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Conditional Use Permit #5209. - APPEAL - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT #5209 (COLORADO AT LAKE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT) APPELLANT: PASADENA COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT APPLICANT: PARK PLACE COMMERCIAL, LP
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Conditional Use Permit #5209 • - APPEAL - • CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT #5209 • (COLORADO AT LAKE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT) • APPELLANT:PASADENA COALITION FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT • APPLICANT:PARK PLACE COMMERCIAL, LP • (Approved by the Hearing Officer on October 20, 2010 and the Board of Zoning Appeals on November 17, 2010)
Request for Approval of “Alternative 3-Hotel” in EIR • REDUCED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL IN EIR • Approximately 231,000 square feet of total development (130,000 square feet net new devt.) • Hotel, Office, Retail, Restaurant, Residential Uses. • Two-phases to be completed in 2012 and 2014. • Retain and preserve all historic buildings. • No significant impacts on historic resources or on traffic at street intersections. • Significant impacts on three street segments (traffic) and air quality (during construction only).
Land Use Entitlements:Conditional Use Permits(Major Project and Hotel Use)
Land Use Entitlements:Minor Conditional Use Permits - Shared, Valet, and Tandem Parking
Land Use Entitlements:Variances for Loading – (Number of Spaces and Dimensions)
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution for Final EIR and Environmental Findings • California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) • EIR--Impacts were analyzed. Traffic analysis methodology is standard, information presented accurately and clearly in Draft and Final EIR • (These are appellant’s concerns). • EIR—Mitigation measures proposed for impacts. • EIR– Four project alternatives (with two additional variations) were analyzed. • EIR—Project objectives identified.
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution –Statement of Overriding Considerations; Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program • ALTERNATIVE 3 – HOTEL OPTION • Pursuant to CEQA 15093— • Find that the Project’s benefits outweigh its unavoidable adverse environmental effects (three traffic segments and air quality during construction).
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution –Statement of Overriding Considerations; Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program • Historic preservation of buildings. • Revitalization of the site. • Pedestrian and economic linkage within the Central District and TOD project. • LEED -environmentally conscious project. • Estimated 630construction jobs; 750permanent jobs; plus 520 additional jobs in L.A. County (payroll $56M). • (These estimates are appellant’s concerns and they are addressed in CBRE and KMA supporting documentation, which conclude the estimates are reasonable).
Recommendation of Approval • Compliance with General Plan and Central District Specific Plan • 1.1, 1.5, 10.1 – Targeted development areas and expansion. • 2, 14 - Diversify downtown economy; job growth. • 1.3, 10.2 - Pedestrian-Oriented Development. • 5.7 - Enhanced Environment. • 6.2 - Protection of Historic and Cultural Resources.
Recommendation of Approval • FINAL SLIDE