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CC - Item 4A - PowerPoint Presentation - Prospect Villa Continued Public HearingPublic Hearing Item 4A CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING ON SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 21 -01 AND ZONE CHANGE 21 -01 (PROSPECT VILLA) 7539 AND 7545 GARVEY AVENUE Continuance of Public Hearing On March 22, 2022, the City Council continued the public hearing on Specific Plan Amendment 21-01 and Zone Change 21-01, to the next scheduled City Council Meeting of April 12, 2022, in order address public comments that were received the night of the meeting. Existing Site Zone: Garvey Avenue Specific Plan (GSP) Proposed: Garvey Avenue Specific Plan, Incentivized Mixed Use (GSP- MU) General Plan Land Use Designation: Garvey Avenue Specific Plan 6th Cycle Housing Element On January 11, 2022, the Rosemead City Council approved the 6th Cycle Housing Element for planning period 2021-2029. The Housing Element identified a number of parcels that may provide opportunity to accommodate additional housing, if rezone efforts were undertaken. The subject site was included in the list of parcels to be rezoned. However, due to time constraints, the Applicant decided to independently pursue the zone change prior to the City Council’s approval of the Housing Element. The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has allocated 4,612 housing units to the City of Rosemead. The proposed development of 75 residential units will contribute to the City’s RHNA allocation for Planning Cycle 2021 to 2029. Proposed Project •The subject site consists of two parcels totaling approximately 0.95 acres of land. •The project consists of a seven-story, mixed- use development that totals 97,775 square feet, which includes 6,346 square feet of nonresidential use on the first floor, and 75 residential units (30 of which are live/work units) on the first through seventh floors. •The Residential/Commercial Mixed-Use Development will meet all open space requirements which include: •2,593 sq. ft. of usable public open space •17,495 sq. ft. of usable private common open space •9,633 sq. ft. if private open space •Community Benefits Program : •Lot Consolidation •Family Friendly Development •Nonresidential Component of Mixed- Use Development Sites •Public Parking •Sustainable Design •Alternative Energy •A total of 147 off-street parking spaces located on surface and parking structure. Compliance with Development Standards Rendering (View from Garvey and Prospect) Additional Renderings Topics Discussed at the Planning Commission Meeting ◦Setbacks for Fire Safety ◦Public Comment Received: •Aaron Contreras,Member of the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters Public Comments Received ◦On March 22,2022,the City Clerk’s Office received three public comments from the Law Offices of Mitchell M.Tsai,Resident Nancy Eng,and Daisy Lin.A summary of each public comment is provided in the staff report. ◦The Law Offices of Mitchell M.Tsai provided extensive comments related to the Mitigated Negative Declaration that was prepared for the project.The City’s Environmental Consultant for this project, Phil Martin &Associates,will provide a summary of the comments and responses in the next few slides. Public Comments Received o Of the 15 comments the City responded to, the main comments focus on the following six issues: •City should require skilled and trained workforce as a community benefit. •Project should exceed the 2019 California Green Building Code. •Project should mitigate greenhouse gas,air quality,and transportation impacts. •The MND fails to provide substantial evidence and a fair argument the project will not have a significant effect on the environment. •MND fails to support its findings with substantial evidence for transportation impacts. •Project fails to evaluate project consistency with the Rosemead General Plan,Regional House Needs Assessment,and the Sustainable Community Strategy and Regional Transportation Plan. Public Comments Received o City should require skilled and trained workforce as a community benefit •The local hire of skilled/trained workforce is not a community benefit in the Garvey Avenue Specific Plan.However,the project applicant is proposing six community benefits that are allowed by the Garvey Avenue Specific Plan for a total of 161 points. o Project should exceed the 2019 California Green Building Code •The project applicant proposes to design and construct the project to meet CALGreen Tier 1 standards, which exceed the 2019 California Green Building Code. o Project should mitigate greenhouse gas,air quality and transportation impacts •The MND provides mitigation measures to mitigate air quality impacts.No greenhouse gas or transportation impacts were identified.Therefore,no mitigation measures were required. Public Comments Received o The MND fails to provide substantial evidence and a fair argument the project will not have a significant effect on the environment. •In compliance with the definition of substantial evidence in CEQA Guidelines Section 15384,the MND provides the relevant information,including technical studies,to support all conclusions regarding the significance of the project’s potential impacts.The consultant reports along with the detailed analysis in the MND provides the substantial evidence and fair argument necessary to support the findings and conclusions in the MND. o MND fails to support its findings with substantial evidence for transportation impacts. •The project traffic report was prepared in compliance with the City of Rosemead’s adopted VMT Guidelines.The project is located in three low-VMT generating areas and satisfies the screening criteria for a low-VMT generating area,including a low VMT area for home-based work for VMT per employee and total VMT per the service population.Therefore,the project would have a less than significant VMT impact based on substantial evidence in the traffic report. Public Comments Received o Project fails to evaluate project consistency with the General Plan, Specific Plan, Regional Housing Needs Assessment and the Sustainable Community Strategy and Regional Transportation Plan. •The Garvey Avenue Specific Plan states, “The City Council, as empowered by the Rosemead Municipal Code, approved the Specific Plan, Zoning Code Amendment, Zoning Map amendment, and the related CEQA document on February 13, 2018, with a second reading on February 27, 2018. The City Council found: •The proposed specific plan is consistent with the objectives, policies, general land uses, and programs of the general plan and other adopted goals and policies of the City. Thus, the project is consistent with both the Garvey Avenue Specific Plan and the Rosemead General Plan. •The project proposes the development of 75 residential units. The Rosemead Housing Element Update (2021-2029) was allocated a Regional Housing Needs Assessment of 4,612 residential units for the 6th housing cycle. The development of the proposed 75 housing units is consistent with and would assist the City towards meeting its 6th housing cycle allocation of 4,612 housing units. Public Comments Received The project is located in a low VMT area and would not have a significant VMT impact. Thus, it does not conflict with the RTP/SCS (Southern California Association of Governments 2020-2045 Regional Transportation Plan/Sustainable Communities Strategy (RTP/SCS) or otherwise known as Connect SoCal (https://scag.ca.gov/connect-socal). STAFF RECOMMENDATION That the City Council: ◦Conduct a public hearing and receive public testimony; and ◦Introduce the first reading, by title only, Ordinance No. 1008, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, TO APPROVE ZONE CHANGE 21-01 AND SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 21-01 TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP BY CHANGING THE ZONE OF 7539 & 7545 GARVEY AVENUE ( APN NOS. 5286-022-009 AND 5286-022-010) FROM GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN ( GSP) TO GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN, INCENTIVIZED MIXEDUSE ( GSP-MU) ZONE, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AND APPROVE A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN PERMITTING SIT-DOWN RESTAURANTS WITH A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 1, 000 SQUARE FEET TO OBTAIN AN ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT ( AUP) FOR BEER/WINE SALES IN THE GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN ( GSP) AND GARVEY AVENUE SPECIFIC PLAN, INCENTIVIZED MIXED-USE ( GSP-MU) ZONES; and ◦Adopt City Council Resolution No. 2022-18, entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT 21-01 AND ZONE CHANGE 21-01. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT 7539 & 7545 GARVEY AVENUE (APN NOS. 5286-022-009 AND 5286-022-010) Questions?