparation (NOP) was published on commencing April 10, 2017 and ending May 11, 2017. The purpose of the NOP was to formally convey that the City was preparing a Draft EIR for the Project, and to solicit input regarding the scope and content of the environmental information to be included in the Draft EIR.
The public scoping meeting was held on April 24, 2017 from 6:00 P.M. to 7:30 P.M. at the McKinley Elementary School Auditorium, located at 2401 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California 90404. The meeting included a presentation of the Project and an overview of the CEQA process followed by an open house format which provided interested individuals, groups, and public agencies the opportunity to view materials, ask questions, and provide oral and written comments to the City regarding the scope and focus of the Draft EIR as described in the NOP.
On July 30, 2019, a Notice of Completion and Public Availability of the Draft EIR was published, commencing a 45-day public comment period for the Draft EIR that ended on September 13, 2019. In accordance with Section 15087(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines, a public notice indicating the Draft EIR was available for review was distributed to parties providing comment on the Notice of Preparation (“NOP”) and residents within a 1,000-foot radius of the Project Site. Additionally, the notice was published in the Santa Monica Daily Press and mailed to all neighborhood groups, relevant governmental agencies, and interested parties. The Draft EIR was made available for public review at local libraries, City Hall, and online on the City of Santa Monica’s Planning & Community Development Department website.
The environmental issues studied in detail in the Draft EIR include:
• Aesthetics (Visual Character, Views, Light and Glare, Shading) • Air Quality/Health Risk
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• Construction Effects
• Cultural Resources - Historical Resources
• Cultural Resources - Archaeology and Paleontology
• Energy
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Geology and Soils
• Hazards and Hazardous Materials
• Hydrology and Water Quality
• Land Use/Planning
• Neighborhood Effects
• Noise and Vibration
• Population and Housing
• Police Protection
• Fire Protection
• Transportation
• Tribal Cultural Resources
• Water
• Wastewater
• Solid Waste
Other issue areas such as Agricultural/Forestry Resources, Biological Resources, Mineral Resources, and Recreation were determined to be less than significant in the Initial Study (Appendix A of the EIR).
The Final EIR, which was published in January 2022, contains all comments and responses to comments received during the comment period as well as minor changes to the Draft EIR.
Comments on the Draft EIR
The Draft EIR was available for a 90-day public review period, during which a total of 90 comment letters were received. During this period, a total of ten comment letters were
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received. Comments were raised regarding traffic analysis, general support for the project, and concerns about construction air quality. Responses to all comments received are included in the Final EIR within Chapter 10, Responses to Comments.
Significant Impacts
As indicated in Chapter 4, Environmental Impact Analysis, of the Final EIR, the Project would result in significant unavoidable impacts in terms of air quality, construction effects (due to vibration), cultural resources - historical resources, neighborhood effects (due to transportation), noise and vibration (vibration), and transportation.
Air Quality
As indicated in Section 4.2, Air Quality, of the EIR, Project Interim Year (2031) operational nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions would be reduced with implementation of the proposed mitigation measure (e.g., MM-AIR-1), but would still exceed South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) regional operational thresholds. Therefore, operational NOx emissions would be significant and unavoidable. However, it should be noted that if the SCAQMD regional construction thresholds were applied, total Project construction and operational emissions would be below all thresholds.
Cultural Resources - Historical Resources
As indicated in Section 4.4, Cultural Resources - Historical Resources, of this EIR, the Project would result in a significant unavoidable impacts to historical resources due to demolition of the Santa Monica Cancer Institute Building (formerly John Wayne Cancer Institute) and Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Memorial Child & Family Development Center (CFDC). The implementation of the proposed mitigation measures (e.g., MM-HIST-1 through -3) would address impacts, but would not reduce to less than significant levels as there is no feasible mitigation to reduce demolition of these historical resources to a less than significant level.
Noise and Vibration/Construction Effects
As indicated in Section 4.13, Noise and Vibration, of the EIR, Project construction activities would result in significant vibration effects. Participation in Mitigation Measure
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MM-NOISE-2 would prevent vibration impacts to vibration sensitive medical equipment at Medical Office Buildings not owned/controlled by Saint John’s. Participation in MMNOISE-2 includes location inventory, simulation testing, equipment relocation, and equipment isolation. MM-NOISE-2 also requires that no construction be conducted during active use of equipment, or alternative construction methods. Thus, potentially significant construction vibration impacts at participating Medical Office Buildings not owned/controlled by Saint John’s would be reduced to a less than significant level.
However, for any Medical Office Buildings not owned/controlled by Saint John’s that do not participate in MM-NOISE-2, Project construction vibration could result impacts to vibration sensitive medical equipment. Therefore, the impact would be significant and unavoidable.
Transportation/Neighborhood Effects
As indicated in Section 4.17, Transportation, of the EIR, Project intersection and street segment operations impacts would be significant and unavoidable at fourteen study intersections and six segments under Interim Year (2031) and/or Future Year (2042) conditions. The impacts at these intersections would be significant and unavoidable as feasible mitigation is not available to reduce the impacts at these intersections to less than significant levels due to lack of additional adequate right-of-way area, inconsistency with adopted City policies, and/or because they would result substantial secondary impacts. It should be noted that after publication of the Draft EIR, on June 9th, 2020 the City adopted vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as the metric for analyzing the transportation impacts of projects that are subject to CEQA, to align with the requirements of Senate Bill (SB 743). VMT measures the cumulative distance of automobile travel, taking into account the origin and destination of a particular trip.
Typically, development located at a greater distance from other land uses and in areas without transit generates more VMT than development near other land uses with more robust transportation options. Since the Project’s Notice of Preparation and Draft EIR predate the adoption of the VMT thresholds, the Project’s analysis of transportation effects are utilized using the former level of service (LOS) standards. Nonetheless, Section 4.17, Transportation, of the EIR does provide analysis and disclosure of the Project’s VMT effects.
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Alternatives Studied
The selection of alternatives studied in the EIR are based on CEQA requirements as well as consideration of public comments received during the NOP comment period for the Draft EIR. The EIR studied five alternatives to the project, which are intended to reduce the environmental impacts of the projects:
• Alternative 1 – No Project/No Build: Per CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.6(e)(2), the No Project/No Build Alternative analysis discusses the existing conditions at the time the Notice of Preparation (NOP) was published (April 7, 2017) and compares impacts of the No Project/No Build Alternative to the Project. Under the No Project/No Build Alternative, the Project would not be developed. Rather, the existing on-site uses (e.g., medical, medical office, laboratory, day care, and vacant residential totaling 110,055 square feet of floor area, along with the existing entry plaza and surface parking) would remain unchanged. • Alternative 2 – Tier 1 Only: Alternative 2 assumes development of the Phase Two Development Sites with healthcare and related uses at the Tier 1 densities and heights with associated parking (e.g., not at the Tier 2 densities and heights permitted by the SSMC with the provision of specified community benefits). In addition, the existing street network would remain as is. There would be no new streets such as 20th Place and Saint John’s Way and, the northern portion of 21st Street would not be vacated. Instead, site access would be directly from the streets adjacent to the Phase Two sites. Furthermore, the below-grade tunnels connecting parking garages and above-grade pedestrian connections over Santa Monica Boulevard would not be constructed.
• The total floor area available for Phase Two uses would be reduced by about 110,000 square feet as a result of the Tier 1 height and density limitations. In addition to reducing the total floor area available for healthcare uses, Alternative 2 would not include an Education and Conference Center, Visitor Housing, Saint
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John’s Café or Mullin Plaza Café. The on-site open space would also be significantly reduced due to the Tier 1 height limit.
• Alternative 3 – Reduced Healthcare Uses with Tier 2 Housing on South Campus:
This alternative represents a reduction in the healthcare uses compared with the proposed Project and a reduction in open space, with an overall increase in the total floor area to accommodate residential development on the South Campus in response to public comments received during the preliminary hearings and NOP scoping meeting to explore adding housing as part of the Phase Two Master Plan. Total development on the North Campus would be consistent with the Master Plan, with variations in the proposed uses to accommodate replacement of the Child and Family Development Center, including its Daycare uses, on Development Site 2I (rather than moving the Child and Family Development Center to a new building on the South Campus along Broadway). The northern portion of the South Campus (along Santa Monica Boulevard) would be developed with healthcare uses in buildings with similar setbacks, densities and heights as the Phase Two Master Plan. On the southern portion of the South Campus, development would be primarily multi-family housing (247 multi-family units, including 10 replacement units) at Tier 2 densities and heights with a reduction of open space on the South Campus.
No Visitor Housing would be developed. In addition, the existing street network would remain as is. There would be no new streets such as 20th Place and Saint John’s Way and, the northern portion of 21st Street would not be vacated.
Furthermore, the above-grade pedestrian connections over Santa Monica Boulevard and the tunnels beneath Santa Monica Boulevard would not be constructed.
• Alternative 4 – Reduced Master Plan: Alternative 4 represents a reduction in the Phase Two Master Plan, with a reduction in height such that all new buildings would be no greater than 70 feet consistent with the Zoning Ordinance’s HMU
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Tier 2 maximum height. Under Alternative 4, total development on the Saint John’s Campus would be reduced due to the decreased height as compared to the Master Plan, with the assumption that building footprints and open space would be provided similar to the project. In addition, Alternative 4 assumes the same proposed street network as the Master Plan, including new streets such as 20th Place and Saint John’s Way and, the northern portion of 21st Street would be vacated. Furthermore, the tunnel connections and above-grade pedestrian connections over Santa Monica Boulevard would be constructed. • Alternative 5 – Partial Master Plan: This alternative represents a reduction in the Phase Two Master Plan, with the assumption that only some phases of the Master Plan would be implemented. Under Alternative 5, total development on the Saint John’s Campus would be reduced as compared to the Master Plan.
Specifically, no development for 2D/E, S4, or S5 would occur (e.g., no Education and Conference Center, East Ambulatory Care and Research Building, visitor housing, or East Ambulatory & Acute Care Building), and existing uses (e.g., PSJHC Foundation Building, Santa Monica Cancer Institute, and surface parking) would remain as they are on these sites.
• Under Alternative 5, Development Sites 2I, 2C, S1, S3, and S2 would be redeveloped with the same programming as the Master Plan. The building location, uses, and building setbacks are assumed to be generally the same as the project. In addition, Alternative 5 assumes the same proposed street network as the Master Plan, including new streets such as 20th Place and Saint John’s Way and the vacation of the northern portion of 21st Street. Furthermore, similar to the Project, the west tunnel connection and the above-grade pedestrian connection over Santa Monica Boulevard would be constructed.
Environmentally Superior Alternative
In general, the environmentally superior alternative as defined by CEQA should minimize adverse impacts to the project site and its surrounding environment. Of the
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alternatives analyzed in the EIR, Alternative 1 (the No Project/No Build Alternative) is considered the environmentally superior alternative because it is the only Alternative that would avoid the Project’s significant impacts. In addition, Alternative 1, which reflects existing conditions with no change to the environment, would result in less impacts across most of the environmental topics analyzed. Notwithstanding, without redevelopment of the Project Site, Alternative 1 would not contribute to City efforts to implement the goals and objectives of the HSP nor meet the Project’s objectives.
CEQA Guidelines section 15126.6 states that if the environmentally superior alternative is the No Project/No Build Alternative, the EIR shall also identify an environmentally superior alternative from among the other alternatives. The remaining alternatives were reviewed in accordance with the State CEQA Guidelines requirement to identify an environmentally superior Alternative other than the No Project/No Build Alternative.
According to Section 15126.6(a) of the State CEQA Guidelines, the purpose of an Alternatives analyses is to identify alternative developments that would feasibly attain most of the basic objectives of the project but that would avoid or substantially lessen any of the significant effects of the project. Other than Alternative 1, none of the remaining alternatives to the Project would avoid all of the Project’s potentially significant and unavoidable impacts.
The EIR identifies that other than Alternative 1, Alternative 5 is the least impactful and is the environmentally superior alternative. Alternative 5 would include less development than Alternative 4, such that the level of most of the impacts would be less under Alternative 5. In addition, Alternative 5 would avoid the significant unavoidable historical resources impacts to the Santa Monica Cancer Institute building that would occur under the proposed Project and Alternatives 2 and 3, and 5, and would result in significant unavoidable operational level of service impacts to fewer intersections and street segments than these other alternatives.
Therefore, Alternative 5 (Partial Master Plan) is identified as the environmentally superior alternative. However, it is noted that Alternative 5 (and indeed Alternatives 2 and 4) would not meet all the Project objectives. In particular, Alternative 5 would not:
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(1) provide the range and/or extent of medical services to be provided under the Project due to its reduced amount of floor area (Objective 1); (2) provide replacement housing (Objective 2); (3) accommodate all the Phase Two development vested by the DA or provide 35 percent of the Project Site as open space (Objective 3); (4) provide a comprehensive circulation plan on the entirety of the Phase Two Development Sites (Objective 4); or (5) reduce VMT to the same extent of the Project due to lower-density development than the Project in close proximity to transit (Objective 5). It would also not be as effective as the Project in meeting the balance of the Project objectives.
Further, while Alternative 5 would result in direct reductions in impacts to the environment, it would have greater impacts than the Project and Alternatives 2, 3 and 4 in terms of a lack of support for applicable City goals and policies that are intended to support the continued operation of PSJHC, accommodate future growth, and promote sustainable development patterns to reduce VMT. The Project, as proposed, would better achieve these City goals and policies, and would provide a higher level of community benefits.
Public Notification
In addition to the various outreach meetings for the Phase Two Master Plan summarized in the Background section of this report, hearing notices for the March 22, 2022 City Council meeting were mailed 14 days prior to the hearing date to all residents and property owners within 1,000 feet of the subject property and also mailed to community members who have previously attended meetings or requested to be placed on the project mailing list. A notice for the March 22, 2022 City Council public hearing for the Phase Two Master Plan, Third Amendment and associate applications, was published in the Santa Monica Daily Press on March 7, 2022.
Financial Impact and Budget Action
Providence would provide a monetary contribution to the City of Santa Monica in the amount of $5,000,000 to support Santa Monica Behavioral Health Initiatives within 180 days of final approval of the Development Agreement. Based on the staff recommendation, Providence would also provide a second monetary contribution of
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$5,000,000 within 100 days of the first Development Review Permit application approval for a Phase Two building, excluding the Multi-Family Housing, but in no case later than eight years after final approval of the Development Agreement. As discussed earlier in this report, Providence has agreed to make this second $5,000,000 contribution within 100 days of the first Development Review Permit application approval but does not agree with an outside payment date of eight years after final approval of the Third Amendment. Therefore, if the outside payment date is not agreed to by Providence then this second contribution could be made to the City any time within the 17-year vesting period that starts after final approval of the Third Amendment, provided Providence proceeds with Phase Two development. These two contributions would result in a total of $10,000,000 to be paid to the City specifically to support Santa Monica Behavioral Health Initiatives. These funds would be held and expended in special revenue source accounts to be created following execution of the Third Amendment to the Development Agreement.
Prior to issuance of a building permit for Phase Two Buildings, Providence would be required to pay two Development Impact Fees set forth in Article 9 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code pursuant to the proposed Third Amendment: the Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee and Transportation Impact Fee. Final fee amounts will be calculated based on the Development Review Permit applications and plan check submittals for each Phase Two Building submitted in accordance with the Phase Two Master Plan:
• Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fee is vested in the Fiscal Year 2021- 2022 fee schedule, and subject to periodic adjustment pursuant to SMMC Section 9.68.080, for a period of ten (10) years after the Third Amendment Effective Date. Affordable Housing Commercial Linkage Fees shall be deposited in revenue account 10400001.415660. After this ten-year period, the impact fee rate then in effect shall apply to Phase Two Buildings development pursuant to the Phase Two Master Plan.
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• Transportation Impact Fee is vested in the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 fee schedule, and subject to period adjustment pursuant to SMMC Section 9.66.080, for a period of ten years after the Third Amendment Effective Date. Transportation Impact Fees shall be deposited in revenue account 10600001.415180. After this ten-year period, the impact fee rate then in effect shall apply to Phase Two Buildings development pursuant to the Phase Two Master Plan.
If Providence elects to pay the Private Developer Cultural Art fee in lieu of providing onsite public art, the fee would be vested in the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 fee schedule for the Phase Two Vesting Deadline and deposited in revenue account 10400003.408970.
After this 17-year period, the in-lieu fee rate then in effect shall apply to Phase Two Buildings pursuant to the Phase Two Master Plan. The Childcare Linkage Fee and Parks and Recreation Development Impact Fee will be satisfied through the provision of Providence’s on-site childcare program and the provision of on-site open space.
