SR-102296-6DPCD SF-DM f Ishare/ccreportlst~ohns
COUNCIL MEETING October 23, 1996
TO Nlayor and G~t~ Cour~c~l
FROM City Staff
Contrac~" ~545 C ~ - .
o~i z ~ ~s~
Santa Monica, California
SUBJECT Recommendation to Award a Contract to En~iranmental Sc~ence Assoaates
for Preparation of an EnW~ronmental Impact Repart on the Saint John's
Hospi#al and Health Center Master Plan
INTRODUCTION
This staff report recommends that Environmental Saence Assaciates (ESA) be awarded
a contract m the amount of $139,200 to prepare an Env~ronmental Imp~ct Report on the
Saint John's Hospifal and Health Center Masfer P~an propased by Saint John's Hospifal
and Health Center This report also recommends that the City Council authorize the City
Manager to increase the contract amount by up to twenty percent This contingency
amount is being recommended, at the request of Saint John's, in order to cover addi#ional
costs that may arise during the analysis of the pro~ect's ~mpacts
BACKGROUND
On May 22, 1996, the City Pkann~ng Div~sion received an application from Saint John's
Haspital and Health Center for the Saint John's Hospital and Health Center Master Plan
The Planning and Community Develapment Department F~as deter~-nined that an
En~ironmental Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared on the proposed pro~ect The EIR w~!!
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examine a number of potent[al enviranmental issues regardir~g the praposed pro~ect
including air quaiity, noise, fight and glare, shadaws, human health, populatEOn, land use,
housing, transportation and circulatian, util~ties, public ser~ices, construct~an impacts.
fiscal resources, recreational resources. cultural resources, aesthetics, and neighborhood
impacts ance an EIR is prepa~ed, there will be a public cflmment period during wh~ch
time interested persons can re~iew and commen~ on the en~ironmenta! analys~s Public
hearEngs on the pro~ect w~ll also be conducted by the Planning Commission and City
Counci~
A Request for Proposal to prepare the EIR for this project was issued by the Piannfng and
Community De~elopment Department, which is responsible for preparing City
environmental docume~ts Four firms responded with propasals Staff recammends that
ESA be selected to prepare the EIR due ta their competiti~e cost p~oposal and their
expener~ce in preparing sim~lar types of environmental reviews For example, ESA
prepared an EIR for fhe Central California Regional Medical Center pro~ect, which in~ol~ed
tY~e expansion/reno~ation of the exist~ng 355,000 square foot Fresno Community Haspital
in downtown Fresno, totalmg appraximately 2 D miklion square feet upon completion
Furthermore, ESA has prepared en~ironmentaf documents for se~eral focal pro~ects
including the Arbaretum Development Agreemen#
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BUDGETlFINANCIAL IMPACT
T~e City's costs for this EIR, including the requeste~f twenty percent cantingency amount,
will be #ully paid an ad~ance by SaEnt John's Hospital Funds from the applicant in the
amount of $139,2p0 will b~ deposited into the General Trust and Agency Fund Account
Number 80-00~-000-O~OOD-9750-D4362 Additional contingency funds will be deposited
ta thas same account if it is determi~ed that such funds are necessary to co~er the costs
of additional environmental analys~s All expenditures will be charged to this fund w~thout
any financial impact to the City
RECQMMENDATI4N
It is respectFully recommended that upon rec~ipt of $139,200 from Saint John's HospEtal.
the City Council authorize the C~ty Manager to enter into a contract wi~h Environmental
Sciences Associates, Inc at a cost of $139.200 far preparation of an EIR for the proposed
Saint John's Hospital and Health Center Master Plan and that the City Council authorfze
the C~ty Manager to increase the contract amount by up to twenty percent
Prepared by Suzanne Fnck, Director af PCD
Da~id Martin, Acting Sertior Planner
Attachment A Tasks Assoaated with En~ironmental Issues
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ATTACHMENT A
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TABL~ 1• CaS7' ESTINIA'~'E
En~~r~nmental Imrnct Ren,rdEnv~ror-menral Tmnact 5tarement
StafF Rate Hours ~g
Pro~eet Mena~eznent, meetings wikh staff WT.. ~~SU 50 u7S00
prn;ect Managemer~k. ma~tings with Staff MH $70 11~1 $7,E~(1r]
'~+ieeti~gs & I~earv~-~ .tltrendance~ WL $15U 25 ~,750
M,~e~an~s &. Hearin~ Attentlat~cea M~i S7~ ~Q 3.500
Ixu~itl Stud} ~4 1,60D
fr~croductaan ~ Project Descnphtm 40 2,F,{1L
N_AYCII 32 2,250
A~r Q~atiCY ~(7 3.6{i~
I~TprSe Er(1 3,600
La~t 3nd CrlatelS.fzadpw~ 4C1 2,$0C1
Rask ~f tJpset/F~uman Hesith 4#~ 4;?~Cl
Populati~/Hoz~s~g/5oc:~eeonomtcs 4~ 2,2~00
L.and USe 40 2,$(?0
Tr~~Oi't~1U71~ -- 46.~5~
~ub1~4 Services & L'ulrt~es 4~ ~„~CI~
FxscalC 4() 2,$Qp
Recreauox~ 2D 1,4~0
Aesthet~cs 40 2,8(?~1
f1~1~{~~Q~ ~~43 ~U LyO~[l
C'"ultural R~sotuc~s Z4 I,fiSL~
S.1riL+~lRi'~~~L~CIl[OI}' SBCt]411$ 11il~Cf ~~Qf4 ~~+ 1,~{jQ
,~C~Ti1.~L1VCS ~j(} ~,5~
:VI1E1,~3ti013 ~UIUtt7t'l2ig I'i'O~Ia131 ~~ ~.S~O
z~QS~o~~ to cY~~~ camm~,~a sa s,soo
Respo~se tc, Pubuc C~rfimentse $0 5,fi0(1
1~(ard Prnc.~ss~g/Graptuc~ lt}p 7a00Q
D~'ect ~osts (pr~nnn~, Fax, o~ernight
rnail, travel;
TaTAL,
.- ~.4CIQ
~~39,2f)0
a ~tt~clarce at up to te~ p~bl~c meetings
~ ~nc~udss tr~#'fic study t~y Meyer, Mahaddes ~s€cx.~ates arui a suarur~~ry by E5~ sta.~.
c As ~zs ~pdon. a r-ore zn•de~th Fisca] a~ysis {se~ .4ltracliment A far sco~) cou~d b~ provsde~l ~n ihe
EIR f~T a ~ost af $S,{~tl
d. ~?stimated casts ba~ed ~ the assumphon that revisio~s tc~ the A~~ititstr~dve Draft EIit will n~t
exceed $0 haurs a# ~5A ~+rafess~anax staff tune.
