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City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering

City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering. Paseo Del Mar Permanent Restoration Project Draft EIR Public Meeting May 3, 2017. Agenda. Introductions Richard Louie, Project Manager, BOE William Jones, Environmental Management Group, BOE Project History

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  1. City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Bureau of Engineering Paseo Del Mar Permanent Restoration Project Draft EIR Public Meeting May 3, 2017

  2. Agenda • Introductions • Richard Louie, Project Manager, BOE • William Jones, Environmental Management Group, BOE • Project History • Project Description • Estimated Project Schedule • California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Process • Purpose of Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Meeting • Key Environmental Issues • Summary of Project Impacts • Draft EIR Comments

  3. Draft EIR Comments • The following comments will be considered: • Verbal comments at Draft EIR meeting • Comment cards at Draft EIR meeting or mailed in • Written responses to Draft EIR via mail or email • Submit comments to: • William Jones and Billy Ho • City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works • Bureau of Engineering, EMG • 1149 S. Broadway, Suite 600, Mail Stop 939 • Los Angeles, CA 90015 • Email: William.Jones@lacity.orgBilly.Ho@lacity.org • Public comments must be submitted by June 5, 2017

  4. Project History On November 20, 2011 an approximately 400-foot section of the Paseo Del Mar roadway collapsed along the coast in the community of San Pedro

  5. Project Description • The primary objective of the proposed project is to restore access along Paseo Del Mar. • The proposed project would restore the section of the Paseo Del Mar roadway that collapsed in the November 2011 landslide event to its original function. • Four alternatives have been evaluated for environmental impacts.

  6. No Project Alternative • Required under CEQA to allow decision makers to compare the impacts of approving the project with the impacts of not approving the project. • No construction activities would occur. • The damaged segment of Paseo Del Mar would remain closed.

  7. Alt. 1 – Bridge Spanning Over Landslide • Construct single, approximately 380-foot long-span bridge supported on stable ground outside the limits of the landslide area. • Limits major earthwork & remediation of existing landslide area.

  8. Alt. 2 – Anchored CIDH Piles with Buttress • Includes a single row of large diameter, Cast-in-Drilled Holes (CIDH) piles near the edge of the existing slope. • Piles would connect with a reinforced-concrete grade beam & tied back with soil anchors. Reinforced-earth buttress above the piles would stabilize the head scarp & support new roadway.

  9. Alt. 3 – Shear Pins with MSE Wall • Similar to Alt. 2, however a row of large diameter piles & a grid of smaller diameter piles would be constructed below the proposed roadway. • The piles would handle the vertical loading of the Mechanically Stabilized Embankment (MSE) wall & mitigate lateral forces on the existing slope.

  10. Dismissed Alternative - Roadway Realignment • The Initial Study and Notice of Preparation included the Roadway Realignment Alternative, which would realign the Paseo Del Mar roadway into the White Point Nature Preserve. • During the environmental analysis, it was determined that this alternative would increase significant impacts to biological resources, cultural resources, and recreation. • Due to public input received during the scoping process and the increased impacts, this alternative was eliminated from further analysis.

  11. Project Schedule • Draft EIR Public Review Period • 60 days: April 6 to June 5, 2017 • Selection of Preferred Alternative, Approval of Project & EIR – Summer 2017 • Design Phase Complete – Early 2019* • Start of Project Construction – Late 2019* * Dependent upon availability of funding

  12. California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Process • Required for all discretionary actions • Informs public & decision makers • Feasible ways to avoid, reduce, and/or mitigate impacts • Considers alternatives • Discloses significant & unavoidable impacts • Opportunity to comment on the environmental issues

  13. Purpose of Draft EIR Meeting • To inform the public about the proposed project and disclose potential environmental impacts • To receive comments from the public regarding environmental concerns • To inform the public about the CEQA Process

  14. CEQA Process 7. Prepare Final EIR with Response to Comments, Findings of Fact, Statement of Overriding Considerations, and Mitigation Plan 6. Public Review of Draft EIR April 6 – June 5 (60 Days) 1. Prepare Initial Study (IS) & Notice of Preparation (NOP) 5. Distribute Draft EIR 2. Distribute IS/NOP 8. Final EIR Certification & Project Approval 4. Prepare Technical Studies & Draft EIR 3. Public Scoping Meeting 9. File Notice of Determination (NOD)

  15. Key Environmental Issues Addressed in Draft EIR • Aesthetics • Air Quality • Biological Resources • Cultural Resources • Geology/Soils • Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Hydrology/Water Quality • Land Use/Planning • Noise • Paleontological Resources • Recreation • Transportation/Traffic • Tribal Cultural Resources • Effects Found not to be Significant • Cumulative Impacts • Project Alternatives • Including No Project Alternative & three Build Alternatives

  16. Comparison of Alternatives • No Project Alternative: • Significant and unavoidable impacts to four issue areas, including aesthetics, geology and soils, hydrology and water quality, and land use and planning. • Alternative 1: • One significant and unavoidable environmental impact related to construction noise, which is a temporary impact. • Fewest environmental impacts overall, and no permanent environmental impacts. • Environmentally superior alternative. • Alternatives 2 and 3: • Similar impacts to each other. • Both Alternatives 2 and 3 would result in two significant and unavoidable impacts: aesthetics (permanent impacts) and construction noise (temporary impact). • Fewer significant impacts than the No Project Alternative.

  17. Public Review Locations • Review Draft EIR online at: http://eng.lacity.org/techdocs/emg/projects.htm • Review Draft EIR at document repositories: • San Pedro Regional Library, 931 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731 • Miraleste Library, 29089 Palos Verdes Drive East, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275 • Council District 15, Harbor District Office, 638 South Beacon Street, Room 552, San Pedro, CA 90731 • City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, EMG, 1149 S. Broadway, Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA 90015

  18. Draft EIR Comments • The following comments will be considered: • Verbal comments at Draft EIR meeting • Comment cards at Draft EIR meeting or mailed in • Written responses to Draft EIR via mail or email • Submit comments to: • William Jones and Billy Ho • City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works • Bureau of Engineering, EMG • 1149 S. Broadway, Suite 600, Mail Stop 939 • Los Angeles, CA 90015 • Email: William.Jones@lacity.orgBilly.Ho@lacity.org • Public comments must be submitted by June 5, 2017

  19. Comments?

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