Prepared By: Roxanne Tanemori, Principal Planner
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. Attachment A Summary of Providence Phase Two Master Plan B. Attachment B History of Saint John's Health Center Development Agreement C. Attachment C Public Comments and Public Hearing Notice D. Attachment D Providence Phase Two Master Plan (Council March 2022) E. Attachment E Appendices Providence Phase Two Master Plan (Council March 2022)
F. Attachment F Ordinance Providence Third Amendment to the Development Agreement.docx
G. Attachment G Exhibit Q to Providence Third Amendment (Phase II Master Plan Standards March 2022)
H. Attachment H Resolution Repealing the 1988 HASP and Amending General Plan
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I. Attachment I Resolution EIR Certifcation Findings PSJ Master Plan DA J. Attachment J Resolution Adopting EIR SOC and MMRP
K. Attachment K Resolution Adopting PSJ Phase Two Master Plan L. Attachment L Tentative Subdivision Map Statement of Official Action M. Attachment M Resolution of Intention Partial Vacation of 21st Street N. Attachment N Draft Findings
O. Attachment O Providence Tentative Tract Map 82302
P. Attachment P Link to Providence Saint John's Health Center Phase Two Master Plan EIR
Q. Written Comments
R. PowerPoint Presentation
S. Applicant Presentation
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(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN’S HEALTH CENTER
PHASE II MASTER PLAN PROJECT
WHEREAS, the California Environmental Quality Act, California Public Resources Code Section 21000 et seq.(“CEQA”) requires that cities consider the environmental consequences of their actions before approving a “project”; and WHEREAS, the Santa Monica City Council approved a Development Agreement (DA) for the Providence Saint John’s Saint John’s Health Center (PSJHC) effective in July 1998; and
WHEREAS, the DA provides for two phases of development consisting of Phase I and Phase II.
WHEREAS, Phase I, which was completed in 2014, involved the serial demolition and reconstruction of PSJHC core hospital facilities on the North Campus in a smaller configuration than previously existed.
WHEREAS, the DA requires that a Phase II Master Plan be approved by the City Council prior to the approval of the Development Review Permits for the proposed Phase II Project buildings.
WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan is a comprehensive master plan that DocuSign Envelope ID: 95376F74-32D5-409F-9A4D-14371F77FF2B
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WHEREAS, the DA’s provisions for Phase II established vested rights for up to 799,000 square feet of development on the North and South Campuses that include various hospital and health care uses, health and wellness uses, education and conference facilities, visitor housing, replacement multifamily housing units, and parking.
WHEREAS, a Notice of Preparation (“NOP”) of an Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) for the Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase II Project Master Plan (“Project”) was published and circulated on April 10, 2017; and WHEREAS, a Notice of Completion/Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (“Draft EIR”) was published on July 30, 2019 in compliance with CEQA and the CEQA Guidelines, Title 14, Division 6, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15105, the Draft EIR was circulated for a 45-day period, which ended on September 13, 2019; and WHEREAS, the Draft EIR analyzed the potential environmental impacts that could result from the proposed Project and five alternatives; and WHEREAS, the Final Environmental Impact Report (“Final EIR”) that includes responses to written comments on the Draft EIR was published in January 2022; and WHEREAS, the Final EIR analyzes the environmental effects of the Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase II Project Master Plan, consisting of ten (10) Phase II DocuSign Envelope ID: 95376F74-32D5-409F-9A4D-14371F77FF2B
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Packet Pg. 2617 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11408 CCS CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN’S DocuSign Envelope ID: D13613E0-1151-4ED9-BB73-60D3E115C9BF 3 Project buildings with related infrastructure improvements and open space on the North and South Campuses, amendments to the HASP, Development Agreement amendments that include modifications to Mullin Plaza and on-site circulation, a vesting tentative subdivision map, a street vacation of the northern portion of 21st Street, a Child Care Implementation Plan for Phase II, and an amended Santa Monica Community Access Plan for Phase II.
WHEREAS, the Final EIR also analyzes the environmental effects of five alternatives: Alternative 1 – No Project/No Build, Alternative 2 – Tier 1 Only, Alternative 3 – Reduced Healthcare Uses with Tier 2 Housing on South Campus, Alternative 4 – Reduced Master Plan, and Alternative 5 – Partial Master Plan.
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2022, the Planning Commission received public testimony and written submittals, reviewed and considered the City staff report and the Final EIR, and engaged in a deliberative process; and
WHEREAS, after considering all such oral and written testimony at the public hearing on January 26, 2022, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council approve the project and certify the Final EIR; and WHEREAS, on March 22, 2022 the City Council, received public testimony and written submittals, including the Final EIR, and engaged in a deliberative process; and WHEREAS, after considering all such oral and written testimony in its decisionmaking process, the City Council desires to consider approval of the project; and WHEREAS, the City Council as lead agency has reviewed and considered the contents of the Final EIR in its decision-making process, and independently determined that the Final EIR has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental DocuSign Envelope ID: 95376F74-32D5-409F-9A4D-14371F77FF2B
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NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council hereby certifies that:
1. The Final EIR for the Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase II Project Master Plan (“Project”) was completed in full compliance with State law and the CEQA Guidelines, there was adequate public review of the Draft EIR, and the FinalEIR adequately analyzes all potentially significant environmental issues; and
2. The Final EIR was presented to the City Council, and the City Council has reviewed and considered the information contained in the Final EIR, including all comments on the Draft EIR and responses to comments, in its decision-makingprocess prior to acting on the Project; and
3. The Final EIR reflects the independent judgement and analysis of the City.
SECTION 2. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15128, Section 4 of the Final EIR and the Initial Study (Appendix A of the Final EIR) determined that the following environmental impacts were not considered potentially significant and were not analyzed in detail in the Final EIR: agricultural and forest resources, biological resources, mineral resources, utilities (electric power, natural gas, and telecommunications), and wildfire.
SECTION 3. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Section 15091 and 15092, and as analyzed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the following Project impacts would be less than significant without mitigation: aesthetics, operational air emissions (specifically those issues related to potential conflicts with applicable air quality plans as DocuSign Envelope ID: 95376F74-32D5-409F-9A4D-14371F77FF2B
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SECTION 4. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15091 and 15092, and as analyzed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the following Project impacts could be reduced to a less than significant level with the implementation of mitigation measures established in Section 11 of the Final EIR: disturbance of archaeological resources and human remains, disturbance of paleontological resources, potential release of hazards due to on-site contamination, and utilities and service systems (specifically sewer capacity).
SECTION 5. Consistent with CEQA Guidelines Sections 15091 and 15092, and as analyzed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the following Project impacts cannot feasibly be avoided or mitigated to below a level of significance: construction-related and operational criteria air pollutant emissions, historic cultural resources, ground-borne vibration during construction, neighborhood effects due to traffic, and transportation (specifically traffic impacts on intersection level of service and street segments).
SECTION 6. The Final EIR found that the No Project Alternative would be environmentally superior to the project on the basis of the minimization or avoidance of physical environmental impacts. Of the other alternatives, the Final EIR found that the DocuSign Envelope ID: 95376F74-32D5-409F-9A4D-14371F77FF2B
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Therefore, Alternative 5 (Partial Master Plan) is identified as the environmentally superior alternative. However, Alternative 5 would not meet all the Project objectives. In particular, Alternative 5 would not: (1) provide the range and/or extent of medical services to be provided under the Project due to its reduced amount of floor area (Objective 1); (2) accommodate all the Phase II development vested by the DA or provide 35 percent of the Project Site as open space (Objective 3); (3) provide a comprehensive circulation plan on the entirety of the Phase II Development Sites (Objective 4); or (4) reduce VMT to the same extent of the Project due to lower-density development than the Project in close proximity to transit (Objective 5). It would also not be as effective as the Project in meeting the balance of the Project objectives. Further, while Alternative 5 would result in direct reductions in impacts to the environment, it would have greater impacts than the Project in terms of a lack of support for applicable City goals and policies that are intended to support the continued operation of PSJHC, accommodate future growth, and promote sustainable development patterns to reduce VMT. The Project, as proposed, would better achieve these City goals and policies, and would provide a higher level of community benefits.
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SECTION 8. Consistent with Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the documents which constitute the record of proceedings for approving this Project are located in the Community Development Department, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, California. The custodian of these documents is Rachel Kwok, Environmental Planner.
SECTION 9. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JOSEPH LAWRENCE
Interim City Attorney
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Sue Himmelrich, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 11408 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 22nd day of March 2022, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, Davis, De la Torre, Parra,
Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Negrete
ATTEST:
Nikima Newsome, Assistant City Clerk
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Packet Pg. 2623 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11408 CCS CERTIFYING THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THE PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHN’S DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 1 City Council Meeting: March 22, 2022 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER 11409 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA MAKING FINDINGS
NECESSARY TO ADOPT A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS
AND THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM
FOR THE PROVIDENCE SAINT JOHNS HEALTH CENTER PHASE II MASTER PLAN
PROJECT EIR
WHEREAS, a Draft Environmental Impact Report was published on July 30, 2019 for a period of 45 days, and a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR) was published on January 19, 2022 which analyzes the environmental effects of the Providence Saint John’s Health Center Phase II Master Plan Project; and WHEREAS, the Santa Monica City Council, as Lead City Agency, reviewed the Final EIR and considered the information contained in the Final EIR, including all comments on the Draft EIR and responses to comments; and WHEREAS, on March 22, 2022, the City Council certified that the Final Environmental Impact Report was prepared in full compliance with State law and the CEQA Guidelines.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
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Packet Pg. 2624 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 2 SECTION 1. Consistent with Section 15128 of the State CEQA Guidelines, Chapter 6 of the Final EIR determined that the following environmental impacts were not considered potentially significant and were not analyzed in detail in the Final EIR:
Agricultural and Forest Resources, Biological Resources, Mineral Resources, Utilities (electric power, natural gas, and communications), and Wildfire.
SECTION 2. Consistent with Section 15091 and 15092 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and as analyzed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that impacts would be less than significant without mitigation for aesthetics, operational air emissions (specifically those issues related to potential conflicts with applicable air quality plans as well ascarbon monoxide hotspots and odors), energy consumption, geologic and seismic related risks, construction and operational greenhouse gas emissions, hazards on schools and those related to emergency access, hydrology/water quality, land use/planning, constructionrelated and operational noise levels, population and housing, public services, tribal resources, utilities and service systems (specifically water supply, wastewater treatment, and solid waste), and transportation issues related to potential conflicts with plans, policies, or regulations as well as geometric design hazards and emergencyaccess.
SECTION 3. Consistent with Sections 15091 and 15092 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines and as analyzed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that most impacts resulting from the project can be reduced to a less than significant level. More specifically, significant environmental effects as identified below can feasibly be avoided and have been eliminated or substantially lessened to less than significant. (a) The Final EIR determined that without mitigation, the project could result in significant adverse impacts to archaeological resources. Consistent with Section 15091 DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2625 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 3 and 15092 of the State CEQA Guidelines and as detailed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the following applicable mitigation measures have been required for the project that will reduce the project’s cultural archaeological resources impacts to below levels of significance:
MM-ARCH-1: Prior to the issuance of a demolition permit for the S1, S2, S3, S4 and S5 sites, the Applicant shall retain an archaeologist who meets the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualifications Standards (Qualified Archaeologist) and a Native American monitor from a tribe that is culturally and geographically affiliated with the Project site (according to the Native American Heritage Commission contact list for this project) to provide construction monitoring services for the Project. The Qualified Archaeologist, or an archaeological monitor working under their direct supervision, and the Native American monitor shall monitor all ground disturbance, such as clearing/grubbing, grading, trenching, or any other construction excavation activity, associated with Sites S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5 to a maximum depth of 6 feet (depth at which archaeological sensitivity decreases). The archaeological monitor shall be familiar with the types of resources (prehistoric and historic) that could be encountered. The frequency of archaeological and Native American monitoring shall be determined by the Qualified Archaeologist and shall be based on the rate of excavation and grading activities, the materials being excavated (younger sediments vs. older sediments), and the depth of excavation, and if found, the abundance and type of archaeological resources encountered.
Full-time archaeological and Native American monitoring may be reduced to parttime inspections, or ceased entirely, at any depth above 6 feet if determined DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2626 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 4 adequate by the Qualified Archaeologist. Prior to commencement of excavation activities, an Archaeological Sensitivity Training shall be given for construction personnel. The training session shall be carried out by the Qualified Archaeologist and Native American monitor, and will focus on how to identify archaeological resources that may be encountered during earthmoving activities and the procedures to be followed in such an event.
MM-ARCH-2: In the event that historic (e.g., bottles, foundations, refuse dumps/privies, etc.) or prehistoric (e.g., hearths, burials, stone tools, shell and faunal bone remains, etc.) archaeological resources are unearthed, grounddisturbing activities shall be halted or diverted away from the vicinity of the find so that the find can be evaluated. An appropriate buffer area shall be established by THE Qualified Archaeologist around the find where construction activities shall not be allowed to continue. Work shall be allowed to continue outside of the buffer area. All archaeological resources unearthed by Project construction activities shall be evaluated by the Qualified Archaeologist. If the resources are prehistoric or Native American in origin, the Applicant shall coordinate with the City, Qualified Archaeologist, and Native American representatives regarding the treatment and curation of any prehistoric archaeological resources. Additionally, if a discovery is outside of Sites S1, S2, S3, S4, or S5, the Qualified Archaeologist shall determine the level of archaeological monitoring that is warranted during future ground disturbance in other portions of the Project Site. If a resource is determined by the Qualified Archaeologist to constitute a “historical resource” pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(a) or a “unique archaeological resource” pursuant to DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2627 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 5 PRC Section 21083.2(g), the Qualified Archaeologist shall coordinate with the Applicant and the City (and Native American representatives for prehistoric resources) to develop a formal treatment plan that would serve to reduce impacts to the resource. The treatment plan established for the resource shall be in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section 15064.5(f) for historical resources and PRC Sections 21083.2(b) for unique archaeological resources. Preservation in place (i.e., avoidance) is the preferred manner of treatment. If preservation in place is not feasible, treatment may include implementation of archaeological data recovery excavations to remove the resource along with subsequent laboratory processing and analysis. Any archaeological material collected shall be curated at a repository that meets the standards outlined in 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 79.9., if such an institution agrees to accept the material. If no institution accepts the archaeological material, they shall be donated to a local school or historical society in the area for educational purposes, or to an affiliated tribe for prehistoric materials, to be determined by the Qualified Archaeologist in consultation with the City, and with Native American representatives for materials that are prehistoric in nature. Disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects shall be determined through consultation with the Most Likely Descendant (MLD) and landowner (see MM-ARCH-4).
MM-ARCH-3: Prior to issuance of Certificate of Occupancy for the Phase II buildings on Sites S1, S2, S3, S4, and S5, as applicable, the Qualified Archaeologist shall prepare a final report and appropriate California Department of Parks and Recreation Site Forms at the conclusion of archaeological monitoring.
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Packet Pg. 2628 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 6 The report shall include a description of resources unearthed, if any, treatment of the resources, results of the artifact processing, analysis, and research, and evaluation of the resources with respect to the California Register of Historical Resources and CEQA. The report and the Site Forms shall be submitted by the Project applicant to the City, the South Central Coastal Information Center, and representatives of other appropriate or concerned agencies to signify the satisfactory completion of the development and required mitigation measures.
MM-ARCH-4: If human remains are encountered unexpectedly during implementation of the Project, State Health and Safety Code Section 7050.5 requires that no further disturbance shall occur at the affected excavation/construction site until the County Coroner has made the necessary findings as to origin and disposition pursuant to PRC Section 5097.98. If the remains are determined to be of Native American descent, the coroner has 24 hours to notify the NAHC. The NAHC shall then identify the person(s) thought to be the Most Likely Descendent (MLD). The MLD may, with the permission of the landowner, or his or her authorized representative, inspect the site of the discovery of the Native American remains and may recommend to the owner or the person responsible for the excavation work means for treating or disposing, with appropriate dignity, the human remains and any associated grave goods. The MLD shall complete their inspection and make their recommendation within 48 hours of being granted access by the land owner to inspect the discovery. The recommendation may include the scientific removal and nondestructive analysis of human remains and items associated with Native American burials. Upon the DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2629 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 7 discovery of the Native American remains, the landowner shall ensure that the immediate vicinity, according to generally accepted cultural or archaeological standards or practices, where the Native American human remains are located, is not damaged or disturbed by further development activity until the landowner has discussed and conferred, as prescribed in this mitigation measure, with the MLD regarding their recommendations, if applicable, taking into account the possibility of multiple human remains. The landowner shall discuss and confer with the descendants all reasonable options regarding the descendants' preferences for treatment.
Whenever the NAHC is unable to identify a MLD, or the MLD identified fails to make a recommendation, or the landowner or his or her authorized representative rejects the recommendation of the descendants and the mediation provided for in Subdivision (k) of Section 5097.94, if invoked, fails to provide measures acceptable to the landowner, the landowner or his or her authorized representative shall inter the human remains and items associated with Native American human remains with appropriate dignity on the property in a location not subject to further and future subsurface disturbance.
(b) The Final EIR determined that without mitigation the project could result in significant adverse impacts related to paleontological resources. Consistent with Section 15091 and 15092 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines and as detailed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the following mitigation measures have been required for the project that will reduce the project’s impacts related to paleontological resources to below levels of significance:
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Packet Pg. 2630 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 8 MM-GEO-1: Prior to start of any ground-disturbing activities (i.e., demolition, pavement removal, pot-holing or auguring, boring, drilling, grubbing, vegetation removal, brush clearance, weed abatement, grading, excavation, trenching, or any other activity that has potential to disturb soil) for each construction site, the Applicant shall retain a Qualified Paleontologist meeting the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology standards (SVP, 2010). The Qualified Paleontologist shall conduct construction worker paleontological resources sensitivity training for appropriate construction personnel. The training session shall focus on the recognition of the types of paleontological resources that could be encountered within the Project area and the procedures to be followed if they are found. The Applicant shall ensure that construction personnel are made available for and attend the training and retain documentation demonstrating attendance.