e. ~swr-ated costs oased cm the 7ssumption tk~.at r~sponse t~ coznm~~~, on ct~e Draft EIR wi11 nat
ez;.eed ~0 ~our~
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AT'TA.CHA~IEN'X'.~,: TASKS ASSOC~TED WIT~ ENVIRON~vLENTAL ~SSY3ES
Eaurt~
• Based an e~istia~ infar:?iazion, dascribe any g~alagic constr~sr~ts to developm.er-t (e.g., ~e~ement)
+ Des4n1~ *he seismic Settiri~ o~ the pro~eGt 51te, includixzg achve and ~at~ntially active fa~.ts ir~ the
regi~n, their dist~nce5 fr~m the site, and th~1r naaximum credibZe earthc~uakes B~sed o~ existing
infUrma~on, generally asse~~ ~ten~al pri_mary seismic l~az~ards fgrou~d ~halcin~ and ~au~t rupture)
and identi~~ ar~y ssgruficant se~ondary seisr~ic i~az.ards (gr~und fazlune ~~1 earthq~ake-induc~d
inusldat~on}
• ~~5c~5s the h~zatds reiated to ~ ~na~or regional ~arti~gua.~Ce DeSCri~e eart~qllake interi5ity at the
e~stjng ~ite an~ the reZocadon sit~ and the lik~ly effects ~f grc~und s~.ak~ng ari~ ~~Yter seconda~~
e~Fects of an earthquake
• Revaew and summarrze measures proposed b~ the a~aplicant to address geologic and seismic
c0i'LStr~lntsl~a.~ards at ihe ptC~,~eci Site, (~f ava~labl~~.
* Tdenn~y xneasures a~+ailal~X~. to m~t~gate any advezse geologic unpacts ~dentified.
Air Quaiity
• Bnefly re~°-ew 1aca1. and r~gian~ clima~e, meteQrc~togy, ar-d topogra~phy as t]3e~~ ~ffect rhe
a~:ctunu~at~on or d~spersa~. ~f azr ~uuta~st~.
~ Ident~~y federal, state, and iocal regulatc~ry a~enci~s responslble for air quality znana~em~t,
ar~d b*~efl3• su.~zr~ari~e pert~nent fe~erai, statn. snd lacal ~r quatity pelicfes, r~gu~~t~or~s, and
stas~dards as they pertain to the pmpo~ed pra~ect
• 5~n~arizc curr~nt a1r n~altty conditians a~~ recent trenas ~ast thr~ years) in the proje~t
~~e~ ~~ thP basis ~f the ~unuai aZr qu~lity mv~7~[oring c~at~ su.m~n~x~5 published by the Ai.r
Res~urces ~oa.r~.
+ i~sc~ss S~uth Ccrast Air f~u~alit~~ IV~anagement Di~tryct (SCAQ?VID) ~ro,~ect~ons c~f future air
~ual~ty treriflS ov~r th~ life of the prna~t a5 presen~~l zn the most ~ent Air (~u~€y
~anagement ~.art (AQIvJ~}, and *he assumptions ~pan arhich ~rcu praagctzons are ba~ed
Idtint~fy any ~ol~c~es or go~ls emb~~d xn the AQ~~ tl~ai wouid apply t~ th~ prapas¢d
p:~a ject.
• Identiiy any a~f ~o~l~tar~t-sens~itve larid uses or achvahe~ ~n the vicirv.ty o~ the proje~t, €~r
alor~g roads providm,~ a~ce~s to ihe project site
+ I3e~cn~e t~e AQ~D's air qual~ty tmpact th~eshoid~ far new deVelopm~ntS an~ its t~5i5 f~r
mea~zres af sigtu~icant impac~s
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Rttachment A° Tasks Assoc~acred ~1'ith Er~virarrrP~entarl lssues
• Discuss, at an appropr~ate level af detail, rhe potentiai f~r short-term emassior~s of criter~a a~ir
go.~i.urants (tttose fvr v~•kt;~tt Ehe U S EPA has esta~lis?zed atnbtent ~ir q~~12ty stanc~ards}
gener~ted by ccros~ruct;on acuvi~es t~ contnhute to vit~l~ons of ~tate atad fed~ral atr c~uality
standards.
i Dss~u~~, a~ an a~Ympnate level a,nd detai~, tlie ~atent~~3 for sf~ort-~erm emi~sf~ns and crit~ri~
~ir pr~llutar~ts gener~ted by any demolit~vn of e~rstin~ faci~ti~s (~e pate~tial for a~rborne
r~~e~,se ~f tr~xic nnatenais (e.g, asbestc~s] during de~no~~iat~ vf eusnr~g i~r~spital faciI~ties wi~
be ~sscussed ir~ the h;ealth and saf~ty analysas }
• Qn th~ basis ~?f the p%ect ~escrip~on and pubhshed state a~~1 federai emission #aetc~r~ far
mohiie sources, p~e~~te an a,i~-uaI ~~vet~ioTy C~f cnteria a1t' pol,ivt~lt emi55ions fA[' ~~h
~iiezx~&tive. The in~+~tories wili iu~c~ude em~ssions from the Hospit2~1's veh~cular iraffic ~rid
~perat~on~ (space [~eatisig, ~tc.).
- On the bas~s vf the *.raffic study, calculate exl5ting, future base ca5e (i.~., with~ut the pro~~;ct),
and ~uture for each alt~rnati~e anabient c~ncentrationc ~' c;arbc~n mr,~o~cide at r~adsxde using
~nL1NE4 ~t tt1i'~~ Df the rnOSt C01]~~5ted intersfx;tl4i1S it~ Ehe ~rOjeCt ~~~, tO d~ternlitlB
;~rl~ether t~e pro~e~t wpuld con~~te ~~ fiicure ~io.lat~ons ~f the one-hour or eight-hour st~;e
vi federal carbon monoxide st~r-d~rds
• D~scu}s the pot~nual f~r air gallutant e~~ssior~s frarn development in the praject area ~r
rzlated a~:.tivxtaes t~ ad~•ersely a~fect sensitive land use3 ~x activiti~~, or to impede attainm~nt
of si~te ~r fe~eral a~r qua~ty goal~ Discuss car~ormance of the prnject w~~h the A(~?vJP, ar:~
c~etermi~ne whether i€~ennfied a~r qual.ity impacta woult~ tz-eet any A~:~ZD tests af
sigaufic~ce.