MM-GEO-2: Full-time paleontological resources monitoring shall be performed by a qualified paleontological monitor under the direction of the Qualified Paleontologist (SVP, 2010) for ground disturbance in undisturbed soils below a depth of 6 feet.
Full-time monitoring may be reduced to part-time inspections, or ceased entirely, if determined adequate by the Qualified Paleontologist. Monitors shall have the authority to temporarily halt or divert work away from exposed fossils, in a radius of at least 50 feet, in order to recover the fossil specimens. Any significant fossils collected during Project-related excavations shall be prepared to the point of identification and curated into an accredited repository with retrievable storage.
Monitors shall prepare daily logs detailing the types of activities and soils observed, and any discoveries. The Qualified Paleontologist shall prepare a final monitoring DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2631 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 9 and mitigation report to be submitted to the City.
MM-GEO-3: If construction or other Project personnel discover any potential fossils during construction, regardless of the depth of work or location, work at the discovery location shall cease in a 50-foot radius of the discovery until the Qualified Paleontologist has assessed the discovery and made recommendations as to the appropriate treatment. If the find is deemed significant, it shall be salvaged following the standards of the SVP (2010) and curated with a certified repository. (c) The Final EIR determined that without mitigation the project could result in significant adverse impacts related to hazards/hazardous materials. Consistent with Section 15091 and 15092 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines and as detailed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the following applicable mitigation measureshave been required for the project that will reduce the project’s impacts related to hazards/hazardous materials to below levels of significance:
MM HAZ-1: Additional Assessment/Remediation – Site S3 and Site 2D/E.
Prior to the issuance of a grading permit for each site - of Site S3 and Site 2D/E, additional assessment in the form of soil and soil vapor sampling shall be conducted to determine whether there is any soil or groundwater contamination associated with the former service station uses at these sites, once the existing on-site buildings/structures are demolished. If the additional assessment reveals concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and/or other hazardous substances above applicable California Human Health Screening Levels (CHHSL), soil remediation and health and safety measures required by the applicable regulatory agencies [e.g., California Department of Toxic Substances DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2632 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 10 (DTSC), Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (LARWQCB), etc.] shall be implemented by the Project Applicant during construction, which will be included in a Soils Management Plan and a Health and Safety Plan, as applicable (refer to Mitigation Measures HAZ-2 and HAZ-3).
The additional assessment shall also include a survey to determine the presence of any underground storage tanks (UST) associated with the former on-site gas stations. If a UST is discovered, the Applicant shall notify the SMFD prior to tank removal and prepare a work plan for UST removal. The work plan shall be approved by the SMFD and shall identify methods/procedures to remove or neutralize any flammable materials and vapors in the UST prior to transport, and establish to the satisfaction of the SMFD that no release of hazardous materials has occurred or that the release of hazardous materials is otherwise addressed in the SMP. The UST shall be properly disposed of by a licensed contractor in accordance with applicable regulations.
MM HAZ-2: Soil Management Plan (SMP): Should the assessments required under MM HAZ-1 above for Site S3 and Site 2D/2E reveal chemicals of concern above applicable CHHLs and for excavation activities associated with Site 2C and Site 2D/E, the Project Applicant shall retain a qualified environmental consultant to prepare a SMP, which will be submitted to DTSC, RWQCB, and/or City of Santa Monica Fire Department for review and approval prior to the commencement of excavation and grading activities. The recommendations of the applicable oversight agency shall be incorporated in the SMP. The SMP shall be implemented during excavation and grading activities on the identified Site to DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2633 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 11 ensure that any contaminated soils are properly identified, excavated, and disposed of off-site, as follows:
The SMP shall be prepared and executed in accordance with South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) Rule 1166, Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Decontamination of Soil. The SMP shall require the timely testing and sampling of soils so that contaminated soils can be separated from inert soils for proper disposal. The SMP shall specify the testing parameters and sampling frequency. During excavation, Rule 1166 requires that soils identified as contaminated shall be sprayed with water or another approved vapor suppressant, or covered with sheeting during periods of inactivity of greater than an hour, to prevent contaminated soils from becoming airborne. Under Rule 1166, contaminated soils shall be transported from the Project Site by a licensed transporter and disposed of at a licensed storage/treatment facility to prevent contaminated soils from becoming airborne or otherwise released into the environment.
During the excavation phase, the Applicant shall remove and properly dispose of contaminated materials in accordance with the provisions of the SMP. If soil is stockpiled prior to disposal, it will be managed in accordance with the Project's Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, prior to its transfer for treatment and/or disposal. All impacted soils would be properly treated and disposed of in accordance with SCAQMD Rule 1166, Volatile Organic Compound Emissions from Decontamination of Soil, as well as applicable requirements of DTSC and LARWQCB.
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Packet Pg. 2634 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 12 A qualified environmental consultant shall be present on the Site during grading and excavation activities in the known or suspected locations of contaminated soils or the UST, and shall be on call at other times as necessary, to monitor compliance with the SMP and to actively monitor the soils and excavations for evidence of contamination.
MM HAZ-3: Health and Safety Plan (HASP): Should the assessments required under MM HAZ-1 above reveal chemicals of concern above applicable clean-up goals, the Applicant shall commission a HASP to be prepared in compliance with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Safety and Health Standards (29 Code of Federal Regulations 1910.120) and Cal-OSHA requirements (CCR Title 8, General Industry Safety Orders and California Labor Code, Division 5, Part 1, Sections 6300-6719) and submitted for review by the Department of Building and Safety. The HASP would address, as appropriate, safety requirements that would serve to avoid significant impacts or risks to workers or the public in the event that elevated levels of subsurface gases are encountered during grading and excavation. The HASP would also address potential vapor encroachment from the soil contamination into the subterranean levels of the building. As necessary, gas monitoring devices would be in place to alert workers in the event elevated gas or other vapor concentrations occur when basement slab demolition or soil excavation is being performed. Contingency procedures would be in place in the event elevated gas concentrations are detected, such as the mandatory use of personal protective equipment, evacuation of the area, and/or increasing ventilation within the immediate work DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2635 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 13 area. Workers would be trained to identify exposure symptoms and implement alarm response. Construction fencing would be installed around development areas to restrict public access from surrounding properties and other phases of the Project Site, further reduce the potential for contaminated soils to become airborne, and provide additional distance between the public and excavation activities to allow for gas and vapor dilution. Vapor suppression measures also would be identified consistent with the SMP, as necessary, to avoid health hazards to adjacent properties. The HASP would have emergency contact numbers, maps to the nearest hospital, gas monitoring action levels, gas response actions, allowable worker exposure times, and mandatory personal protective equipment requirements. The HASP would be signed by all workers involved in the demolition and excavation of on-site soils to demonstrate their understanding of the risks of excavation.
MM-HAZ-4 Asbestos Containing Materials: Pursuant to SCAQMD requirements, testing for presence of ACM shall be conducted in the CFDC, JWCI, and SJF Buildings prior to demolition of these structures. Any ACM found in these buildings, and the previously confirmed ACM in the vacant on-site apartments and associated parking structure, shall be removed by a licensed and certified asbestos abatement contractor prior to demolition of these buildings pursuant to SCAQMD Rule 1403 and Cal-OSHA Asbestos Regulations.
MM-HAZ-5 Lead Based Paints: Testing for the presence of LBP shall be conducted in the CFDC, JWCI, and SJF Buildings prior to demolition of these structures. Any LBP found in these buildings, and the previously confirmed LBP DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2636 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 14 in the vacant on-site apartments and associated parking structure, shall be removed by lead-certified personnel following the Cal-OSHA lead standards contained in CCR Title 8, Section 1532.1 and lead-safe work practices prior to demolition of these buildings. An environmental contractor with California Department of Public Health certified workers shall be retained to carry out the work in compliance with the regulations that govern LBP. (d) The Final EIR determined that without mitigation the project could result in significant adverse impacts with respect to utilities - wastewater. Consistent with Section 15091 and 15092 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines and as detailed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the following mitigation measure is required for theproject that will reduce the project’s wastewater impacts to below levels of significance:
MM-WW-1: Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, within 30 days of filing a Planning Application for any Phase II development, Saint John’s shall meet and confer with the City Engineer to discuss the timing and content for preparation of an updated sewer study to be reviewed and approved by the City Engineer, unless determined in the City Engineer’s sole and absolute professional judgment to be unnecessary. Such study would determine if future flows associated with the Phase II development proposed in the Planning Application (during dry and wet weather conditions) would cause the City’s 12-inch and 21-inch sewer lines on Broadway and any other downstream sewer lines to exceed the hydraulic planning criteria on page 47 in the City’s 2017 Sanitary Sewer System Master Plan or its successor thereto. The primary criteria used to establish adequately-size sewer capacity is if DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2637 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 15 the Peak Wet Weather Flow depth to diameter ratio is less than 0.75 and the minimum velocity is 2 ft/s.
If the sewer study (as approved by the City) determines that there will be exceedances of the hydraulic planning criteria due to the Phase II development proposed in the Planning Application, Saint John’s shall perform sewer upgrades prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy for such Phase II Building(s), to the satisfaction of the City Engineer, including, without limitation:
a) Installing a new adequately-sized sewer line(s) along Broadway and 20th Street to convey sewer flows generated from the applicable Phase II Development Site; or
b) Upsizing the existing 12-inch sewer on Broadway to 18-inch from 21stStreet to 20th Street and re-activating and placing in service the existing 12-inch VCP line (currently abandoned) along 20th Street from Broadway to Colorado Avenue to diver sewer flows from the Broadway 21-inch VCP sewer line to the Colorado 21-inch sewer line. The currently abandoned 12- inch VCP line, may need to be replaced pending future engineering design and offsite plans by Saint John’s.
Saint John’s may recommend the most cost-efficient City-approved sewer upgrade alternative that addresses the downstream deficiencies. All reports and plans shall also be approved by the Water Resources Engineer prior to issuance of building permit for the applicable Phase II Building. Any required upgrades shall be completed prior to Certificate of Occupancy for the applicable Phase II Development.
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Packet Pg. 2638 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 16 SECTION 4. Consistent with Section 15091, 15092, and 15093 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines, the City Council finds that significant adverse environmental effects in the areas of (1) construction-related and operational criteria air pollutant emissions, (2) historic cultural resources, (3) ground-borne vibration during construction, (4) neighborhood effects due to traffic, and (5) transportation (specifically traffic impacts on intersection level of service and street segments) cannot feasibly be avoided or mitigated to below a level of significance. Nevertheless, these impacts are found to be acceptable due to overriding considerations as discussed in Section6. (1) The Final EIR determined that without mitigation, combined operational and construction emissions of the Project would exceed the South Coast Air Quality Management’s District operational emissions threshold for NOx. Consistent with Section 15091 and 15092 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines and as detailed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the implementation of the following mitigation measure would address impacts, but would not reduce impacts to less than significant levels.
Therefore, impacts on air quality would remain significant and unavoidable.
MM AIR-1: Construction equipment operating at each Phase II development site shall be subject to the following requirements, which will be included in applicable bid documents and successful contractor(s) must demonstrate the ability to supply such equipment:
• The Project shall require all off-road diesel equipment greater than 50 horsepower (hp) to meet USEPA Tier 4 Final off-road emission standards (or equivalent) to reduce diesel particulate matter and NOX emissions during DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2639 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 17 construction activities. If equipment cleaner than Tier 4 is widely and commercially available at the time of building permit issuance, the Project applicant shall require the use of such equipment for construction. • Dumpers/tenders, forklifts, pumps, sweeper/scrubbers and plate compactors shall be powered by non-diesel fuels, such as gasoline, compressed natural gas or electricity.
(2) The Final EIR determined that the Providence Saint John’s Cancer Institute (formerly the John Wayne Cancer Institute Building) and Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
Memorial Child & Family Development Center (CFDC), are considered historical resources pursuant to CEQA. Consistent with Section 15091 and 15092 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines and as detailed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the implementation of the following mitigation measures would address impacts, but would not reduce impacts to less than significant levels. Therefore, impacts on historic resources would remain significant and unavoidable.
MM HIST-1: Recordation of the JWCI and CFDC. Prior to any demolition or ground disturbing activity on the 2I and S4 properties, the Applicant shall retain a Qualified Preservation Professional (defined as an architectural historian, historic architect, or historic preservation professional who satisfies the Secretary of the Interior’s Professional Qualification Standards for History, Architectural History, or Architecture, pursuant to 36 CFR 61) to prepare a Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) Short Format Report I. The HABS shall record the history of each property (the JWCI and CFDC), as well as important events or other significant contributions to the patterns and trends of history with which each property is DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2640 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 18 associated, as appropriate. Each property’s physical condition, both historic and current, shall be documented through site plans; historic maps and photographs; available original and/or current as-built drawings; large format photographs; and written data and text. Each building’s exteriors, representative interior spaces, character-defining features, as well as its setting and contextual views, shall be documented. Field photographs and notes shall also be included. All documentation components shall be completed in accordance with the Secretaryof the Interior’s Standards and Guidelines for Architectural and Engineering Documentation (HABS standards) to the satisfaction of the City of Santa Monica’s Historic Preservation Officer and the HABS administrator for the Library of Congress HABS collection. An electronic copy (pdf) of the HABS documentation shall be submitted to the City for review. Once approved, an electronic copy (pdf) shall be transmitted to the Library of Congress HABS administrator forreview.
Upon approval, the original archival HABS documentation shall be submitted to the Library of Congress for inclusion in the HABS collection, and archival copies shall be sent to the Santa Monica Public Library. The Applicant may complete the HABS documentation for both the JWCI and CFDC together or separately so long as the documentation for the CFDC is completed prior to demolition or ground disturbing activity on the 2I Site and the documentation for the JWCI is completed prior to any demolition or ground disturbing activity on the S4 Site.
MM HIST-2: Interpretive Exhibit(s). The Applicant shall retain a Qualified Preservation Professional (defined as an architectural historian, historic architect, or historic preservation professional who satisfies the Secretary of the Interior’s DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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• The growth and development of the JWCI and/or CFDC within thelarger context of local, state and national medical history.
• The Exhibit should also document the construction history and architectural significance pertaining to the respected architects, Weldon J. Fulton (JWCI) and John Maloney (CFDC), for each property.
• The historical associations and significance of Dr. Evis Coda (CFDC).
The Exhibit shall include each of the following:
• A permanent on-site exhibit, maintained by the Applicant to be installed atan on-site location or locations within the Project selected by the Applicant with the approval of the qualified preservation consultant and City of Santa Monica planning department.
• A professionally conducted oral history program documenting the personal experiences of JWCI patients, and CFDC families and staff members, respectively, DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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The Applicant shall commission a Qualified Preservation Professional to prepare a technical memorandum detailing the Exhibits’ requirements and implementation schedule and this memorandum shall be reviewed by interested parties, such as the Santa Monica History Museum and the Santa Monica Conservancy, and shall be prepared to the satisfaction of the City of Santa Monica. Once work on the 2I and S4 sites, as applicable, has commenced, the Applicant shall submit biannual reports prepared by a Qualified Preservation Professional documenting the progress of the Exhibit’s implementation, and the Applicant shall submit documentation illustrating full implementation of the Exhibit to the City within 3 years of completion of construction of the 20th Street Medical Building (2I) and Education & Conference Center and East Ambulatory & Research Building (S4), respectively.
MM HIST-3: Construction Monitoring. Due to the potential for damage from excavation and construction activities, as well as vibration, to 2208/2210 Santa Monica Boulevard, and in association with implementation of Mitigation Measure MM NOISE-1, the Qualified Preservation Professional shall monitor construction activities associated with the Project at regular intervals during shoring and excavation of Site S4 to address any unanticipated damage to 2208/2210 Santa Monica Boulevard that may require preservation treatment, and minimize potential damage to historic materials on 2208/2210 Santa Monica Boulevard. The Qualified Preservation Professional shall document the construction monitoring process in DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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MM NOISE-1: To reduce the potential for construction-related vibration effects to building structures, prior to the issuance of a building permit for a Site, PSJHC shall perform an inventory of the structural condition of buildings within 50 feet of Project construction on that Site. Based on thesurveyed building’s structure and condition, an acoustic specialist will determine the appropriate structural damage potential criteria based on the Caltrans Transportation and Construction Vibration Guidance Manual (Caltrans 2013), as provided in Table 4.13-3, and for each piece of construction equipment, establish a standoff distance from the applicable building. The construction contractor(s) shall restrict the use of equipment within the minimum applicable standoff distances to not exceed the building’s applicable structural damage criteria. If construction is required within these minimum applicable distances, alternative equipment and methods, such as small bulldozers (less than 300 horsepower), smaller or alternative construction DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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MM NOISE-2: To reduce the potential for construction-related vibration effects to any vibration sensitive medical uses, prior to the issuance of a building permit for Sites 2C, 2I, 2D/E, S1, S3 and S4, PSJHC shall perform an inventoryof vibration-sensitive medical equipment and rooms/suites in the hospital and in the following nearby Medical Office Buildings along Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway:
• For Site 2C: 2001 Santa Monica Boulevard, 2021 Santa MonicaBoulevard, and 2020 Santa Monica Boulevard.
• For Site 2I: 1919 Santa Monica Boulevard, 2001 Santa Monica Boulevard, 2021 Santa Monica Boulevard, and 2020 Santa MonicaBoulevard. • For Site 2D/E: 2208, 2216, 2232 Santa Monica Boulevard. • For Sites S1 & S3: 2001 Santa Monica Boulevard, 2021 SantaMonica Boulevard, 2020 Santa Monica Boulevard, and 2020 Broadway. • For Sites S4 & S5: 2021 Santa Monica Boulevard, 2020 SantaMonica Boulevard, and 2208, 2216, 2232 Santa Monica Boulevard.
PSJHC shall notify both the building owner/property manager and the building’s medical office tenants in writing of PSJHC’s need to inventory the building/tenant suite for vibration-sensitive medical equipment and rooms/suites with vibrationsensitive medical operations and to conduct the simulation(s).
For the buildings identified to contain vibration sensitive medical uses and where determined to be potentially exposed to adverse vibration effects associated with DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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The applicable medical team will confer with the construction team, including an acoustical specialist, after the simulation. If the simulation results indicate that either (a) construction vibration would exceed manufacturer’s specifications for vibrationsensitive medical equipment or (b) hospital operating rooms or critical working areas would exceed the “Weighting factors for satisfactory magnitudes of building vibration with respect to human response” in ANSI/ASA S2.71-1983 (reaffirmed in 2012), Table A.1, then a detailed mitigation plan shall be prepared unless both the applicable medical team and the construction team agree that the construction vibration is not impacting medical equipment/procedures in a particular medical suite despite the manufacturer’s specifications or weighting factors. If a mitigation plan is required, the construction team, including an acoustical specialist, shall prepare such plan relevant to such equipment or operations that is practicable for both the construction team and the applicable medical team. This will involve a combination of the judicious selection of construction equipment and techniques to minimize vibration at source, the sympathetic scheduling of the hours of construction and medical equipment usage/operations, the use of vibration isolation DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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PSJHC shall use good faith efforts to secure the voluntary cooperation of the building owner/property manager and the building’s medical office tenants in allowing PSJHC to perform the inventory, schedule the simulation(s), monitor the vibration-sensitive medical equipment or operations during the simulation(s), and provide input on practicable measures to include in the mitigation plan.
Mitigation Measure NOISE-1 would provide adequate vibration reductions for structural damage at on- and off-site buildings, by restricting the distances of heavy vibration-generating equipment from structures to the minimum distances provided by MM NOISE-1, or alternative equipment or methods, to not exceed the applicable structural damage criteria for each building. Thus, potentially significant construction vibration impacts would be reduced to a less than significant level.
Mitigation Measure NOISE-2 would prevent construction vibration impacts to sensitive medical equipment at Medical Office Buildings not owned/controlled by PSJHC and PSJHC medical uses that participate in Mitigation Measure NOISE-2 through location inventory, simulation testing, equipment relocation, equipment isolation, not conducting construction during active use of equipment, or alternative construction methods. Thus, potentially significant construction vibration impacts at participating Medical Office Buildings not owned/controlled by PSJHC would be reduced to a less than significant level. However, for any Medical Office Buildings not owned/controlled by PSJHC that do not participate in Mitigation Measure NOISE-2, Project construction vibration could result DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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(4) It should be noted that after publication of the Draft EIR, on June 9th, 2020 the City adopted vehicle miles traveled (VMT) as the metric for analyzing the transportation impacts of projects that are subject to CEQA, to align with the requirements of Senate Bill (SB 743). VMT measures the cumulative distance of automobile travel, taking into account the origin and destination of a particular trip.
Typically, development located at a greater distance from other land uses and in areas without transit generates more VMT than development near other land uses with more robust transportation options. Since the Project’s Notice of Preparation and Draft EIR predate the adoption of the VMT thresholds, the Project’s analysis of transportation effects used the former level of service (LOS) standards. The Final EIR determined that without mitigation, the project would result in significant and unavoidable at fourteen study intersections and six segments under Interim Year (2031) and/or Future Year (2042) conditions. Consistent with Section 15091 and 15092 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines and as detailed in the Final EIR, the City Council finds that the implementation of the following mitigation measures would address impacts, but would not reduce impacts to less than significant levels. Therefore, impacts related to neighborhood traffic and transportation levels of service would remain significant and unavoidable:
MM-TR-1: Prior to issuance of a building permit for the S4 building (Phase A4 or B4), the Project Applicant shall seek approval from the City ofLos Angeles to DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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MM-TR-2: Prior to issuance of a building permit for the 2D/2E building (Phase A5 or B5), the Project Applicant shall seek approval from the Big Blue Bus and Metro, to relocate the eastbound Big Blue Bus bus stop from the near side of Intersection 77 (Bundy Drive and Santa Monica Boulevard) and consolidate it with the existing Metro bus stop on the far side of the intersection (unless such reconfiguration has already occurred). The Project Applicant shall seek approval from Big Blue Bus and Metro in good faith for at least 90 days and shall not be required to further pursue consolidation of the bus stops if the parties cannotreach agreement within the 90-day time period. Prior to issuance of a building permit for DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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MM-TR-3: Prior to issuance of a building permit for the earlier of the S1 or S3 buildings in Phase B2 or the 2I building in Phase A2, if the Martin Expo Town Center Project has not restriped (or is not committed to restripe) the northbound approach at Intersection 79 (Bundy Drive & Olympic Boulevard) to provide dual leftturn lanes (or if this intersection has not otherwise been restriped), the Project Applicant shall seek approval from the City of Los Angeles to undertake this restriping. The Project Applicant shall seek approval from the City of Los Angeles in good faith for at least 90 days and shall not be required to implement this reconfiguration if the City of Los Angeles does not provide approval within this time period. If the City of Los Angeles approves implementation of this mitigation measure, the Project Applicant shall complete this implementation measure priorto DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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MM-TR-4: Prior to issuance of a building permit for earlier of the S1, S2 and S3 buildings in Phase A1 or the earlier S2 and 2C buildings in Phase B1, the Project Applicant shall seek approval from the City of Los Angeles and Caltrans to restripe the southbound approach at Intersection 81 (Bundy Drive & I-10 Eastbound OnRamp) to add a second left-turn lane (unless such restriping has already occurred).
This would entail removing on-street parking from the southbound approach on Bundy Drive. The Project Applicant shall seek approval from Caltrans and the City of Los Angeles in good faith for at least 90 days and shall not be required to implement this restriping if the City of Los Angeles and Caltrans, as applicable, do not provide approval within this time period. If the City of Los Angeles and Caltrans approve implementation of this mitigation measure, the Project Applicant shall complete this implementation measure prior to Certificate of Occupancy for the earlier of S1, S2 and S3 buildings in Phase A1 or the S2 and 2C buildings in Phase B1.
Impacts at the following intersections would be significant and unavoidable as feasible mitigation is not available to reduce the impacts at these intersections to less than significant levels due to lack of additional adequate right-of-way area, inconsistency with adopted City policies, and/or because they would result substantial secondary impacts.
Intersections:
• 20th Street & Arizona Avenue
• 20th Street & Pico Boulevard
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• 23rd Street & Broadway
• Cloverfield Boulevard & Olympic Boulevard
• Cloverfield Boulevard & I-10 Eastbound On-Ramp
• Centinela Avenue & Santa MonicaBoulevard
• Centinela Avenue & I-10 Westbound On-Off Ramps
• Bundy Drive & Santa Monica Boulevard
• Bundy Drive & Olympic Boulevard
• Bundy Drive & Ocean Park Boulevard
• Bundy Drive & I-10 Eastbound On-Ramp
• Barrington Avenue & Wilshire Boulevard
• Barrington Avenue & Santa Monica Boulevard
Street Segments
• Arizona Avenue west of 17th Street
• Arizona Avenue west of 20th Street
• 23rd Street north of Wilshire Boulevard
• 23rd Street north of Arizona Avenue
• 23rd Street north of Santa Monica Boulevard
• 23rd Street south of Ocean Park Boulevard
SECTION 5. The Final EIR analyzed five alternatives to the originally proposed project.
• Alternative 1 – No Project/No Build: Per CEQA Guidelines Section 15126.6(e)(2), the No Project/No Build Alternative analysis discusses the DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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• Alternative 3 – Reduced Healthcare Uses with Tier 2 Housing on South Campus: This alternative represents a reduction in the healthcare uses compared with the proposed Project and a reduction in open space,with an overall increase in the total floor area to accommodateresidential development on the South Campus.
• Alternative 4 – Reduced Master Plan: Alternative 4 represents a reduction in the Phase II Master Plan, with a reduction in height such that all new buildings would be no greater than 70 feet consistent with the Zoning Ordinance’s HMU Tier 2 maximum height.
• Alternative 5 – Partial Master Plan: This alternative represents a reduction in the Phase II Master Plan, with the assumption thatonly DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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The Final EIR found that the No Project Alternative would be environmentally superior to the project on the basis of the minimization or avoidance of physical environmental impacts. Notwithstanding, without redevelopment of the Project Site, Alternative 1 would not contribute to City efforts to implement the goals and objectives of the HSP nor meet the Project’s objectives.
The CEQA Guidelines require that if the environmentally superior alternative is the No Project alternative, that the EIR also identify an environmentally superior alternative among the other alternatives. Consistent with Section 15091, 15092, and 15093 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines, and as detailed in Final EIR Chapter 5.0, the City Council finds that, based on the other project alternatives, Alternative 5 would include less development than the Project, such that the level of most of the impacts would be less under Alternative 5. In addition, Alternative 5 would avoid the significant unavoidable historical resources impacts to the John Wayne Cancer Institute building that would occur under the proposed Project and other alternatives studied, and would result in significant unavoidable operational level of service impacts to fewer intersections and street segments than these other alternatives. Therefore, Alternative 5 (Partial Master Plan) is identified as the environmentally superior alternative. However, it is noted that Alternative 5 would not meet all the Project objectives. In particular, Alternative 5 would not: (1) provide the range and/or extent of medical services to be provided under the Project due to its reduced amount of floor area (Objective 1); (2) accommodate all the Phase II DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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SECTION 6. The preceding Findings, although based primarily on conclusions in the Final EIR, have not attempted to describe the full analysis of each environmental impact contained in the Final EIR. Instead, the Findings incorporate by reference the discussions and analyses in the Final EIR and supporting reference documents supporting the Final EIR’s determinations regarding the nature and severity of the impacts of the LUCE and mitigation measures designed to address those impacts. In making these findings, the City Council ratifies, adopts, and incorporates into these findings the analysis and explanation in the Final EIR and ratifies, adopts, and incorporates in these findings the determinations and conclusions of the Final EIR.
SECTION 7. The Final EIR found that the project would result in significant unavoidable adverse impacts in the areas of construction vibration, historic resources, and transportation. Consistent with Section 15093 of the State of California CEQA Guidelines, DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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1. The proposed Third Amendment, including all exhibits attached thereto, is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses and programs specified in the general plan and any applicable specific plan, in that Providence Saint John’s Health Center is a non-profit healthcare facility located in the Healthcare District Land Use Designation. The vision for this land use designation is to create a cohesive environment that supports the continued vitality of the City’s hospitals, responds to the evolving needs of the health care community, and improves the way health care facilities relate to surrounding residential and commercial areas. The Phase II Master Plan and Third Amendment is consistent with Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) Goal D28: Allow for the continued improvement of the Healthcare District and the ongoing responsible expansion of the Saint John’s Health Center (St. John’s) and Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center (SMUCLA). Specifically, the Phase II Master Plan and Third Amendment to the Development Agreement present a comprehensive Master Plan that addresses all development on the north and south campuses for a 17 year period and provides for substantive review of individual buildings closer to the time of construction in order to create the cohesive environment that supports the vitality of the health care district and also protects adjacent residential neighborhoods. The proposed Phase II Master Plan and Third Amendment to the Development Agreement is also consistent with LUCE Goal LU7: Support the continued vitality of the City’s hospitals to DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Moreover, Saint John’s Health Center will be required to continue to implement a Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Program to reduce vehicle trips in the area and associated parking demand and the Master Plan includes pedestrian and bicycle enhancements to promote alternative modes of travel and better connections to public transit. Accordingly, the Phase II Master Plan is therefore consistent with LUCE Circulation Policy T19.2 which seeks appropriate TDM requirements for new development. Furthermore, the project is consistent with LUCE’s overall land use policies by providing community benefits for the area, including but not limited to, affordable housing, mobility improvements, visitor accommodations, publicly-accessible open spaces, and programs to address the needs of vulnerable populations in the community.
2. The proposed Third Amendment, including all exhibits attached thereto, is compatible with the uses authorized in the district in which the real property is located in the Healthcare Mixed-Use (HMU) District and with the existing uses on site. The existing Health Center includes hospital, medical research and related medical uses; the Master Plan proposes the same mix of uses and includes visitor accommodations,a DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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3. The proposed Third Amendment, including all exhibits attached thereto, is in conformity with the public necessity, public convenience, general welfare, and good land use practices, in that the Master Plan allows for the redevelopment of certain components an existing Health Center campus and diversifies medical uses and services would benefit Santa Monica residents and the broader region. The project is consistent with the Land and Use Circulation Element vision for the area. The proposed Master Plan supports orderly, phased, and integrated development at the health care campus. Key components the Master Plan include a cohesive circulation and multimodal mobility strategy for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles; providing sufficient onsite parking; establishing development standards that address the specific needs of a health care campus; and requiring necessary utilities, publicly-accessible open space areas, and infrastructure to improve connections between the Health Center and the surrounding neighborhood. Moreover, the Master Plan and Third Amendment will provide community benefits including affordable housing, publicly-accessible open space on the parcel, and monetary contributions that would support critical behavioral health initiatives and provide services to individuals who are homeless and other vulnerable populations.
4. The proposed Third Amendment, including all exhibits attached thereto, will not be detrimental to the health, safety and general welfare, in that the Master Plan would allow for the redevelopment of the Providence Saint John’s Health Center in a manner that is consistent with the LUCE vision for the area (the Healthcare DistrictLand DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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5. The proposed Third Amendment, including all exhibits attached thereto, will not adversely affect the orderly development of the property, in that the proposed Phase II Master Plan and Third Amendment establishes a long-range, orderly, and phased framework to redevelop and expand critically needed medical research and health care facilities to serve the community and as such is consistent with recognized urban design principles that reflect the goals and policies of the City of Santa Monica which were established through a long range planning process and are reflected in the Land Use and Circulation Element of the City’s General Plan. Further, the project willbe subject to a construction mitigation plan that will be reviewed and approved prior issuance of a building permit for the project.
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Packet Pg. 2659 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 37 6. The proposed Third Amendment, including all exhibits attached thereto, will have a positive fiscal impact on the City in that the City will benefit from creating an orderly, phased, and comprehensive plan for buildout of the Phase II development program for Providence Saint John’s Health Center. The Master Plan will support of orderly development of the site, predictable phasing of project construction, and secure negotiated community benefits that will preserve and expand community access to the high quality health care provided by Saint John’s; promote economic investment in Santa Monica through the creation of construction jobs and permanent high quality jobs in the health care industry; and attract investment in medical research and health care through the construction of new state-of-the-art facilities. It is estimated that the proposed Third Amendment to the Development Agreement would also provide significant community benefits through the provision of substantial funding for the City’s behavioral health initiatives and required funding to other non-profit organizations in the community who provide critically needed programs to provide social and health care services to vulnerable populations in the community; and In addition to the aforementioned economic benefits provided by the Project to the City, the Project applicant will provide the following significant project features and community benefits required by Exhibit R-1 of the Development Agreement, which are incorporated herein by reference:
• Homelessness and Services to Other Vulnerable Populations • Childcare Program
• Monetary Contribution for Santa Monica Behavioral Health Initiatives DocuSign Envelope ID: 47330F65-5584-436E-9D8B-A6B56A5184F1
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Packet Pg. 2660 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 38 • Child and Family Development Center Youth and Family Program • Community Access to Phase II Community OrientedFacilities • Phase II Open Space including Publicly Accessible Open Space and 24/7 Pedestrian Connections
• Phase II Vehicle, Bicycle, and Pedestrian Improvements • Enhanced Transportation Demand Management Program
• Phase II Local Hiring Programs
• Neighborhood Protection Measures
• Phase II South Campus Affordable Housing
• Internship and Nurse Residency Program
• Equal Opportunity Subcontracting
SECTION 8. Consistent with Public Resources Code Section 21081.6, the City Council adopts the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, which is included as Chapter 11 of the Final EIR, to mitigate or avoid significant effects of the project on the environment, as detailed in Sections 3 and 4 of this resolution, and to ensure compliance during project implementation.
SECTION 9. Consistent with Section 21081.6(d) of the California Environmental Quality Act, the documents which constitute the record of proceedings for approving this project are located in the Community Development Department, 1685 Main Street, City Hall East, Santa Monica, California. The custodian of these documents is Rachel Kwok, Environmental Planner.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
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-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5
39 APPROVED AS TO FORM:
JOSEPH LAWRENCE
Interim City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 2662 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION DocuSign Envelope ID: E85C2915-2056-455B-A75F-040B48D3DBB5 Adopted and approved this 22nd day of March 2022.