•~valuate, at an equal ~eve~ of det~ii, ths pot.entza~l air c~al~t~ tcnpacts of up to fvur f4~
altemat~v~s to eACh F]~tase, and campa~ the ~mpaera af each al.t~matiVe.
~ Usui~ the ~~A, ident~fy ~ulative d~vel.c~~rnent ~rt #ne ~rea (i.e.. devel~pz~~nt that ls under
form~l. c~rsic~erati~r~, has been apprv~ed, ar ~s ~nder construc.~t~rnz, and does not yet
~c,ntribute to e~~s~ng mvtor velvcle tra,f~ic volu~es} and rl,sc~ss the poternal. for curn~ala~se
ci~~~~~pz~eent to a~lverseiy a~"rect aur quality c~r impede att~inm°nt ~f a~r quafity goals.
• Y~enti~y pr~.cucal, f~asit~l~ and clear measur~ ta m:tigate the adves3e ittlpacts ~t,'~e ~r~ject
or~ a~r s~a~ity rhat ~ze ~der~t2~ec~ ~n the an~y~~s, the e-ntttie~ that v~~o~d ~7e r~Sp~ir~s~b).e fcrr
i~posrn~ a.-~d carr~ng cut the m~ta~atlcan measures, ~d t~e per~~rmanee standards or
ac~.~nt~~s rieces3ary~ upoc wt~ch ma~gau~n co~p~.i~ce can t~e assessed F~rvact~ r~zea,sur4.
cl~sc~iss get~erally wheth~r the mitifiat~~in ~e~.sure wcru.ld, by itsc~f nr in c,~nceirt with ather
pz~aposer! measur~ s ident~fie~ ~r~ t~tas ar~aly~cs, ful~y c~r parti~.ty miti~ate the impa.ct it
adcire~ses. xV[itigan~n measures wi~, be develvped ~n consultatlon w~th th.e ~esd agency and
res~nsi~e agencies as appmpri~
Noise
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Arrachment A: xasks As~ociated With EMViranmentai lssues
• Brie~.y suinmar:ze ~ate ar~d loca! n~ise pvlicies, regu~ations, and standards as they~ pertair~ to
the pr~posed ptaject
• Idemifi,r any n~ise-ser~trve land uses ~r activiues zn the vicuvry of the project site, or along
raads ~r+ov~dit~g access to t~e pro~ect sat~, that vvould be ~ffeeTe[# by d~velopznent uf th~
~rapt~sad pmject
• Discnss the ~oter~tial for on-sste constrt~wilOn act~vit~es to s~ffe~t r~earby residen~es and vthe~
sen~tt~~e raceptors '~"his ci~sc~ss'zon vv~ll be bas°~i up~n proposed umstruc~ian a~tiv-t~ies and
schedul2ng info~nahan provxde~ by ihe p%~ct spunsor Othenti~ise, this discus~ion wilI be
based u~on ~eak nr~ise levels generated by~ an as~um~d standard mix of cc~nsm~ct~oz~
e~~,~ipment and act%vities
• ~.;5~i1~ thB P~C~21'11 I~~~hw~~ `~t'3.ffiC Ni71S~ P~'e[~,lCL1Or1 iVIOd~~ ~'IWA-1~-'7-~0~), calcuta~
e~ st~n~, ru~re bas~ case (i.e , wit~aut the ~r+~ject), ~nrt fut~.~t~ for ea~h dqvel~pment sc~t~a.~io
rr~adS.de r,o~se 1eveLs a1.o~ng up tr~ two road segmet',ts [h~t v,;~uld be affeeted b~ ~riotot Vehicle
uaffi~. generat~d by t~'~e each development sceras~~, t~ det~rm:n~ whether project ~ehi~z~ia.~
u~c wo~il.d adverse7.y affect adjacent'Land uses
• Discu~s tt~e ~tent~a~ ~'ar nc~se frara the pz~a~ect aru~ ~lated acbv~~es t~ adkerselp affect
sensitive 1~nd uses c~~ acnvl~ies, C~ t0 C[]i1~iGi i~Vith eSta~3liShEd il~-]S~ GOmp~tiblliCj~ S~aTlCl~rti5,
Aiscuss corsformancs wxth rhe C~ty o~f ~anta ~~o~uca's General P~an Noise ~lerr~ent
sian~darcLs.
• Evaluate, at an e~ua~ ~evea ~f ~etai~, the potent~al n~ise ir~~aact~ vf ~p ta fwr (4) altemative5
ta eat,h ~ha~e, and compare the i~m~a~~ ~f eac~i a~temative
• Using the ~t+IEA, identiiy cuz~xu~la~i~e devel€~pment in the pro~ect area (3 e, develaprnent that
~s under far~a~ uons~derat~on. has been a~proved, ar is under constn:ction, and does not yet
contnbute tb exisan,~ mvt~r veluciw traf~ic vo~.umes) ~nd +c,~~'scuss th,e potenEisl for cumr.~~~~.~e
@evelopment t~ ~dversely ;if'fect nc+1s~-~ens~ti~:e land uses o~' achv~ties.
~ I~~nrafy pt~actica~, fe~tiibl~ :it~d C~eaz' measares t~ mitigat~ ~he a.averse ampacGS a~ zhe pr~ject
on noise ~hat a:t~ id~nr~ied ~,n th~ u~?pact s~~ctivn, the en~t~es that wc~uid be respons~ble far
unposm~ and carrym~ out the mirigai~on measure, and th~ performance stan.dards nr
act~vi~es ~.ecessa~~ ugan wt~~h s~iti~asion com~l~ance ca~ra be assessed. Far eae~ me~sure,
drsGUSS ~en~rally vvhexh~r the r~firigaGan meas-~re waul.d, ~y itself or ~xl trnn: ert w~th otf~~r
_n.~sed m~res ider~t3.~e~ ~n tt~s ~aly~sis, ~iil]y ospaart~~lly ~c-atigate th~;tt~7pact it
ad~re~ses Mingaac~n measures vv~~ be develcpti~ m ccrosultatic~n wrJt the l.ead agency and
r~sp~ns'sble agencies as a~roprciate
Light and GlsrelShado~
• D~scuss the exis~ng sourc~s of ~ight a.*ad ~J,are in the ~r~~~~~C are~
•~nalyze~ an.d descn~e tt~e potential ~~crea5~ u7 I~k~t ~d glar~ assactated with the proposzci ~rcgect
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Atutchment A: Tasks Assocfaced ~Vtth Environmenaal lssues
•~repare atx anaiysis of shade artd shadow effects from each altemati~e. 'I'he shadow d~agratxxs will
sha~' r~w sfa~dow cre~ted by #he pm3ect in tt7e morr-ing, nvon, ~nd ~te:3toon for wiunter salsnCe
(i]ecember 21)
'~~PP"~~nat~, id~nt~fy me~su~s t~ m~ttgate p~ten#aa1 adverse l~ght ar~d ~lare/shticlovti e~e~is o~t~e
pro.~ect.
R~sk c~F L'psetfHurnat~ H~al#h
~ Br~efly su~nmanze app,Ueable federal, ~tate. :~rld lOc~l haZardc~us material. handlirig and haaardous
w~ste regu~at~ans as they ~ertain ~ia conditions expected at the hospital Typ~s ~f matenals and
wdSteS Col~StdeTe~ h~z~d0~ls will t~ ~efl7ned.
~ Brt~fly descrit~e r~•~rker s~fet4 requir~ent~ app]~cabl~ tc~ the praj~ct., such as training requirements
and rhe specificat~orrs af Cal~farnia and Pederal OSHA.
- Revt~w any ava~able heatth rzsk assessr~ent prepared for the ca~gus to d~termix~e whether it
prvvldes an approprlate and defe~~ible t~asls ~vi ttlis ~roject.
• Generally ~troduc,e the cancept of fume h~od ~perations ~nd caxises fcr laboratory t,uxie hraor~
em~ssa~ar~, Descn~ ihe ~ener~i c~tegoi~es ~f TA~ erntssio~s expected froil~ t~3e prc~p(~Sed projeCt.
* Ert~#~y descr~be ex~st~~rtg act~vities that ct~rrerztl~ r~5u~t ir TA~ emissis~ns Descn~xe ava~~l.e data
a~vut research laboratvey emissicns auxd det~.il pm~re~s ~.n AB 2588 (.,tv~c hnt ~ats'") emissic~ns
12lv$riLOTj' j?FQCeSS.
+ Desc~ibe air ~n~is~~ons c~rirol [leyzces, ~f any, ~~7~3]1C~~ Ii3 ~~ ~E5 4~ ~LidlE ~]Ad(~ ~Ilai557[?i1S ~1~~
w~uld be gez~e:~ated by the projec~. Note that pemnits 2ixe nat reqnar~d it~r laboratory ~ame hood~ ~nd
cc~nfia-'m t.~us wi.th the AQ1viI7 Aescnbe any eff~rt.s (such as t~azardous was~e minimizaxton pl.an
imp~emer~tation) ~at could r~ducz T~~ emissions.
• I~escnbe the chffere~c: between "far-fi~Id" area and the "near-f~e~d" area Introduce the cvncept ~~f'
ASHR4E ca~culat~ans ~ase~l cm the chemical ~ve~ta~y And sts us~ x~n ~valuatian of the potential for
T~C-re~ated humat~ h~th imgact~ ~r- t~e near-~ieid area
+ On the basis af i~~ortnatavn provided ~y [,~e sponsor, deS~~la~ CU~7'ent a.~d a11E~C1gat~d futiuie hOS~ltal
hazardou~ w~sLe gener3tion, ~u~rez~t ha~ard0u5 v4~aste manag~'ie,~t prucedures. az?d potentially
haza~dou~ ~nstaIiauons at the currer.fi #~ospit~, su~h as ~+IRIs. and i~rradiafc-rs for cancer #re~tmen~.
• 4~ th~ baszs af docunaentauon c~t~tained f~ra-~ the hosptta,~ and intsrview wlCh the hospitaY safety
c~F'icer, ctiscuss h;~pitaF p~lic~es ar~d ~roeedures ror ~nanagement of t~azard~us mat.~r~als ta pramot~
the h~th and safety ~f gersorinel Contact Cal-[7SFiA, the ~ounty ~r~r~ront~ent,~.l. health deg~ne~t,
the Ca~fornua Y~partmenf ~f Hea~t~ Services Ra~a~agic ilealth Brar~ch, and Cai-EP,A ta det~raiau~e
the hospital'S he~lth atld 3af~ty r~gtilato~'y Gc~lnplzance PEGc~rc3. DesCnbe th~ has}ait~l's }~52OS'~' s7~
regu~at~ry campl~ance
• Vis~[ a~~ y~Sually 1i~speci the ~rojeet site to ident~fy any ev~dent sign~ of ~on~inatic~n ar pc~ten~aal
sources af cantaoaina~on As regu~red by law, retiew the Hazardot~s Waste Substttn~~r ~~d .Sites
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Actacirme+~t ~: ~ask~ Associate~d Wrth Environrr~ntai l,r,~ues
Lisr {Co~~se L~st) to deter~tine whether any parcel w~ttun the stadv area is an the list. ~n addinon,
cond~.~c~ ~n env~~runental ~t~~a~e searct: and review of relevant st~te a~td fcderal regx~la~~ry agency
rec~ards ~n sites in tla.e study area ar~d its v~ci.nity to [letermine soil and groundv~rater contamxnahnn
rhat may unpact the ~ro~ect slte. [3~ the bas~c of ava;lab~~ ~nfnrrn~t~on, descnb~ ~ast acrir~~t~es that
cau~Id have produced soil ~ontaminat~on at khe ~its, identafy ar.d discuss lcrtc~~n contaminatian of sail
or grc~utdwater at the pro~ect site and in c,tte lntmeri~~ vic%r~ity ~f eacY~ site
- D~scuss the g~n~ra~ p~s~1bilit~+ a~dvcatin~ a~~estosycontacn~ng matenals arjd/or ~C~-c~t~ung
m~tBi'1~5 ln buildirig5 t~ be dettlO~iShed Ia~ntizy the pat~ncia3 risk of expa~ure of constsuction
work~rs and aci~acent recepto~s to th~s~ matier.als d~tiz~g rewov~.
• E~n rhe i~asis ~f ~3ata xo be provided by the hospital, desc~be any exisring underarau.*~d an~3/c~r
aboregr~u~d stc~rage tan~:~ aL the hospttal site. T~scnbe the Yustary of lea~cs, if a.~y, ~f th~e tank.~.
In addtuan, r~view re~rds four~d in the e~v~~nm~nt~i d~abaSe Se~rc~ to idenufy existir.g stcir~~e
tanks or~ the rem~trt~ portivns af th~ pn ject sire.
= Descnbe types of hazardo~~ materials tn ~e used and haxard~us ~raste to be generated fr~m tl~e
pro~sed hospstai activities VUa~te c[~s~sai methods ~~Il L~e dsscu~sed. EvaXuate i~npac~s o~F th~
hazardous maten~is use and waste genezatian
• ~der~~fy tYtB p~]fBntxal f~7r wUricer. pat~ent, and/c~r v~s~tor he~lth and sa~ety haxards as a re~ult cyf
Mazardous rnater~als use and waste management at the hospital.