Sue Himmelrich, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, dohereby certify that Resolution No. 11409 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 22nd day of March 2022, by the followingvote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, Davis, De la Torre, Parra,
Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Negrete
ATTEST:
Nikima Newsome, Assistant City Clerk
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Packet Pg. 2663 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11409 CCS ADOPTING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS TO AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION 1 City Council Meeting: March 26, 2022 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER 11411 (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SANTA MONICA ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN
WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65450 et seq. permits each city to adopt a specific plan for the systematic implementation of the general plan for individual areas covered by the general plan; and
WHEREAS, the Hospital Area Specific Plan (the “HASP”) was adopted by Resolution No. 7695 (CCS) of the City Council on September 27, 1988 to ensure harmonious development within the Hospital Area identified in the HASP; and WHEREAS, the HASP was adopted to be consistent with the Land Use and Circulation Elements (the “LUCE”) of the City’s 1984 General Plan and Zoning Map in effect at the time of adoption of the HASP; and
WHEREAS, the HASP was amended by Resolution No. 8617 (CCS) on June 29, 1993, and Resolution No. 9254 (CCS) on April 1, 1998 (collectively referenced herein as the “HASP Amendments”) to reflect the changes associated with the Saint John’s Health Center Development Agreement (the “Original Agreement”), dated June 9, 1998 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles, State of California on July 29, 1998 as Instrument No. 98-1311808 (the “Original Development Agreement”); and
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Packet Pg. 2664 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11411 CCS ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN (5027 : Vacation of 21st Street between Santa Monica 2 WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement contemplated new development and associated zoning changes within the HASP areas associated with Saint John’s Health Center; and
WHEREAS, in July 2010, the City adopted a new LUCE (“2010 LUCE”) and associated zoning changes Citywide, including the Hospital Area; and WHEREAS, the 2010 LUCE contemplates that future amendments to the HASP will occur to be consistent with 2010 LUCE and associated zoning code updates, as well as new development proposed by the Saint John’s Health Center; and
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement provided vested rights for development of the Saint John’s Health Center in two phases (“Phase I” and “Phase II”, respectively), with Phase I being developed entirely on the North Campus of the Saint John’s Health Center properties (i.e., those properties north of Santa Monica Boulevard) and Phase II being developed on a portion of the North Campus and on the South Campus (i.e., those properties south of Santa Monica Boulevard) of the Saint John’s Health Center properties; and
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement provided a ten (10)-year vesting deadline for Phase I (“Phase I Vesting Deadline”) and a seventeen (17)-year vesting deadline for Phase II (“Original Phase II Vesting Deadline”), subject to the provisions for the continuation of vested rights pursuant to Sections 3.8.2 and 3.8.3 of the Original Development Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the owner of Saint John’s Health Center (“Saint John’s”) and City executed that certain First Amendment to Development Agreement dated October 4, DocuSign Envelope ID: F8A11C43-C191-4398-9CD8-A85C22517D63
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Packet Pg. 2665 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11411 CCS ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN (5027 : Vacation of 21st Street between Santa Monica 3 2011 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles, State of California on October 13, 2011 as Instrument No. 20111388841 (the “First Amendment”). The First Amendment extended the Phase I Vesting Deadline, modified the obligation under the Original Development Agreement to construct the North Subterranean Parking Structure and Entry Plaza as part of Phase I, and allowed a modified Entry Plaza and parking program in-lieu of constructing the North Subterranean Parking Structure; and
WHEREAS, Saint John’s completed construction of Phase I in accordance with the Original Development Agreement and First Amendment; however, Saint John’s was unable to complete Phase II within the Original Phase II Vesting Deadline; and WHEREAS, Saint John’s and the City executed that certain Second Amendment to Development Agreement dated August 28, 2017 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles, State of California on October 2, 2017 as Instrument No. 20171125181 (“Second Amendment”). The Second Amendment modified the terms of the Original Development Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, with respect to Phase II as follows:
(1) Replacement of the Original Development Agreement’s requirement for City council approval of a South Campus Master Plan with a requirement for City Council approval of the Phase II Master Plan to address Phase II development on both the North and South Campuses (“Phase II Master Plan”). (2) Establishment of the basic development parameters for the Phase II Master Plan.
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Packet Pg. 2666 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11411 CCS ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN (5027 : Vacation of 21st Street between Santa Monica 4 (3) Provision that no Phase II Development Review Permits shall be issued for the development of any building or parcel contemplated in the Phase II Master Plan prior to City Council approval of the Phase II Master Plan. (4) Provision that Saint John’s and the City each agree and covenant to negotiate in good faith a third amendment to the Original Development Agreement, as amended, to extend the Original Phase II Vesting Deadline in consideration for the provision of additional community benefits.
(5) Confirmation that nothing in the Second Amendment constituted a confirmation or denial of Saint John’s vested rights under the Original Development Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment, it being understood and agreed to by the City and Saint John’s that the intent of the Second Amendment was solely to make a procedural change to implement the Original Development Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment, while preserving the substantive rights of Saint John’s and the City, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the comprehensive changes to the City’s Zoning Code in 2015 rendered the zoning map designations and zoning code references in the HASP obsolete; and
WHEREAS, the Saint John’s and the City have negotiated in good faith a third amendment to the Original Development Agreement, as amended, to extend the Original Phase II Vesting Deadline in consideration for the provision of additional community benefits (the “Third Amendment”); and
WHEREAS, the Third Amendment contemplates the concurrent adoption of the Phase II Master Plan, which will act as the specific plan for Phase II development of DocuSign Envelope ID: F8A11C43-C191-4398-9CD8-A85C22517D63
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5 the Saint John’s Health Center after the Third Amendment Effective Date and until the end of the Phase II Vesting Deadline; and
WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan is a comprehensive master plan that governs the Phase II portion of the Saint John’s Health Center Campus, including with respect to development, uses, circulation, parking, open space, and timing for implementation of the Phase II Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, after the Phase II Vesting Deadline, the Zoning Code then in effect shall apply to any development applications filed for the Saint John’s Health Center, except as otherwise expressly allowed in the Third Amendment; and WHEREAS, due to the fact that the HASP is now obsolete, the Phase II Master Plan is a focused specific plan for the Saint John’s Health Center, and the development standards for the remainder of the Hospital Area are now included in Chapter 9 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code, City staff is recommending amendments to the 2010 LUCE and repeal of the HASP; and WHEREAS, the proposed Phase II Master Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, conforms to the requirements of Government Code sections 65450 et seq. as well as the requirements of Chapter 9.45 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (General and Specific Plans); and
WHEREAS, the City prepared and circulated for public review and comment a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Phase II Master Plan (“Phase II DEIR”) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and designated SCH No. 2017041030; and
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Packet Pg. 2668 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11411 CCS ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN (5027 : Vacation of 21st Street between Santa Monica 6 WHEREAS, on January 26, 2022, the City’s Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the Phase II Final Environmental Impact Report (“FEIR”), the Tentative Tract Map, the 2022 LUCE Amendment, the repeal of the HASP, the Third Amendment, the Phase II Master Plan, and the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions. At such hearing, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council certify the Phase II FEIR and approve the 2022 LUCE Amendment, the repeal of the HASP, the Third Amendment with specified conditions, the Phase II Master Plan, the Tentative Tract Map, and the proposed conditional street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions; and
WHEREAS, on March 22, 2022, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing on the Phase II FEIR, the Tentative Tract Map, the 2022 LUCE Amendment, the repeal of the HASP, the Third Amendment, the Phase II Master Plan, and the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions, and certified the FEIR and adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation and Monitoring Plan; adopted the 2022 LUCE Amendment and repealed the HASP; approved the Third Amendment; and approved the initiation of proceedings for the street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions; approved the Phase II Master Plan; and approved the Tentative Tract Map; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the LUCE and repeal of the HASP should only be effective concurrently with the “Third Amendment Effective Date,” as such term is defined in the Third Amendment; and
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Packet Pg. 2669 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11411 CCS ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN (5027 : Vacation of 21st Street between Santa Monica
7 WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan should only be effective concurrently with the “Third Amendment Effective Date,” as such term is defined in the Third Amendment;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals are true and correct, and incorporated herein by this reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council does hereby adopt the proposed Phase II Master Plan, as set forth in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; provided that such plan will only become effective concurrently with the Third Amendment Effective Date.
SECTION 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
_________________________
JOSEPH LAWRENCE
Interim City Attorney
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8 EXHIBIT A
PHASE II MASTER PLAN
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Packet Pg. 2671 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11411 CCS ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN (5027 : Vacation of 21st Street between Santa Monica Adopted and approved this 22nd day of March 2022.
Sue Himmelrich, Mayor
I, Denise Anderson-Warren, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, dohereby certify that Resolution No. 11411 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 22nd day of March 2022, by the followingvote:
AYES: Councilmembers Brock, Davis, De la Torre, Parra,
Mayor Pro Tem McCowan, Mayor Himmelrich
NOES: None
ABSENT: Councilmember Negrete
ATTEST:
Nikima Newsome, Assistant City Clerk
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Packet Pg. 2672 Attachment: RESOLUTION 11411 CCS ADOPTING THE PHASE II MASTER PLAN (5027 : Vacation of 21st Street between Santa Monica City Council Meeting: April 26, 2022 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER __________ (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA VACATING A PORTION OF 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA
BOULEVARD AND BROADWAY, IN THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA WHEREAS, California Government Code Section 65450 et seq. permits each city to adopt a specific plan for the systematic implementation of the general plan for individual areas covered by the general plan; and
WHEREAS, the Hospital Area Specific Plan (the “HASP”) was adopted by Resolution No. 7695 (CCS) of the City Council on September 27, 1988 to ensure harmonious development within the Hospital Area identified in the HASP; and WHEREAS, the HASP was adopted to be consistent with the Land Use and Circulation Elements (the “LUCE”) of the City’s 1984 General Plan and Zoning Map in effect at the time of adoption of the HASP; and
WHEREAS, the HASP was amended by Resolution No. 8617 (CCS) on June 29, 1993, and Resolution No. 9254 (CCS) on April 1, 1998 (collectively referenced herein as the “HASP Amendments”) to reflect the changes associated with the Saint John’s Health Center Development Agreement (the “Original Agreement”), dated June 9, 1998 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles,
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Packet Pg. 2673 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND State of California on July 29, 1998 as Instrument No. 98-1311808 (the “Original Development Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement contemplated new development and associated zoning changes within the HASP areas associated with Saint John’s Health Center; and
WHEREAS, in July 2010, the City adopted a new LUCE (“2010 LUCE”) and associated zoning changes Citywide, including the Hospital Area; and WHEREAS, the 2010 LUCE contemplates that future amendments to the HASP will occur to be consistent with 2010 LUCE and associated zoning code updates, as well as new development proposed by the Saint John’s Health Center; and
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement provided vested rights for development of the Saint John’s Health Center in two phases (“Phase I” and “Phase II”, respectively), with Phase I being developed entirely on the North Campus of the Saint John’s Health Center properties (i.e., those properties north of Santa Monica Boulevard) and Phase II being developed on a portion of the North Campus and on the South Campus (i.e., those properties south of Santa Monica Boulevard) of the Saint John’s Health Center properties; and
WHEREAS, the Original Development Agreement provided a ten (10)-year vesting deadline for Phase I (“Phase I Vesting Deadline”) and a seventeen (17)-year vesting deadline for Phase II (“Original Phase II Vesting Deadline”), subject to the provisions for the continuation of vested rights pursuant to Sections 3.8.2 and 3.8.3 of the Original Development Agreement; and
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Packet Pg. 2674 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND WHEREAS, the owner of Saint John’s Health Center (“Saint John’s”) and City executed that certain First Amendment to Development Agreement dated October 4, 2011 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles, State of California on October 13, 2011 as Instrument No. 20111388841 (the “First Amendment”). The First Amendment extended the Phase I Vesting Deadline, modified the obligation under the Original Development Agreement to construct the North Subterranean Parking Structure and Entry Plaza as part of Phase I, and allowed a modified Entry Plaza and parking program in-lieu of constructing the North Subterranean Parking Structure; and
WHEREAS, Saint John’s completed construction of Phase I in accordance with the Original Development Agreement and First Amendment; however, Saint John’s was unable to complete Phase II within the Original Phase II Vesting Deadline; and WHEREAS, Saint John’s and the City executed that certain Second Amendment to Development Agreement dated August 28, 2017 and recorded in the Official Records of the County of Los Angeles, State of California on October 2, 2017 as Instrument No. 20171125181 (“Second Amendment”). The Second Amendment modified the terms of the Original Development Agreement, as amended by the First Amendment, with respect to Phase II as follows:
(1) Replacement of the Original Development Agreement’s requirement for City Council approval of a South Campus Master Plan with a requirement for City Council approval of the Phase II Master Plan to address Phase II development on both the North and South Campuses (“Phase II Master Plan”).
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Packet Pg. 2675 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND (2) Establishment of the basic development parameters for the Phase II Master Plan.
(3) Provision that no Phase II Development Review Permits shall be issued for the development of any building or parcel contemplated in the Phase II Master Plan prior to City Council approval of the Phase II Master Plan. (4) Provision that Saint John’s and the City each agree and covenant to negotiate in good faith a third amendment to the Original Development Agreement, as amended, to extend the Original Phase II Vesting Deadline in consideration for the provision of additional community benefits.
(5) Confirmation that nothing in the Second Amendment constituted a confirmation or denial of Saint John’s vested rights under the Original Development Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment, it being understood and agreed to by the City and Saint John’s that the intent of the Second Amendment was solely to make a procedural change to implement the Original Development Agreement, as modified by the First Amendment, while preserving the substantive rights of Saint John’s and the City, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the comprehensive changes to the City’s Zoning Code in 2015 rendered the zoning map designations and zoning code references in the HASP obsolete; and
WHEREAS, the Saint John’s and the City have negotiated in good faith a third amendment to the Original Development Agreement, as amended, to extend the
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Packet Pg. 2676 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND Original Phase II Vesting Deadline in consideration for the provision of additional community benefits (the “Third Amendment”); and
WHEREAS, the Third Amendment contemplates the concurrent adoption of the Phase II Master Plan, which will act as the specific plan for Phase II development of the Saint John’s Health Center after the Third Amendment Effective Date and until the end of the Phase II Vesting Deadline; and
WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan is a comprehensive master plan that governs the Phase II portion of the Saint John’s Health Center Campus, including with respect to development, uses, circulation, parking, open space, and timing for implementation of the Phase II Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, after the Phase II Vesting Deadline, the Zoning Code then in effect shall apply to any development applications filed for the Saint John’s Health Center, except as otherwise expressly allowed in the Third Amendment; and WHEREAS, due to the fact that the HASP is now obsolete, the Phase II Master Plan is a focused specific plan for the Saint John’s Health Center, and the development standards for the remainder of the Hospital Area are now included in Chapter 9 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code, City staff recommended amendments to the 2010 LUCE and repeal of the HASP; and
WHEREAS, the proposed Phase II Master Plan conforms to the requirements of Government Code sections 65450 et seq. as well as the requirements of Chapter 9.45 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (General and Specific Plans); and
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Packet Pg. 2677 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND WHEREAS, the City prepared and circulated for public review and comment a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Phase II Master Plan (“Phase II DEIR”) pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) and designated SCH No. 2017041030; and
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2022, the City’s Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on the Phase II Final Environmental Impact Report (“FEIR”), the Tentative Tract Map, the 2022 LUCE Amendment, the repeal of the HASP, the Third Amendment, the Phase II Master Plan, and the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions. At such hearing, the Planning Commission recommended that the City Council certify the Phase II FEIR and approve the 2022 LUCE Amendment, the repeal of the HASP, the Third Amendment with specified conditions, the Phase II Master Plan, the Tentative Tract Map, and the proposed conditional street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the LUCE and repeal of the HASP should only be effective concurrently with the “Third Amendment Effective Date,” as such term is defined in the Third Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan should only be effective concurrently with the “Third Amendment Effective Date,” as such term is defined in the Third Amendment; and
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Packet Pg. 2678 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND WHEREAS, the proposed Third Amendment conforms to the requirements of Government Code sections 65450 et seq. as well as the requirement of Chapter 9.60 of the Santa Monica Municipal Code (Development Agreements); and WHEREAS, the Phase II Master Plan contemplates a partial vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions, and the proposed street vacation area is as shown in Exhibit A, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, on March 22, 2022, the City Council held a duly noticed public hearing and certified the FEIR and adopted a Statement of Overriding Considerations and Mitigation and Monitoring Plan; adopted the 2022 LUCE Amendment and repealed the HASP; approved the Third Amendment; and approved the initiation of proceedings for the street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, with conditions; approved the Phase II Master Plan; and approved the Tentative Tract Map; and
WHEREAS, the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, will provide the opportunity for a pedestrian-oriented, publiclyaccessible plaza as part of the Phase II Master Plan for the South Campus; and WHEREAS, the notice of the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, and the April 26, 2022 public hearing to consider the proposed street vacation was published in accordance with Streets and Highways Code section 8322, in the Santa Monica Daily Press on April 6, April 11, and April 18, 2022; and
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Packet Pg. 2679 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND WHEREAS, notices of the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, and the April 26, 2022 public hearing to consider the proposed street vacation were posted in accordance with Streets and Highways Code section 8323; and
WHEREAS, at the duly noticed public hearing conducted on April 26, 2022, the City Council heard oral and/or written testimony offered by persons interested in the proposed street vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds, from all the evidence submitted, that the proposed street vacation is unnecessary for present or prospective public use, provided that the Third Amendment, which is filed in the Office of the City Clerk, is effective and the conditions outlined in Section 2.6.4 of the Third Amendment are satisfied, to wit (the “Conditions”):
(i) the approval of the Street Vacation shall terminate in the event that Saint John’s does not meet the Phase II Vesting Deadline for the S1 or S3 sites in accordance with Third Amendment Section 2.6.1;
(ii) the approval of the Street Vacation shall terminate if Saint John’s does not obtain building permits for the Phase II development of the S1 or S3 sites prior to the Outside Building Permit Issuance Date, as it may be extended, pursuant to Third Amendment Section 2.7;
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Packet Pg. 2680 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND (iii) the City accepts a dedication of Saint John’s Way and 20th Place in accordance with Third Amendment Section 2.6.5;
(iv) the City accepts a dedication of the Middle 24/7 Pedestrian Connection (as defined in Third Amendment Section 2.11.4(a)) pursuant to an easement agreement in accordance with Third Amendment Section
2.11.5;
(v) Saint John’s dedicates the West 24/7 Pedestrian Connection (as defined in Third Amendment Section 2.11.4(b)) pursuant to a springing easement agreement in accordance with Third Amendment Section 2.11.5; (vi) a written plan for interim condition of the vacated Street Vacation area is submitted by Saint John’s and approved by the Community Development Director based on the requirements for the interim condition set forth in Section D.2.2 of the Phase II Master Plan Standards (Exhibit “Q” to the Third Amendment); and
(vii) Saint John’s shall provide City with any subsurface easements where public water or sewer utilities may be located and any areas that would have to be accessed for maintenance of those utilities. and;
WHEREAS, this resolution of the proposed vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, may not be recorded until the Conditions have been satisfied.