* if the prok~sed project wcul~ ~nclude instaUadon ~f an MRI, po~ent~al ~mpacts ~re~at~.d to exposure ~f
Iwspical occupant~ a~ci perscros ad~acesi~ to the hosp~tal t~ rnagr~etic fi~~.d~ fram :~iRIs wil~~ be
~alyzed.
• Descri6e potential impact~ associated w~th r~mcdelir~g or demoliticm a~f ~sbestos-cantairun.~
structures and PCB-c~ntaining buildings Desc~:be the app:.icaG~.e legal requir~ment~ for uys~t~an
ar,d reinoval of asbe~tos pnor to d~malit~o~, and the role of agenc~es (xnc~udeng th~ South ~~~,~t Air
Qua~~ty Manage~ent D~strict} ir~ r~versi~ht a~ such ac.tior~
• ident~fy ~Qtentidl cans~uYts on pra,~e~t p1ar,~in~ relatecl to sosl nr grc~undwat~r contaminat#c~r (rf an},
~x~sts or m~y e~z~t) Discuss the poten~ia~ far s~te work~r~ dsri~g project ~xc~vat~an and
~~nstruc~.~n tc~ be exp~sed ttr hazards ass~c~ated with sail ar gr~dwater ~or~[aminati~n (if
identified}.
• T~' ab~ eground a.~~/or undergrnund hazardous rn~terials stoxage ta~nks are prapo~e~i to ~e instal,led ~t
th~ h~spita~., de;c:~be regvlatory ~vers~ght of s~cYz ~~ta.~at~ons an~ resu~tin~ pa~~ent~al for
e;nvirvrtmental urYpacts
• Yate~~al n~ar-field impact;~ ~rom che project's x~~ic ajr emiss~ons yvill t~e descnbed quaiitativ~:l.y-
•~uJ,aiive ~mpa,cts ef pQter~nal ~reased requ~remen~s for d~~po~~. of' haz~rdaus wastes will Le
a.-~Eir~ss~d. `Ih~s a~a?ysis wi11 irt~~ur~e, ff ~tplicab~e, a d,scassicm vf the currertx ta~~-Iev~~ r~3'sc+~c~ve
was~e ~is~~sal cnsts a.f~ec~ng ho~tCals, medical fac~i~ties, and reSearch centers t~uc~ugI~o~ut t~e ~T. S.
• Evaluate, as a.n ec~al lev~1 of deta~, the ~aat~t~a~ ;~sk ~f upset/humary he~lrh imp~cts of up tv
four [4) alternatyves ix~ eaeh P~:ase, and comp~re trie impacts of e~h altemative_
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Arr~chment A; Tasks Assaciated i~Yith En~~iror~~nral lssu~s
. PracK~al and fcasible m~asures ta mitigate adverse impacts will be farmulated, 'Ittie ~ffectiveness of
each ~r~pc~sed ~r:ea~~~r~ ax~d the degree tQ whic.h rhe meas~re would mitigate poten~i~l ulzpacts will ll~
ciiscUSSed.
Pap ul ation/klvusir~g~Socivernnom~i cs
• Ttie existing P'~pula~on, employrnent, 3nd hc-u.si~g w~i:s wit~un the prunary stud~ area wi11
tae d~scussed The papulation of the are~, n-~rtt~ec o~ hou~et~olds, laousshald type and 3ize,
atzd te.r~ure {awn~rlt~nter? will be descrilaed us~n~ available dat~. ~rren# erap~~yment le~els,
m~~or ~nduGtries, and oc~upatiat~ wsL'. be disc~s~ed. G~rrent rent lev~ls a~~ h~usa~g v~lues
w~l be svaluated
~ 8as~d ~n sta~r~ard emp~oy~nent gerierazian factvrs, tkze prvjecr~d employment far v~ch
alter~~ttve will be [l~swu~sed 'I~-e potent~al fnr these ~nplo~~~e~ to result in incr~ase~i
pogulati~ri at~d ~crea.~e fhe de'n~r:d it~C 1iau5in~ (pa~~:ltlat~y ~f:'ordah~e h~usznq) in t~'~e area
wilJ. be ~scussed, and impa~ts on the ivCal housFng tnarket vs~ill be evaluated
• As feasibie and n~cessar5, mrtigat~on m.easures ta reduce c~r e}~minate ~pact~ o~ paqul~ti~n,
e~pxc~y~ent, ar ha.~sin~ w~l~ be ~dent:fied
Land Use
• CUfIdACf ~~~'1C~ u5~ ~nventary and si~e reconnatssanc~ to identify and map cusrent I~d u~es ix-
t~e pro~ect area ~ uncned'zate vicinity. ~vl~ and descn~ all iand ~~es wittun the sxte
vicinzty. Descril3e Gerseral P~ar; ~atd aonxng dessgnati~ns for the ~ite and the area
snrrounding the s~te L•'se t~e ?t~EA when appl~ cab~e for land use analysis.
• I~scr~l~e s1.1 applicable plans, p~I~ckes az~d ab~ecrives of 1aca1, regional and State pub~ic
agencie~ hav~g ,~ur~sdi~~.r. ~ver rhe p%~ec& znclu~ng rhe ex~stin~ Cicy of Santa Mc~c~
Generaf ~lar and 7,oning C>rrlinunc~
• D~scuss the relatyonstup o~ the pm~ect sit~ to de~el~pm~nt plans fr~r ad~a~nt or neartsy are~.s
In cons-kEtation witI~~ the City, idenG~y w~ich ~~~rc~ved at~dEOr foreseeable future
~et~e~.r~~~ent~ cauld have sigz~i~icant cumuladve lar~i use ef~ects in cominnahpn w~th the
PPDpOSed pr4,jeGf
! An~ly~ze ihe potPntial fDr la~'~d use incQmpa~i~ili~es l~tween each altemauve~ and existing
land uses in tt~e vtcinity.
•~yze the c~nsistency ~f each alremat~ve u7t;z appt;eable plans, pa~rcies anct objectzves of
iocal, re~ional ~rtd state agenci~s h~v'~ng ~nSdict~on over the projeCt.
• D~s~vss th~ pvtenhal grawth iz~ducir~g effects of each a~teman~+e cm the v~c~ni-y~ including
effects ~f ~z~cxea~ed emgloym~mt on local h~z,~sing.
• Identify and a~lcue5s i~sues of publi~ contrc~versy an~ concem ta the Santa Man~i,a
Cornmunity ar7t4 s~rnaunding ~eighborf~ood
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~4ttachment A: TQSks Associated fh't#h Enviro~menl~I Iss~~es
+ }LS appxq~riat8, identi~y measures ta miugat~ p~tential$dverse effects.
'~`anspor#atian
~xist~ng Conditians
A t~tal of 4C intersti~t€ons tiv~ be ~alyxed as part of rhe Saint John's H~spita~ EIR. All of the
zntrrsect~r~ns are inc~uded ~n the M~R, therefore no new n~fic cc;~ts vvill t~ nee~ec~ The Gfty o~
Santa Monica trathe uzapacC stt~dy g~ldel.ines w~ll f~e fal~o~ed as the bas~s af the sCUd~ z~ethtrdalo~Y
Yer the Cit~.~s gu~del~nes, ttte kiCM delay 3~ased methodnlogy wiJl be useci to me~,sure extst~~g
intersecti~n ~~eratu~g cor~di~ons u~ te~us vf del~y, v4l.um%aPa~ity rat~o artd le~el o~ servi~~ d~ring
both ~ ar~.d PTv~ ~eak hoar~, As discussed above, MMA has all of the required co~anr~ in-Y~~~~~e
ftOm our work ar1;,h~ Ci~ulaban and ~ar~c~n~ St~dy fnr trle Clty of 5anta Mon~c,a Mastec
~nvirr~r~mez~tat A~~e~~mz~t Update. MMA wilt uti~~.e F~e Tt~.4~'~ softwa~ p~.c~a:ge t~ develop ~
ft~cu~ed carnput~r tr~'ic ~m~act a~alysis c~f t~e s~d3 area.
T~xe C~ty of ~anta Moruc~ c~t3rwsde traffic m~el d~veloped by Meyer, ~ohacides As~~Ciat~~ wil~ ~+e
advpte~ as the base model ~or the ar~alysis. Iv~Iv~A will c,i$torni~e the m~l in-house tc~ address ihe
~ra~ect's ur~ique zssues arjd requiremen#~ s~ch as pro,Ject ~rip ger~eratiart at~d trip ~is-tritnition. For
example, the cumnlarive tr.ip ger.et~tion tc~t~l vf the ~rc~ject ~tay be kes~ thari a grot~g of sim~tar st~nd-
alane projects in anat~'~er area deie t1~e znteracuan of tri~s between on-campus uses A v-~ritter~
s[un~nary ~f local Coa[lw~y geometncs, transic serv;ces and o~er transpvrtation sy~r~~a cnn~itfons
wiii be prepared ~n GE~A fanmai based on the MEA database
Future Nc~ Pro~ect C.onditioz~s
`.~he cztywid~ traf~sc madeJ ~e4ela~d and updated hy M1lZA is the ap~zopziate ~urce ~ bui~d rhe
pro~ect unpact analys~s ~prm That da#a is mad~ ava~lable tc~ t'~e pvblzc to ~ro~ide uniform exzst~ng
azld cumnlative bas~ ~rafFc conditions for all su~sequ.ex-t,~m~ect-levei studies such as the S~nt Jahn's
Pro~~ct S~dy F~uture pre-pro~ect ~tersec~.vn v~lusnes at~d 1eve~s o~ serv~ce will be takex~ direCtly
fror.z ~te ~esUlts of the ~A analySis, therefare, no further technic.~l work will L~e requ~r~~ for t~us
task.
Estimate '~`rip Ge~eratior~
Due tt~ the unique z~a~are of rl~ pro~ect and the nee.d fo: ~: cur~te trjg g~n~rat~a~ forecascs. ~~vi A will
eva~uate the gvten~a] n~ed te ad,~ust the ~tancfa:t~ YTE tx-rp ~enera~a~n rates fm~n studie~ c~o~ at
si~m~ar lanci uses ~v1~A ~as a great de~ of ir.~o~.na~~an regardyng pre-~arthc~uake employee ar:d
visitor *.rip patterns at Sa~rit ]oh~:'s Wl~ich u~e will }5e able to ~rawn an fr~r the study. Ba~ed c~n that
data as ~vell ~ ovr experienc~ at ~th~s fi0s~ztal ,.~t~s (we are canducted tw~ si~,ilar st~~3ies for I~aiser
Ferrnanente}, N~a4 w~Il recommand a s~t of ad~u~ted tr~p rate~ f~X use in the study. i~ adjusteci rates
are fcaund tc~ 6e appropr~ate. We wilI cac~rdinate th~s ta~k ~~fth the Citv arzd will use~ adjusted rates
only if appr~verl by staf£ ~
~'has~ng Ar-slysz~
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Aitachm~nt A: Tasks AsSVCiuted W~th Envtror~r~entc~11s5ue5
The rmpacrs af thc project wi~. be assessed izl twa p~ascs accarding to the phasxng descr~ptivn
~rovicied m the proposed deve~opt~tent agr~ment artd a5 cle5igraat2d by Ci€y st~ff. The first p~as~
wi1~ include detailec~ assessment ~f the pro~eet and potenti~l al.ternati~+es (per CE~A ~n~€1 iVEFt1
r~qt~iren~ents;: r~te secvn~ ~hase u=iIl be 1~roken down ~to a maximuam c~f fc~uur alt~m~~v~s. 'C'~e
alternatives will ~e at~.a~yzed at aYt ~yuai leve~ o~ detail, includang fuii ana~y sis ~f ir-terse~t~c~n rmpac`w~
for each. altemari~e It is our understanding rhat the alternatives coul~ include d'afferent Ia~nd use
ty~s, a~catrr,ns ~n-s~te and b~i~ding ~ize.
~ro~ect inipact~
Pr~~ect-relate~ ~ra~ps will be a,s~cigneri tc~ the roadway netwar~c and funare volume~capacity ~atios and
1~1~I Of 5eavi~B w~ ~ie deternlliled ~0~'t~:~ pi",3~ECt 8~rez. Fro~}ect unpacts will b~ ~ghltghCed ~n tri~
~"Etf[ €~ept~rC aased t~_r. t~le City oY ~ti~tt~ M~~Ga S tr~tufi~Ance criteria. Re~~onal rtnpacts will ~e
r~eparked as incz~ea.~d trafFic v~lumes ~ the~ re.~1or~a1 arterial system in v1c,~i~uty af tt-e project (l~outes
~ fLixtcv~ B~1.evar~d a~~ Pa~ci~c Coast HighwayF, 2[~ar~ta Moruca Bc~uieva~dj and Tnt~rs~at~ ~~}
Ih~ proaeet i~pact anaiysis will be separaced sz~to standaird imp~ct~ and ne~ghb~rh+nod ~n.pac~~
5rte C~r~u~ation anci Access
• NaMA s~aff unJl conduct ar EFR je~~l revi~w r~f the s~te g~an and access p~an ~rid ccux-m~nt Qn the
adzquacy v~ acc~ss lo~a~'ior~s, parlung laYout axui athcr site ~rcutatic~n characteris#~cs. Gompliar,ce
v171t~1 C1C}' CO[j~ tnC~~dulg IO~lIi~. C~I~1~7~.Ct, T8t1~~1]] all~ Yi$i1C~IC~3~C~ 5~S8C~S $TlC~ 2!]~ 1?1'J~705~5
att~rulant ~aricir~ will 6e c~i~cvs~ed. Recotnn.aenda~ic~~s ~-ill l~e made, if appropriate, rega~~n~g
~mprcwetnEnts wluch rnay be ne~e~sary ~ci the cireulation plans.