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Packet Pg. 2681 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The above recitals and exhibits are hereby incorporated by reference, and deemed as true and correct.
SECTION 2. The City Council of the City of Santa Monica elects to proceed under and in accordance with the provisions of Streets and Highways Code Section 8300 et seq. In accordance with Streets & Highways Code Section 8324, subd. (b), the City Council authorizes vacating the portion of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, shown in Exhibit A in the event that the Third Amendment is in effect and the Conditions are satisfied, in which event this Resolution shall be recorded.
SECTION 3. In consideration of the vacation of 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway, shown in Exhibit A, PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, a California non-profit religious corporation, or its successors in interest under the Third Amendment, will relocate any sewer line, water line, and other utilities that may require relocation per City requirements, and provide any necessary utility easements to City and other utility providers. These costs will be borne by PROVIDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, a California non-profit religious corporation, or its successors in interest under the Third Amendment, in addition to any connection fees.
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Packet Pg. 2682 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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SUSAN Y. COLA
Interim City Attorney
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Packet Pg. 2683 Attachment: RESOLUTION ORDERING VACATION OF PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY ON 21ST STREET BETWEEN SANTA MONICA BOULEVARD AND Exhibit “A”
Diagram of Proposed Street Vacation Area on 21st Street, between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway
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From: Daniel Galamba <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2022 11:52 AM
To: councilmtgitems; Gleam Davis; Phil Brock; Christine Parra; Lana Negrete; Sue Himmelrich; Kristin McCowan; Oscar de la Torre
Subject: April 26, 2022 City Council Meeting Item 9.A.-Please oppose the Vacation of Public Right-of-Way on 21st Street between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway
EXTERNAL
Dear City Council,
I am requesting that you oppose the vacation of the Public Right‐of‐Way on 21st Street between Santa Monica Boulevard and Broadway. St John's plan anticipates the addition of two new streets with the removal of 21st St as a through street for an addition of one net new street. If 21st St is retained as a through street then there would be two net new streets, not just one. This would help improve the traffic and circulation in the area, which is the objective.
Therefore I am requesting that you retain 21st St as a through street between Santa Monica Blvd and Broadway. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Dr Daniel Galamba
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Partial Street Vacation
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Sidewalks/pedestrian connections between
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through the South Campus better integrate
the Campus into the City’s urban fabric and
substantially enhance the walk to/from the
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Report
City Council Meeting: April 26, 2022
Agenda Item: 9.B
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To: Mayor and City Council
From: Rick Valte, Public Works Director, Public Works, Water Resources Subject: Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution for the 2022 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Hold a public hearing and receive public comment for the proposed 2022 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report; and
2. Approve the attached resolution adopting the 2022 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report.
Executive Summary
The California Water Code requires the City, as an urban water supplier, to conduct an annual water supply and demand assessment, and that assessment is summarized in the 2022 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report. The annual assessment analyzes current water supply and demand conditions for the utility to project water supply reliability over the next year, identify potential shortages and, if necessary, implement water shortage response actions to mitigate potential water supply shortage conditions.
Based on the findings from the annual assessment, staff recommends remaining in a Stage 2 Water Shortage Stage (20% reduction in water use compared to each customer’s 2013 baseline), per the City’s 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan that outlines water conservation measures to be implemented to align with regional and statewide water conservation targets and to maintain a reliable water supply for the community. The City has remained in the Stage 2 Water Shortage Stage since the 2014 drought and continues to maintain 20% water demand reduction from the baseline year.
In addition, the City continues to invest in water conservation measures to permanently
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reduce water demand and will be developing a water conservation master plan to enhance water use efficiency efforts across the City.
Background
New regulations in the California Water Code require urban water suppliers to conduct an annual water supply and demand assessment and submit an Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report to the Department of Water Resources on or before July 1 of each year. The annual assessment must be conducted according to a written decisionmaking process determined by individual water suppliers. The City’s written decisionmaking process is found in the City’s 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan, which was adopted by City Council on June 8, 2021.
Past Council Actions
Meeting Date
6/8/2021 (Attachment A) Public Hearing and Adoption of the City of Santa Monica's 2020 Urban Water Management Plan and Water Shortage
Contingency Plan
Discussion
The Water Shortage Contingency Plan serves as an action plan for the City during an actual or predicted drought or a catastrophic water supply shortage. As required by the California Water Code, the Water Shortage Contingency Plan includes: 1) key data inputs and the assessment methodology used to evaluate the urban water supplier’s water supply reliability, and 2) the City’s written decision-making process for performing annual water supply and demand assessments.
Water Demand
One of the key data inputs for the annual water supply and demand assessment is water billing data used to quantify annual water demand (or water use). Table 1 provides a summary of water use in acre-feet (AF) over the past five calendar years.
Table 1: Five-year Summary of the City’s Water Usage
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2017
(AF)
2018
(AF)
2019
(AF)
2020
(AF)
2021
(AF)
Single Family
Residential 2,641 2,773 2,556 2,756 2,845
Multi-Family
Residential 4,987 4,917 4,752 4,944 4,752
Industrial/
Commercial 3,030 3,028 2,914 2,100 2,131
Institutional 399 474 356 273 267
Landscape
Irrigation 440 456 450 438 576
Fire Service 5 3 3 2 3
Water Loss - - - 66 661
Demand 11,502 11,651 11,030 10,580 10,641
1Water Loss Audit has yet to be completed for 2021, 2020 water loss figure is assumed for 2021. 2Demand summarized in this table are actual water demand (or constrained water demand as defined by DWR), which includes water demand reduction from water conservation efforts.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall water use in the City in 2020 and 2021 declined approximately eight percent compared to average water use from 2017 to 2019. The City experienced a substantial decrease in water use by commercial/industrial and institutional users during the COVID-19 pandemic by approximately 30 and 40 percent, respectively, while single-family residential use increased five percent and multi-family residential use remained about the same.
Water Conservation and Unconstrained Demand
On August 12, 2014, City Council adopted a resolution declaring a Stage 2 Water Supply Shortage thereby requiring mandatory water conservation to achieve a 20% reduction in water use compared to 2013. Subsequently, on October 28, 2014, Council also authorized additional staffing and funding to augment the City’s water conservation efforts to address the state-wide drought and help the City meet its water selfsufficiency goal. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted staffing and funding levels for water conservation and staff is consequently working on a Water Conservation Master Plan to realign water conservation efforts with current staffing levels. The City has remained in a Stage 2 Water Shortage since 2014, which has
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contributed to a water demand reduction of about 20 percent or approximately 2,500 AF per year.
The California Water Code requires water suppliers to estimate the current year’s unconstrained demand as part of the annual water supply and demand assessment.
Unconstrained demand is water demand absent of any water supply or demand restrictions such as mandatory water conservation efforts while factoring in weather and population growth, to project demand for the period of July 1 to June 30.
Table 2 summarizes the current year and projected year unconstrained demands as well as constrained demands, derived by subtracting an estimated 20 percent conservation savings. Constrained demands are included for ease of comparison with the five-year summary of the City’s water usage presented in Table 1. As previously noted, overall water use after COVID-19 decreased by approximately 8 percent when comparing the average annual water use between 2017 and 2019 (pre-COVID-19 pandemic) to the average water use between 2020 and 2021 (during the COVID-19 pandemic). However, as a conservative approach for the annual water supply and demand assessment, the estimated water use for the next year (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023) was increased by 10 percent as it assumes a full economic recovery from COVID-19 (e.g., industrial/commercial and institutional water use returning to prepandemic levels), an increase in population (higher single- and multi-family residential use), and continued dry weather over the next year (higher irrigation use). Additionally, the projected constrained demand of 11,779 AF is higher than any of the three years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Table 2: Current and Projected Year Demand
Current Year
July 2021 – June 2022
(AF)
Projected Year
July 2022 – June 2023
(AF)
Single Family Residential 3,557 3,939
Multi-Family Residential 5,941 6,580
Industrial/Commercial 2,664 2,951
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Institutional 333 369
Landscape Irrigation 720 798
Fire Service 3 4
Water Loss 66 66
Unconstrained Demand 13,284 14,707
Estimated 20% Conservation
Savings 2,643 2,928
Constrained Demand 10,641 11,779
Water Supply
The City currently obtains its potable water supply from a combination of local groundwater and imported water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD). Local groundwater is supplied through the Santa Monica Groundwater Basin, primarily from the Charnock Well Field, Olympic Well Field, and Arcadia Well Field. Imported water from MWD is purchased to supplement the City’s local groundwater supplies to meet the community’s water demand.
The California Water Code requires annual water supply and demand assessments to evaluate water supply reliability for the current year and one single dry year. Relative to previous years, the local groundwater supply in 2021 was lower than average due to: 1) extended outage of three groundwater wells where replacement parts were delayed due to supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2) the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant was taken offline for three to four weeks in November/December 2021 during construction of the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project.
To assess available water supplies under a single dry year, staff used the water supply analysis included in a drought risk assessment performed as part of the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan that was adopted by City Council on June 8, 2021. For that assessment, the local groundwater supply available for a single, worst-case drought year (or dry year) was 6,755 AF.
In addition to evaluating water supply reliability for the current year and single dry year,
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the California Water Code also requires urban water suppliers to consider existing infrastructure capabilities and plausible constraints. As previously mentioned, construction will be occurring at the City’s Arcadia Water Treatment Plant through 2023 and it is estimated that this could result in a decrease in the local groundwater supply of approximately 1,454 AF due to various plant shutdowns needed during construction to add new facilities for the expansion.
Table 3 presents the current year and projected year supplies assuming the next year is dry. As a conservative approach, the annual water supply and demand assessment assumes that only MWD’s Tier 1 supply is available.
Table 3: Current Year and Projected Year Supply
Current Year (AF) Projected Year (AF)
Local Groundwater 5,236 5,301*
MWD Tier 1 7,406 7,406
Total Supply 12,642 12,707
*Derived from subtracting the 1,454 AF decrease in groundwater supply during Arcadia WTP construction from the 6,755 AF water supply used in the drought risk assessment.
Assessment Results
The results of the annual water supply and demand assessment show that without water shortage response actions (e.g., 20% water conservation target), a 13% water supply shortage is projected for the next year. A 13% water supply shortage equates to the State’s Standard Shortage Level 2 (10-20% shortage).
Table 4: Assessment Results without Water Shortage Response Actions Total (AF)
Anticipated Unconstrained Demand 14,707
Anticipated Total Water Supply 12,707
Surplus/Shortage w/out Water Shortage Response Actions -2,000 % Surplus/Shortage w/out Water Shortage Response Actions -14% State Standard Shortage Level 2
The City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan utilizes the same shortage levels as the State and includes water shortage response actions for a Stage 2 Shortage. The goal of
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these actions (e.g., water use allowance on bills, restriction/enforcement on irrigation runoff or water waste, water use efficiency public outreach through social media and other media outlets, water conservation rebates such as turf replacement, and water use efficiency consultations) is to reduce water demand by 20 percent. Additional details could be found in Section 5 of the 2020 Water Shortage Contingency Plan in Attachment A. As previously mentioned, the City has been in a Stage 2 water shortage stage since 2014 and has consistently achieved and maintained 20 percent reductions in water demand from 2013 water usage levels. Incorporating these benefits yields a positive water supply for the projected year. Based on these results, staff recommends remaining in a Stage 2 Water Shortage Stage.
Table 5: Assessment Results with Stage 2 Water Shortage Response Actions Total (AF)
Anticipated Constrained Demand 11,779
Anticipated Total Water Supply 12,707
Revised Surplus/Shortage w/ Water Shortage Response Actions 928 Revised % Surplus/Shortage w/ Water Shortage Response Actions 7% Commission Action and Public Outreach
The annual water supply and demand assessment written decision-making procedures include a presentation of the annual assessment to the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment. On February 28, 2022, staff presented the annual water supply and demand assessment findings to the Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment and the Commission approved a motion in support of adopting the annual water supply and demand assessment findings and for the City to remain in a Stage 2 Water Shortage.
Public participation is required as part of the annual water supply and demand assessment procedures which include a public hearing and comment period. Public notification regarding a public hearing for the 2022 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report was made through an advertisement in the Santa Monica Daily Press on April 5, 2022 and April 13, 2022. A copy of the draft 2022 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report was made available on the Water Resources Division website on April 7, 2022.
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Financial Impacts and Budget Actions
There is no immediate financial impact or budget action necessary as a result of the recommended action.
Prepared By: Sunny Wang, Water Resources Manager
Approved Forwarded to Council
Attachments:
A. June 8, 2021 Staff Report (Web Link)
B. Draft 2022 Annual Water Shortage Assessment Report
C. Draft Resolution
D. PowerPoint Presentation
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DRAFT ANNUAL WATER SHORTAGE
ASSESSMENT REPORT
MAY 2022
City of Santa Monica
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................................................................1-1
1.1 California Water Code Requirements...........................................................................1-1
1.2 Water System Overview ....................................................................................................1-2 2 ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ASSESSMENT............................................2-1
2.1 Decision-making process...................................................................................................2-1
2.2 Key Data Inputs.....................................................................................................................2-2
2.2.1 Demand ...................................................................................................................2-3
2.2.2 Supply ................................................................................................................... 2-10 3 Supply and Demand Assessment Results And Recommendations ......................3-1
3.1 Recommended Water Shortage Response Stage......................................................3-1
3.2 Ongoing Reassessments.....................................................................................................3-4 Figures
Figure 1. Potable Water System Overview..............................................................................................1-3 Figure 2. Components of the 2018 Sustainable Water Master Plan.............................................1-1 Tables
Table 2-1. Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Process.............................................2-2 Table 2-2. Water Demand by Sector in Acre-Feet (2017-2021).....................................................2-3 Table 2-3. Current Year and Projected Year Demands (Non-Potable).........................................2-9 Table 2-4. Current Year and Projected Year Demands (Potable)................................................ 2-10 Table 2-5. Current Year and Projected Year Potable Supply ........................................................ 2-12 Table 2-6. Current Year and Projected Year Non-Potable Supply .............................................. 2-13 Table 3-1. Assessment Results without Water Shortage Response Actions..............................3-1 Table 3-2. Assessment Results with Stage 2 Water Shortage Response Actions .....................3-2 Table 3-3. Water Shortage Stages and Reduction Targets................................................................3-2 Table 3-4. Summary of Water Shortage Response Actions ..............................................................3-3
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List of Acronyms
AF Acre-Feet
AFY Acre-Feet Per Year
AMI Advanced Metering Infrastructure
AWSDA Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment
AWWA American Water Works Association
BMP Best Management Practice
CWC California Water Code
DRINC Drinking Water Information Clearinghouse
DWR Department of Water Resources
GAC Granular Activated Carbon
GSP Groundwater Sustainability Plan
MCL Maximum Contaminant Level
MG Million Gallons
MGD Million Gallons Per Day
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MTBE Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether
MWD Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
ND Non Detect
NOV Notice of Violation
PFAS Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
SGMA Sustainable Groundwater Management Act of 2014
SMB Santa Monica Basin
SMBGSA Santa Groundwater Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency SMURRF Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility
SWIP Sustainable Water Infrastructure Project
SWMP Sustainable Water Management Plan
SWRCB State Water Resources Control Board
RO Reverse Osmosis
TBA Tert-Butyl Alcohol
WCU Water Conservation Unit
WSCP Water Shortage Contingency Plan
WSIP Water Savings Incentive Program
WRD Water Resources Division
WTP Water Treatment Plant
WUA Water Use Allowance
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1 INTRODUCTION
This report presents findings from the City of Santa Monica (City) 2022 Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment (AWSDA). The AWSDA is required by the California Water Code to analyze current water supply and demand conditions as well as project water supply reliability over the next year. In doing so, AWSDA’s serve as a tool to help identify potential water supply shortages and to implement water shortage response actions to mitigate possible supply gaps.
Beginning in 2022, the California Water Code (§10632.1) requires urban water suppliers to conduct an AWSDA and submit an annual water shortage assessment report to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) on or before July 1 of each year. The annual water shortage assessment report evaluates water supply reliability over the following year and provides an explanation of the process, data, and results of the assessment.