Parkirtg At~ta~ysis
I~Ieyer, I~soh~ddes Associa~s ~omp~eted ~ c~mpr~hens~tJe pre-e~rthquake pa.~ng demand study c~`
the Caanpus, and ~t is out understat'-ding that another study ~s ur-derv~ay by 5aint rohn's. The ~arku:g
analys~s c~mpleted by Meyer, Mohaddes Ass~cjates vtd the re~ults ~f t~xe an-ga~ steciie~ wi11 be
used as tlae startutg paint f~r the ElR parking artalysis Although a great deai c~f c~etaited r~-sea~h
was conduckec~, the first step will ~e to review ihe da~a and me~hodvio~y in detail wit~ the City ~o
tl~at sta~f are cvznp~et~ly f~mi~iar w~th the a~rprr~~.cn taken. ~Te~r, we w~Il ~scuss ~a~s~ble
n~aaif cations ~a t~ne methodvlvg; , if deetried ~ro~riate by st~ ~o~lvwing the rer~ew ~ssen~ially~.
we wtll use the corn~rehensive database alxeady collected, but reformat the i~'ram~ntion as r-eeded to
z~eet GE{~F_ guidelines ~f ~t is determlrted tCt be ~Aprapri~te, r.~~e wiIl cc~ndu~t additi~nal empirica~
research such~ as ~~dates crf ~ark~r~ susv~ys or employee ~afarrt~~tion We ,~emair~ open to m~difyartg
the e~lsnng study as ~,~ed t[~ nze~ the ~ity's cnteria F~r pur~r,sse~ a~ hudgetir.g this pr~]posal, we
have assx~rEe~ ;.tiat na new research Qr Surve~~s ~vi~. }~e reqvired, ~c~stead, the existing data vrill be used
and reformaxteci and ~resen~d ~r ~iry guidel~ne~
M~~.~atipn M~asures
~tec~mmended mit~~at~an measures wil~ be develo~ed far a1l zntersecnon lacalaans w~th id~nt~~ied
~zgn~'}cant ux~pact~ due to t~e pr~j~ct ~s well as agp~~cahle Iacattr~r~s uhere ac~vetse, but r.ot
s~~rufic~r ir~~ac~s ase f~recasi hieas~res w~ be descr~bed an the text an~ tbe ~c}cari~n rr~ ~e
izripmvemetlts wi~ be disglaye@ o~€ a graptuc MMA will c~~~atn any scale plans which are available
irom t~e G~ty for th~ in~e~ectians which re~uire mirigation tv ciet~rinine the feasib~Iit~r o~ patential
~mprnve~ez:ts. Based an co~rdination wi~ tt~e Gzt~ TrafiE`ic Eng~neer, w~ wi11 avvid
1~I17l1996 15:34 21393412~9 ESA LOS ANGELES PAGE 11
Aitachment ~: Tasks Assoaateat W~th Enviro~mental lssues
t'~cc~m~meCUl~tion ~f ine.~sureS whi~h are infe~si6le $ue tp r~ghi•O~ way C01~LCaintS, funding or othcr
reasons,
A.~terriatives Analys~s
~R~ wrll couz~~ete a I~'fi~"'!~-~eve2 alternatives ar:~,ys,s for ~ tot~ af fou~r pr~~e~t ~iternatives 'Tt~e
alternaxives analys~s ~'~JJ inciude d~tai~ed v~lut~lefcapac~t~~ an~ ~ev~l caf service e.>timat~ons u~ith
tables cc~m~aring it t0 the pr0~ect The ~arne Ie~~I of deta~. f(~r ~11 altemat~ve5 wi~~ ts~ ptOVt~ed
tt1~'OU~I?~ut ih~ anal}~5is ar~d re~ort, ~er I~'FF'A g~:idelines.
~ra,ft Report, Fu~al Rep~rt and Response rm ~omme~ts
A screenche~k cira~ repart will be su~m~tted f~r rer+~ew ~y the ]eatl envirc~ntnen•ual cnnsultant ancl
~~ty sta~Z MMA wsit respo.nd t~ eommen~ ~b~itr.ed 6y the City a,nd ESA vn the screenchec~ drai~
rep~rt ~r~tt ir~c.c~rpvrate ~hanges iz~io the final dra.~t r~port. Ttt~ bud~et estia~ate assc~ciated w7t1'- this
~rop~sa] ~cludes o~le screencheci~ draft t'~po~ an~ ~ne draft re~ort. :~ddi~ional rt~rarior-s a~ t~'~e
;~p~~t# wtuch are necessitated by ~h~ges to the FroJect des~ripc~c,m, changes ir~ m~thodolo~y ar other
fa~,toss beyond our cc~ntrol ;~ill completed c~n a~ime and anateriats ~asis over ar~d ab~~e the cos~s
ou~luied ui M~A's budge~. '~'Vr`sEters respanses ~u pub~~c ~mments w~ll be developed follnwing
closure of the public .~~v~ew ~enod A total of i5 hours staf~ Cime have 1~en a~~w~a~d for prepar'atipi~
c+f 1~SpOnSe to CitirrEme~~g.
Meeti~gs
•~~II~iA attendarxce at a t~tal cf tht~e public mtet~n~s ~uring the ~aurse o~ tI~-~ ~tudy hav~ iaeen
a5sumed f~r ~udgeti_rag pur~oses. Add~itiot~ ineetings wi]l t~ att~nded tay MMA staff ~ri ~[~.n'ie-and-
matena3s bas~s aver-and-a~aVe ~e bu~iget associated with ~tus ~+roposal
Fublic Se~'~~ceS gn~ F~Cil~tie5
Poltce Fm[ection
• Us~ng the MEA, tr~~ locadon ~f Falice Depz~ient st.ation eurt~ntly ~ervin~ the project area
will t~ ide~~i~i~d
• Us~ tYre MEA, the nwnb~~ of u~uts thax z~e~larly p~trol the area and th~ resp~onse titne f~r a
s~rvice e~ll t~ t~e ~~~ect sit~ wiU. be cletermut~d ~;~ the b~sis of P~Iice Aepar~nent
uifor~~~~
• The dea~~tid for po~zca protection serv~ces associated r~ith eac1~ a~ternativ~ will be estunatec~
•~anent~al public safety vr security p~obl.ems and em¢r~e~xcy access concerns wil~ t~e
described.