1.1 CALIFORNIA WATER CODE REQUIREMENTS
The 2022 AWSDA was performed in compliance with California Water Code (CWC) requirements. Guidelines for the AWSDA can be found in CWC Section 10632 and include the following:
CWC §10632.1 An urban water supplier shall conduct an annual water supply and demand assessment pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 10632 and, on or before July 1 of each year, submit an annual water shortage assessment report to the department with information for anticipated shortage, triggered shortage response actions, compliance and enforcement actions, and communication actions consistent with the supplier’s water shortage contingency plan. An urban water supplier that relies on imported water from the State Water Project or the Bureau of Reclamation shall submit its annual water supply and demand assessment within 14 days of receiving its final allocations, or by July 1 of each year, whichever is later.
CWC §10632(a)(2) The procedures used in conducting an annual water supply and demand assessment that include, at a minimum, both of the following:
(A) The written decision-making process that an urban water supplier will use each year to determine its water supply reliability.
(B) The key data inputs and assessment methodology used to evaluate the urban water supplier’s water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year, including all of the following:
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(i) Current year unconstrained demand, considering weather, growth, and other influencing factors, such as policies to manage current supplies to meet demand objectives in future years, as applicable.
(ii) Current year available supply, considering hydrological and regulatory conditions in the current year and one dry year. The annual supply and demand assessment may consider more than one dry year solely at the discretion of the urban water supplier.
(iii) Existing infrastructure capabilities and plausible constraints. (iv) A defined set of locally applicable evaluation criteria that are consistently relied upon for each annual water supply and demand assessment. (v) A description and quantification of each source of water supply.
The written decision-making process used to determine water supply reliability and key data inputs and assessment methodology used for the 2022 AWSDA are detailed in Section 2 of this report, Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment.
1.2 WATER SYSTEM OVERVIEW
The City’s current domestic water supply consists of local groundwater and purchased imported water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD).
Currently, the City extracts groundwater from ten active groundwater wells. Five of these wells are located in the Charnock subbasin, two are located in the Olympic subbasin, and three are located in the Arcadia subbasin. Three of the five wells located in the Charnock subbasin are treated at the Charnock Water Treatment Plant (Charnock WTP) and then blended with the two other Charnock wells prior to being pumped to the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant (Arcadia WTP) for further treatment. The Arcadia WTP provides multibarrier treatment to all of the City’s groundwater wells to reduce hardness in the groundwater and meet all federal and state drinking water regulations. Only one groundwater well, SM-1, located in the Arcadia subbasin is distributed, after disinfection at the well head, directly into the water distribution system as it does not require any additional treatment to meet federal and state drinking water regulations. Final treated water from the Arcadia WTP is sent to the 5-million-gallon (MG) Arcadia Reservoir and distributed for potable water use. In addition to the Arcadia Reservoir, the City also owns and operates three additional water storage reservoirs: Riviera Reservoir, Mt. Olivette Reservoir, and San Vincente Reservoir.
The City supplements its local groundwater supply with imported water purchased from MWD. The City, along with 12 other local governments, formed the MWD in 1928. MWD was originally created to build the Colorado River Aqueduct to supplement the water
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supplies of the original founding members in Southern California. Water was first delivered to the City in 1941 via the Colorado River Aqueduct. In 1972, MWD augmented its supply sources to include deliveries from the State Water Project via the California Aqueduct. Today, MWD serves more than 145 cities and 94 unincorporated communities across Southern California. An overview of the existing domestic potable water system is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Potable Water System Overview
The City also has a dedicated recycled water system that provides service to 30 metered locations. The primary use of recycled water is for landscape irrigation, but it is also used for street sweeping, sewer jetting, and for lavatories at two facilities. Recycled water is distributed from the Santa Monica Urban Runoff Recycling Facility (SMURRF), which captures and treats urban runoff from the storm drain system. Prior to SMURRF operations, the runoff discharged to Santa Monica Bay and adversely impacted water quality.
In November 2018, City Council adopted an updated Sustainable Water Master Plan (SWMP). The intent of the 2018 SWMP update was to refine the pathway for the City to
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reach its goal of becoming water self-sufficient on local water resources and reducing its use of imported water. The refined pathway to achieve water self-sufficiency by 2023 also considered impacts of on-going drought conditions as well as new regulations that required additional treatment for restoring local groundwater supplies. The SWMP builds on the City’s previous successes by continuing to develop projects and programs at the local level to enhance the reliability and resiliency of the City’s water supply.
When fully implemented, the projects outlined in the 2018 SWMP will provide a diversified, drought-resilient water supply portfolio that leverages all available water resources to the City. The key components of the SWMP are listed below and shown in Figure 2. • Component 1 – Increasing water conservation efforts to permanently reduce water demand.
• Component 2 – Developing sustainable and drought resilient alternative water supplies.
• Component 3 – Expanding local groundwater production within sustainable yield limits.
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Figure 2. Components of the 2018 Sustainable Water Master Plan
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2 ANNUAL WATER SUPPLY AND DEMAND ASSESSMENT
AWSDAs analyze current water demand and supply conditions and project water supply reliability over the next year. To analyze current water demand and supply, City staff compiled water use and water supply data over the previous calendar year (i.e., January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021) to project the current year’s trends for water demand and supply. This information, in combination with other considerations such as anticipated growth, weather patterns, and other plausible factors, were then used to project demand and supply over the next year. It is assumed that it will be a dry year for the next projected year. Because annual water shortage assessment reports are due by July 1st of each year, the projected water demand and supply is for the period from July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023.
The following sections detail the decision-making process and data inputs used for the AWSDA and water shortage assessment report.
2.1 DECISION-MAKING PROCESS
CWC §10632 requires AWSDAs to be conducted according to a written decision-making process. The City’s written decision-making process is outlined in the City’s Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP), which serves as the City’s action plan during an actual or predicted drought or a catastrophic water supply shortage. The process includes presenting the findings to the City’s Commission on Sustainability, Environmental Justice, and the Environment (formerly the Task Force on the Environment); public notification regarding the proposed water supply shortage stage, water shortage response actions, and upcoming City Council meeting for the Public Hearing; and formal adoption of the annual water shortage assessment report findings and proposed water supply shortage stage by City Council. A timeline for the decision-making process is provided in Table 2-1.
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Table 2-1. Annual Water Supply and Demand Assessment Process Month Activity
January Water Resources Division (WRD) and Water Conservation Unit (WCU) commence the annual water supply and demand assessment February WRD and WCU present annual assessment findings and proposed water supply shortage stage to the Task Force on the Environment March WRD and WCU prepare an annual water shortage assessment report and proposed water supply shortage stage, if any, to the Public Works Department Head for approval
April Public notification regarding proposed water supply shortage stage, water shortage response actions, and upcoming City Council meeting
May WRD and WCU present annual water shortage assessment report findings and proposed water supply shortage stage to City Council for formal adoption by resolution
On or before
July 1st
WRD submits a final water shortage assessment report to the State of California Department of Water Resources
2.2 KEY DATA INPUTS
CWC §10632 requires the following data inputs and assessment methodology to be used to evaluate the urban water supplier’s water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year:
• Current year unconstrained demand, considering weather, growth, and other influencing factors, such as policies to manage current supplies to meet demand objectives in future years, as applicable.
• Current year available supply, considering hydrological and regulatory conditions in the current year and one dry year. The annual supply and demand assessment may consider more than one dry year solely at the discretion of the urban water supplier. • Existing infrastructure capabilities and plausible constraints. • A defined set of locally applicable evaluation criteria that are consistently relied upon for each annual water supply and demand assessment. • A description and quantification of each source of water supply.
The following sections describe these inputs in detail.
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2.2.1 Water Demand
Water usage for the City is tracked by six of the water sectors including Single-Family Residential, Multi-Family Residential, Commercial/Industrial, Institutional, Landscape, and Fire Service. The predominate water usage within the City is by residential users, which account for more than two-thirds of the City’s total water consumption. Total water usage in the multi-family residential category is about double compared to single-family residential. Commercial/industrial water consumption is similar in magnitude to the single-family residential sector and is approximately 25% of the total water usage within the City. The other three sectors (institutional, landscape, and fire service) combined account for approximately 7 percent of water use. Table 2-2 summarizes the constrained water demand in the City over the last five years in acre-feet (AF). Constrained demand includes water reduction from water conservation efforts or approximately 18-20% water reduction for the City.
Table 2-2. Water Demand by Sector in Acre-Feet (2017-2021) 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Single Family
Residential 2,641 2,773 2,556 2,756 2,845
Multi-Family
Residential 4,987 4,917 4,752 4,944 4,752
Industrial/
Commercial 3,030 3,028 2,914 2,100 2,131
Institutional 399 474 356 273 267
Landscape
Irrigation 440 456 450 438 576
Fire Service 5 3 3 2 3
Water Loss - - - 66 661
Constrained
Demand2
11,502 11,651 11,030 10,580 10,641
1Water Loss Audit has yet to be completed for 2021, 2020 water loss figure is assumed for 2021. 2Demand summarized in this table are actual water demand (or constrained water demand as defined by DWR), which includes water demand reduction from water conservation efforts.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, overall water use in the City declined approximately
7.7 percent compared to average from 2017 to 2019 (pre-pandemic). The City experienced a substantial decrease in water use by commercial/industrial and institutional users during the COVID-19 pandemic of 30 and 40 percent, respectively, while single-family residential use increased 5 percent and multi-family residential use remained about the same.
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The water demand summarized in Table 2-2 also considered water loss in the water distribution system. Distribution system water loss, defined as the difference between water supplied to the system less authorized consumption, has declined linearly during this entire reporting period. The City meets the Water Loss Audit Standard through its participation in annual water audits. The audits are validated by an independent thirdparty according to American Water Works Association (AWWA) standards. In 2015 the total water loss was approximately 3.8% and in 2016 it was 1.6%. However, subsequent years (2017-2019) have yielded water consumption exceeding water supplied and thus it is assumed that water loss was 0% during the 2017-2019 period.
The discrepancy for water consumption exceeding water supplied has been attributed to several factors. First, there is a timing issue with the manual meter reading. The City maintains a 60-day billing cycle so there is a lag in consumption data relative to source water entering the system. Second, the metering of the source water entering the City’s distribution system are in multiple locations. The City’s water system has four sources entering the system; two MWD feeder services, Santa Monica Well 1 and the Arcadia Water WP. MWD’s two feeder service lines both have meters and are maintained by MWD. Santa Monica Well 1 has a dedicated magnetic flowmeter. The Arcadia WTP does not have a single flowmeter for the potable water produced. Rather, potable water effluent flow from the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant is a composite of multiple internal plant flowmeters.
These internal flows originate from internal bypass flows and reverse osmosis product flows. It is likely that the discrepancies in reporting are due to variations in accuracy from the various flow meters when tabulated.
The City is in the process of installing flow meters at the Arcadia WTP and installing water meters on the customer’s end with Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) throughout the distribution system. The new meters at the Arcadia WTP will allow for more accurate flow accounting while the AMI smart meters provide for real-time water demand monitoring in the distribution system, as opposed to the current 60-day meter reading cycle.
2.2.1.1 Water Conservation
The City has a long history of promoting water conservation. In 2002, the City initiated its Water Efficiency Strategic Plan and in 2004 began implementing various conservation programs including the No Water Waste and Green Building Ordinances. On August 12, 2014, City Council adopted a resolution declaring a Stage 2 Water Supply Shortage thereby requiring mandatory water conservation to achieve a 20% reduction in water use compared to 2013. Subsequently, on October 28, 2014, Council also authorized the significant expansion of staffing and funding to augment the City’s water conservation efforts to address the state-wide drought and help the City meet its water self-sufficiency goal. The City has remained in a Stage 2 Water Shortage since 2014, which has contributed
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to a water demand reduction of about 20 percent or approximately 2,500 acre-feet per year (AFY).
Water Demand Management is achieved through implementation of various water conservation and efficiency programs designed to permanently reduce residential and commercial potable water use. Continuation of existing, and implementation of proposed conservation measures are essential for the City to reduce overall use in the face of increased demand pressures from new housing and from the commercial and institutional sectors of the local economy. Below is a list of some of the key conservation measures currently being implemented:
• Water Neutrality Ordinance (SMMC 7.16.050): On July 1, 2017, the City’s Water Neutrality Ordinance went into effect and capped water use for new developments to the average five-year historical water use for that individual parcel. If the projected annual water use for the development is greater than existing parcel’s annual average over the past five years, the increased amount must be offset by funding water-efficient retrofits of existing buildings elsewhere in the City. Offset retrofits currently include low-flow indoor fixtures (toilets, urinals, showerheads, aerators). The ordinance applies to pools, ponds, spas and other water features as well. This ordinance was developed and is implemented by WCU staff.
Implementation includes performing over 500 development project plan checks each year along with determining fees and managing a full-scale Water Neutrality Direct Install program.
• Water Use Allowances (WUAs): The WUA is a component of the WSCP and is the mechanism to implement the mandatory reduction required by a Water Supply Shortage. WUAs represent the amount of water that can be used by a water customer without risk of receiving an exceedance citation (see below). The WUA for the current Stage 2 Water Supply Shortage is 20% below the amount of water used in 2013. Every water customer in the City receives a WUA uniquely calculated for each billing period.
• Water Use Allowance Exceedance Citations: A water customer can receive an administrative citation for exceeding their WUA for any given billing period. Citation fees are $250 for the first exceedance, $500 for the second exceedance (within 12 months of the first) and $1,000 for the third exceedance (within 12 months of the second). Since 2015, over 1,300 WUA Exceedance Citations have been issued. • Water Use Consultations: WCU staff make onsite visits to customers to comprehensively audit indoor water use (measuring flush and flow fixtures, appliances, checking for leaks, behaviors), outdoor water use (irrigation system, checking for leaks, behaviors), along with a meter check. Recommendations for saving water are documented and sent to the customer. Consultations have resulted
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in the discovery and repair of major leaks, adjustment of irrigation system timers, installation of low-flow devices (aerators and showerheads (free), toilets and urinals (rebates), and water-use behavior changes. This program is free of charge for any Santa Monica water customer. Since 2015, over 650 consultations have been provided to City water customers.
• Enhanced Landscape Rebate Program: The City’s most successful rebate program provides rebates for customers that replace their turf grass and overhead spray irrigation with sustainable, drought tolerant, low-water using landscapes with no or drip irrigation only. Santa Monica’s unique landscape rebate requirements establish effective water conservation, provide successful and maintainable projects, and ensure an aesthetically pleasing landscape. Since 2015, over 675 rebate projects have been completed removing over 1.1 million square feet of turf at a program cost of $2.2 million.
• Landscape Consultants: The WCU has partnered with professional landscape professionals who meet with potential landscape rebate customers at their property and provide expert advice on sustainable landscaping and completing a rebate. This service is $50 for a two-hour consultation. Since 2015 over 600 Landscape Consultations have been completed. Since 2015, over 620 Landscape Consultations have been completed. Note: This program was temporarily halted in 2020 due to Covid-19 budget cuts.
• Water Waste Patrols: WCU staff enforces SMMC 7.16.020, the "No Water Waste” ordinance. Responses to inbound water waste complaints are handled immediately, and proactive patrols in the community provide on-site detection of water waste.
Notices of Violations (NOVs) are issued to ensure resolution of water waste issues with Citations issued as needed. Since 2015, over 1,500 NOVs have been issued. • Enhanced MWD Water Conservation Rebates: As a member-agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), the City of Santa Monica participates in their program to provide rebates for high efficiency toilets, urinals, clothes washers, restaurant appliances, irrigation devices and other devices. Since 2015, the WCU has increased the supplemental funding added to MWD’s base rebate amounts to further incentivize installation of these water-conserving devices. Since 2015, over 7,200 devices have been rebated at a cost to the City of $137,000. • Free Water Saving Items: WCU staff has distributed thousands of water saving items to Santa Monica water customers since 2015. These items include low-flow faucet aerators, low-flow showerheads, automatic shut-off hose nozzles, toilet leakdetection dye tabs, shower buckets, flow-rate bags, and reusable canvas bags. The WCU also provides free tent cards and door hangers for hotels/motels to encourage water conservation by guests through reusing towels and sheets. These free items
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are available in the OSE office and are also distributed at outreach events. Since 2015, over 17,000 water saving devices have been distributed. • Customer Support: WCU staff provides excellent customer phone and email support every workday regarding any water conservation issue or program. Approximately 300 phone calls and emails from Santa Monica water customers are received and responded to each year.
Depending on funding, additional conservation measures that are planned for implementation over the next five years include:
• Water Conservation Programs Master Plan: An overall master plan will be developed to provide a more detailed water conservation framework and benefit/cost analysis of existing and proposed programs. An outside consultant will be retained to provide guidance and support for developing this plan. • Marketing/Messaging Program for “Conservation as a Way of Life” and Potential Drought Resurgence: Working with the Office of Sustainability’s contracted marketing agency, a new water conservation marketing campaign will be created with messaging aligned with the State’s “Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life.” Depending on conditions, drought-related information this may also become part of the messaging.
• Targeted Commercial Sector Programs: Restaurants, hotels, and medical facilities are the highest commercial users of water in the City. As such, outreach and support program will be developed for one-on-one audits, evaluations, process recommendations, and rebate incentives for fixtures/devices to provide meaningful water savings in these specific sectors. An outside contractor may be used to develop and implement these programs.
• Expanded School Education Program: Building upon the pilot program described above, the City will again partner with the Discovery Science Center to expand the pilot school program to all fifth-grade Santa Monica students to provide education on water conservation and the impacts on our water supply and local watershed. • Performance Pays: This effort will leverage Metropolitan Water District’s Water Savings Incentive Program (WSIP) for unique, innovative water conservation programs. Potential projects include pump pods for fire department trainings and cooling tower retrofits with new technology.
• School District Retrofits via Water Neutrality Direct Install Program: The scope of properties where the Water Neutrality Direct Install program retrofits fixtures will be expanded from residential and CII to include all City campuses of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District.
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• Greywater System Permitting Guidebook: The use of graywater onsite is less energy intensive than treating wastewater and can be a cost-effective alternative water supply for irrigation and other non-potable uses at the property. Santa Monica residents and businesses can currently install Laundry-to-Landscape greywater systems without a permit, but more complex systems require a permit. To assist those that would like to install advanced onsite greywater systems, the City intends to provide a guidebook to help developers navigate the permitting process to help incentive these systems.
• Flow Measuring and Irrigation Controller Devices Incentives: As a bridge to advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), and to realize the potential water savings from customers having real-time water use data (including leak alerts), an incentive program will be developed for customers to obtain and install a flow measuring device on their water meter. In addition, incentives for installing and properly programming a smart irrigation controller will potentially be developed to address outdoor water efficiency.
• Clothes Washer Incentive for Multi-Family: Clothes washers are among the highest uses of indoor water. Typically, in multi-family shared laundry rooms, the machines are older, top-loading, water-inefficient models that use 25-40 gallons per load. A program will be developed to incentivize property owners to lease or purchase newer, high efficiency clothes washing machines that use approximately 15 gallons/load.
• Irrigation System Audit and Repair: Much of the outdoor water waste occurs due to incorrect watering schedules programmed in customer’s irrigation timers/controllers (i.e. overwatering). In addition, leaks and broken sprinklers heads go unnoticed as irrigation is typically run at night and not observed. This new program will utilize a contractor to provide extensive outdoor audits and make necessary timer adjustments and simple repairs to save water.
2.2.1.2 Non-potable Water Demand
The City has a dedicated recycled water system that provides service to 30 metered locations. The primary use of recycled water is for landscape irrigation, but it is also used for street sweeping, sewer jetting, and for lavatories at two facilities. Projected water demand is expected to increase over the coming year as new developments requiring recycled water come online. Aquifer injection of advanced treated recycled water is also estimated to commence in March 2023.
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Table 2-3. Current Year and Projected Year Demands (Non-Potable) Current Year
(AF)
Projected Year
(AF)
Non-Potable Reuse 65 235
Aquifer Recharge (Direct Injection)* 0 90
Total Demand 65 325
*200 GPM aquifer injection estimated to begin in March 2023
2.2.1.3 Unconstrained Demand
The CWC requires water suppliers to estimate the current year’s unconstrained demand as part of the AWSDA. Unconstrained demand is water demand absent any water supply or demand restrictions (e.g., mandatory conservation). Water suppliers then use the current year unconstrained demand, while also considering other factors such as weather and population growth, to project demand for the twelve-month period following the July 1st AWSDA deadline (i.e., July 1 to June 30).
Table 2-4 summarizes the current year and projected year unconstrained demands as well as constrained demands, derived by subtracting an estimated 20 percent conservation savings. Constrained demands are included for ease of comparison with the five-year summary of the City’s water usage presented in Table 2-2. As previously mentioned, overall water use after COVID-19 decreased by approximately 7.7 percent. However, as a conservative approach for the AWSDA, the estimated water use over the next year was increased by 10 percent. This increase is conservative because it assumes a full economic recovery from COVID-19 (higher industrial/commercial and institutional use), an increase in population (higher single- and multi-family residential use), and dry weather over the next year (higher irrigation use). Additionally, the projected constrained demand of 11,713 AF is higher than any of the three years preceding the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Table 2-4. Current Year and Projected Year Demands (Potable) Current Year
(AF)
Projected Year
(AF)
Single Family Residential 3,557 3,939
Multi-Family Residential 5,941 6,580
Industrial/Commercial 2,664 2,951
Institutional 333 369
Landscape Irrigation 720 798
Fire Service 3 4
Water Loss 66 66
Unconstrained Demand 13,284 14,707
Estimated 20% Conservation Savings 2,643 2,928
Constrained Demand 10,641 11,779
2.2.2 Water Supply
The City currently purchases imported water from MWD to supplement its local water supplies. The City is one of 15 Retail agencies served by MWD and receives imported water at two locations: the Arcadia WTP and the Charnock WTP. Both of these connections are 24 inches in size and are capable of serving 100 percent of the City's water needs. The City’s Tier 1 imported water supply limit from MWD has been 7,406 AFY since 2016 and the City has been well under this limit in the past 10 years since the Charnock Well Field Restoration Project was completed in 2010 to restore local groundwater supplies.
Additional MWD supply beyond the Tier 1 limit is also available to the City at a higher Tier 2 water supply rate.
The California Water Code requires AWSDAs to evaluate water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year. Relative to previous years, the local groundwater supply in 2021 was lower than average. The lower local production was a result of two factors. First, two groundwater wells were taken offline due to operational issues. One of the wells, Charnock 13 (CH-13), is located in the City’s largest producing groundwater aquifer, the Charnock Well Field. The other well, Santa Monica 4 (SM-4), is the highest producing well in the City’s second largest producing groundwater aquifer, the Olympic Well Field. CH-13
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began operating again in September 2021 and SM-4 is anticipated to be back in operation by the fall of 2022.
The other factor that contributed to lower groundwater supply in 2021 was the Arcadia WTP temporarily being taken offline during construction of the Arcadia WTP expansion project. The Arcadia WTP is the City’s primary drinking water treatment facility. The expansion project would upgrade the Arcadia Water Treatment Plant and increase the production capacity from 11 million gallons per day (MGD) to 13 MGD. This project is scheduled to be completed in 2023.
To assess supplies under a single dry year, the City used the available water supply estimate from the drought risk assessment performed as part of the 2020 Urban Water Management Plan. The drought risk assessment projected that under a single, worst-case dry year, the City’s local groundwater supply was approximately 6,755 AF, which equates the lowest five-year running average for the City’s water supply from 2010 to 2020. The 2010-2020 time period was chosen because it is after the City completed the Charnock Well Field Restoration Project in 2010 and is more representative of existing operating conditions (e.g., available groundwater supply and annual MWD imported water use).
2.2.2.1 Existing Infrastructure Capabilities and Plausible Constraints In addition to evaluating water supply reliability for the current year and one dry year, the California Water Code also requires suppliers to consider existing infrastructure capabilities and plausible constraints. As previously mentioned, construction will be occurring at the City’s Arcadia Water Treatment Plant through 2023. It is estimated that this could result in a decrease in the local groundwater supply of approximately 1,454 AF due to plant shutdowns during construction.
2.2.2.2 Regulatory Considerations
Over 20 years ago, Methyl tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE) and Tert-Butyl Alcohol (TBA), compounds once used as gasoline additives, were detected in three of the Charnock Subbasin wells. These contaminants shutdown production from the Charnock Sub-basin, the City’s largest groundwater supply, until the completion of the Charnock Well Field Restoration Project. The treatment from this project uses Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) filtration, from coconut shells, to successfully treat MTBE and TBA concentrations to levels well below the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 5 ppb. As a part of the Charnock Well Field Restoration Project, additional treatment processes were also added at the Arcadia WTP including reverse osmosis (RO) and aeration to provide multi-barrier treatment for the local groundwater.
More recently in April 2019, the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) investigated source water wells in California most vulnerable to Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. This included those near airports and landfills, and later those near secondary sources of PFAS activities. The SWRCB did not require Santa Monica
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to sample its sources. However, the City proactively sampled the City’s Drinking Water sources in August/September of 2019, and PFAS was not detected in the City’s drinking water supply. All PFAS samples analyzed by an outside laboratory were Non-Detect (ND).
Additionally, GAC and RO, both part of the City’s treatment process, are effective at removing many PFAS compounds.
In May 2017, the Cities of Santa Monica, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Culver City, and Los Angeles County signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to form the Santa Monica Basin Groundwater Sustainability Agency (SMBGSA). The SMBGSA is tasked with implementing an ongoing sustainable groundwater management program for the SMGB in conformance with California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) of 2014.
A key piece of this program is the development of a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP), which was approved by the SMBGSA in January 2022.
The GSP is the first comprehensive groundwater assessment and management plan specific to the SMB, which has been identified as a medium-priority groundwater basin by the California DWR. The SMBGSA is required to provide a description of the sustainable management criteria that will be used for the basin. As part of the GSP, sustainable management criteria (e.g., sustainable yield) and interfaces with neighboring groundwater basins (e.g., West Coast Basin and Central Basin) for the Santa Monica Basin (SMB) was assessed. Projected groundwater levels calculated using a calibrated groundwater model indicate that at a production rate of 9,000 AFY, groundwater elevations will decline and recover based on the volume of recharge available in the SMB.
2.2.2.3 Projected Available Water Supply
Current year and projected year supply used for the AWSDA are provided in Table 2-5. The projected year water supply includes existing infrastructure capabilities, plausible constraints, and regulatory considerations described above. As a conservative approach, the projected supply assumes that only MWD’s Tier 1 supply is available.
Table 2-5. Current Year and Projected Year Potable Supply Current Year
(AF)
Projected Year
(AF)
Local Groundwater 5,236 5,301*
MWD Tier 1 7,406 7,406
Total Supply 12,642 12,707
*Derived from subtracting the 1,454 AF decrease in groundwater supply during Arcadia WTP construction from the 6,755 AF water supply used in the drought risk assessment.
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2.2.2.4 Projected Available Non-Potable Supply
In 2001, the City began operating the SMURRF to treat dry-weather urban runoff that was previously discharged into Santa Monica Bay from the Pier and Pico-Kenter storm drains.
The SMURRF is operated by Santa Monica, though operating costs and revenues are shared jointly with the City of Los Angeles, as a Best Management Practice (BMP) facility. Treated water from SMURRF is sent through a City-wide non-potable water distribution system that serves parks, medians, Woodlawn Cemetery, and dual-plumbed buildings for toilet flushing. The non-potable water is also used by City operations for street sweeping, sewer jetting, and pressure washing.
In addition to SMURRF, the City will be completing the Sustainable Water Infrastructure (SWIP) Advanced Water Treatment Facility (AWTF) toward the end of 2022. The SWIP AWTF will be the City’s first wastewater treatment facility and will be able to produce up to 1 million MGD of advanced treated recycled water on average (approximately 10 percent of the City’s total wastewater flow). Initially, advanced treated recycled water would be used to meet non-potable reuse demands. Ultimately the advanced treated recycled water would also be used to augment the groundwater aquifer at the Olympic Well Field via direct aquifer injection. The City is also exploring the potential for direct potable reuse in the future when regulatory guidelines are available in 2023. Table 2-6 summarizes the current year and projected year non-potable supplies available to the City.
Table 2-6. Current Year and Projected Year Non-Potable Supply Current Year
(AF)
Projected Year
(AF)
SMURRF 65 Up to 500
SWIP 0 Up to 1,100
Total Non-Potable Supply 65 Up to 1,600
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Recommendations
The results of the AWSDA indicate that without water shortage response actions, a 13% water supply shortage is projected for the next year (see Table 3-1 below). A 13% water supply shortage equates to the State’s Standard Shortage Level 2 (10-20% shortage) where necessary actions (e.g., water conservation) need to be taken to enhance the reliability and resiliency of the available water supply.
Table 3-1. Assessment Results without Water Shortage Response Actions Total (AF)
Anticipated Unconstrained Demand 14,707
Anticipated Total Water Supply 12,707
Surplus/Shortage w/out Water Shortage Response Actions -2,000 % Surplus/Shortage w/out Water Shortage Response Actions -14% State Standard Shortage Level 2
3.1 RECOMMENDED WATER SHORTAGE RESPONSE STAGE
The City’s WSCP utilizes the same water shortage levels as the State and includes water shortage response actions for a Stage 2 Shortage. The goal of these water shortage response actions is to reduce water demand to enhance the reliability of the water supply.
For a Stage 2 Storage, water supply shortage actions are needed to reduce water demand by 20 percent. The City has been in a Stage 2 water shortage stage since 2014 and has consistently achieved 20 percent reductions in water demand. Incorporating Stage 2 Shortage response actions to reduce water demand by 20 percent yields a positive water supply balance for the projected year. Based on these results, the City will remain in a Stage 2 Water Shortage Stage and continued to implement necessary water conservation measures to maintain 20 percent water demand reduction.
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Anticipated Unconstrained Demand 14,707
Benefit from Water Shortage Response Actions -2,928
Adjusted Water Demand from Water Shortage Response Actions 11,779 Anticipated Total Water Supply 12,707
Revised Surplus/Shortage w/Water Shortage Response Actions 928 Revised % Surplus/Shortage w/ Water Shortage Response Actions 7% As future non-potable water supply capability far exceeds projected demand, it is anticipated that the SMURRF and SWIP AWTF will operate to meet non-potable demand and aquifer recharge demand at one injection well. To maximize the use of advanced treated recycled water, the City is analyzing potential sites for two additional injection wells and exploring the potential for direct potable reuse in the future to further enhance the reliability and resiliency of the City’s water supply portfolio.
The City’s water shortage stages and associated water use reduction targets from the City’s WSCP are provided in Table 3-3. The recommended Stage 2 Water Shortage Stage includes mandatory water use restrictions with a City-wide use reduction goal of 20% compared to the 2013 water use baseline. Water shortage actions implemented as part of a Stage 2 Water Shortage Stage are provided in Table 3-4.
Table 3-3. Water Shortage Stages and Reduction Targets
Water
Shortage
Stage
Shortage
Level
Water Shortage
Condition
Water Use
Restrictions
City-wide Use
Reduction Goal
Stage 1 ≤10% Minimal Voluntary 10%
Stage 2* 10-20% Moderate Mandatory 20%
Stage 3 20-30% Significant Mandatory 30%
Stage 4 30-40% Severe Mandatory 40%
Stage 5 40-50% Critical Mandatory 50%
Stage 6 >50% Catastrophic Mandatory >50%
*Recommended Water Shortage Stage
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Water
Shortage
Stage Action
Estimated
Reduction
Stage 1 Offer Water Use Surveys 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Provide Rebates on Plumbing Fixtures and Devices 1% - 2% Stage 1 Provide Rebates for Landscape Irrigation Efficiency 1% - 2% Stage 1 Provide Rebates for Turf Replacement 1% - 2%
Stage 1 Landscape - Restrict or prohibit runoff from landscape irrigation
1% - 2%
Stage 1 Landscape - Limit landscape irrigation to specific times 1% - 2% Stage 1 CII - Restaurants may only serve water upon request 1% - 2% Stage 1 Water Features - Restrict water use for decorative water features, such as fountains
1% - 2%
Stage 1 Pools and Spas - Require covers for pools and spas 1% - 2% Stage 1 Other - Customers must repair leaks, breaks, and malfunctions in a timely manner
1% - 2%
Stage 1 Other - additional conservation measures by City staff 1% - 2% Stage 1 Other - Irrigation Association’s Best Management Practices for all City landscaped areas
1% - 2%
Stage 1 Other – immediate notification by City staff of any leaks seen on City property or private property
1% - 2%
Stage 1 Other – immediate notification by City staff of any leaks seen on City property or private property
1% - 2%
Stage 2 Other – continued implementation of Stage 1 actions 10% - 20% Stage 2 Other - Implement Water Use Allowances (WUAs) for a 20% reduction from the amount of water used in 2013.
10% - 20%
Stage 2 Expand Public Information Campaign 1% - 10%
Stage 2 Increase Water Waste Patrols 1% - 10%
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3.2 ONGOING REASSESSMENTS
The City has been providing monthly water production and conservation reports to the SWRCB since July 2014 to comply with the statewide drought emergency water conservation regulation. While the emergency regulation expired in November 2017, the City continues to report voluntarily. Monthly reports became mandatory again in October 2020 after the SWRCB adopted a new regulation on Monthly Urban Water Conservation Reporting. The new reporting regulation requires monthly reporting of key elements and additional information during water shortages. The reports, compiled by the City, include information on residential water use, total potable water production, measures implemented to conserve water and improve efficiency, and local enforcement actions. The reports are submitted to the SWRCB’s Drinking Water Information Clearinghouse online portal.
Over the next few years, the City will also be upgrading its water meters with AMI, which will allow real-time water demand monitoring as opposed to the current 60-day meter reading cycle. The City is also working on two master planning documents: a Water Master Plan and a Water Conservation Master Plan. These master plans will help identify water system improvements over the next ten years and will help refine the implementation of water conservation measures to further reduce water demand.
On the water supply side, the City’s WRD provides monthly water production reports to interested parties within the City. The reports include information on well production, finished local water production and imported water purchased. Staff will continue monthly monitoring of water supplies to assess water shortage conditions.
As an adaptive management plan, the WSCP will be refined as needed to ensure it continues to effectively address potential water shortage conditions. On an ongoing basis, using the reports and compliance tracking process described above, any necessary changes to the WSCP will be identified. In addition, as a part of annual demand and supply assessments, the WSCP will be reviewed with refinements incorporated as needed.
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