•'~1~e r~eed for ac3datiaral per~onn~ arequ1pxoent ta adequately serve the project ar~a wiIl ~e
derermtned. Pot~nnal costs for suc[~ ~~rvi~ expans~~n w~llt~ discu~sed an the basis ~~
~nforma6an pro~ld~d 6y the PaI~Ge I~epar~nent
Iaf17f1996 15:34 213q341269 ES~ LOS ANGELES PAGE 12
Aitachment A• Tnsks Associated With Enviro~riental Issues
F~re Pratection
• The Xoca~an, order of respos~se, an~. re~pons~ time of the Fire Aepar~nenC station which
c~rre~tly serves the project are~ will be descn~ed us'st~g the MEA
^ AI]y Ct1fis'~ilt ~71di15 tQ CDIiStIUC~ ri~w f11'g St~tiO[!S ~ 0~7e~ f~i~111C1~5 ~11I ~ d19~U55Pt~.
• The dema~-d for ~i~ pmtectiori services assa~~iated with each atterrsatave w-11 be clisc~sssed.
• Potenrial ~r~ safexy pr~blema, uacl.uding esnergzncy access, wtll b~ discussed ~or eaCh
aiternacive_
+`~'he need f~~ ad~it~onal sta4io[]tS, ~~e~sonnel. c,r ~~uipment {includi~g t~ydran~ ar~d water in
storagej, in orderto adequately serve th.e project wtll tae cieterm5ned Pa~ential costs ~ar;ueh
service ~xpansl~ w~ll ~~ dasc~ssed ar~ tY~e basis c~f uYforma~on ~ro~iried by the Fire
I3ep~netlt.
•~~easures w~#Iev~ate pt~[ent~~.i irilpsct5 c7n fire prUi~~tlpn servi~es w;lj. }~e td~nti~l~d
SchoaLs
• C~rrent enr~.ument and ag~ b~aicd~wn of t~e M~bu-Santa Moraxca Un~fed ~choal Ilistrict
syste~n and tl~e location vf nearL~y school.s witl be d~termin,ed
• ~ny curre~t enm~ent capacinj at thoxe schot~l~ wh~ch ~erve the prc~~ect area wiU be
d~scussed.
• 7~ie deman~s far c~r~v.~r:es,r assoc~ated with each altemauve ~d r.~~ ct~rrent systetr~'s ~biJit~,
to aias~ new studenis will be diseussed.
* The need for addit~~nai sct~c~ols, te~ct]ers and ather pers~ru~el that would 1~e needed in c3rder
ta aciequate~y provide for pro~ected ~emand wi11 be diiscussed.
^ ~n the b~si~ of uLfc~rmat~an to ~be provide~ by th~ Schoa~ Dzstrict, the cvst af ar€y required
1z~aprveemen1ts wi11 Y.~ estimated.
• T13~ cuxrent total acrea.~e Qf parks ui th~ area wjll be determined and the rat~o of psrk aere~g~.
t~ p~ulatioa ~~ill be dascussed
Water Service
• Us~ng khe MEA. saurce~ v~the City's water supl~lY ~~ll be identified
• The capacscy of th~ ea~stLng system tc~ maet ~nc~~ased de~and will be evaluac~rl.
• Usyn~ the'.•viEA, current xt~:f'rastructure servirt,g t.kae project area w~il] l3e desc-ribed.
• Water ~c~nsumpt~on u+~ll E~e estuna[ed ~oz' each alt~rnative
10l1?l1995 15•_4 21393412Ba ESA ~OS ANGELES PAGE 13
~ttachment A, Tasks Associated With L~nvrronmenrai fssues
• proposed ~pro~emeztts atad ~cteases irt Capaciry to the ex.xstin~ wat~r supply network will
be discussed
- Th~ ~rnp~t on the ex~stin~ (azxd arxy pro~sed) water svp~ly netwarli tiviU be d~scussed
Stor~1 ~'~d Sar~tary 5ewers
+ LTsing che MEA, C~e exiSt~ng 5~4~7T1 ~d Sanltary S~wBi'S 3la~raSCilictti3se will bc~ c~eSCn~C3
~tormw~er run~ff a~d sewers ~ the S~cif~c P~an area slte wi1l be described
* The gra~ased starm drauiage and sewage syste~s w~l_t be described a~d dow-nstream imgacts
will ia~ tv~luaiec~ ~rnr ~a~h alternative
.~~~ngaaan measures wl~ich r~du~e unpacts on the ~torrn ~rait~a~e ar~d se~ver s~fstezns w~II he
~d4nti~ied, as fe~s~ble ~r-~ 1~e~ess~y.
~'i~cal
* ~5A w~Li analya~ tha potenttal. ir~cr~ase ~n the costs of prot~id~ng ~ubl~c servlCe~ t~ t4~e
proposed prv~ect
• Th~ addationa~ c~st~ o~pravidir~g ser~Ices tp the sat~ wi1117e pmvided by the ag~ncies ser~~ing
the s-~te
F~sc~ (~p#ion)
Yf ~~R determli~es tha~ a m~`e tn depth analy5is ft~r fi~cal t~~pacis is requ~red, #hen ESA ~rop~ses
the fallawir~g•
• The ~tscal analysis will ~rovide a separaie ex~zni.~nat~on of 1~ ~uai o~eraiing costs, and 2)
{7TlC-~.~r-e (i e_ C~pit31) C05LS. I'he poten~ial. ~isc~? impact the City of Santa Mr~nica will he th~
ma~n fac~s of tt~s analy~~s, !~t impac~s an ot~er d3fferent s4ruice pr€7vider:. (e.g . sc~~.I
dist~cts, etc.~ w~li also Tae considered.
• Ustr~g z~Forrnatzvn ~bta.irt~ from che c3ifferer~r cervice ~rov~ders, ~escrii~ t~e cos~ vf a~~
publi~ serv~ces that are cu~xenly prvvided ta the site
-~i~u~ate the annual ape~~~~~ co~ts f~r pro~idzn~ p~~talsc se~ces ~a the pro~xased
d~~elcpm~ni, b~sed vn S~rviee rieeds at fu~ build~~t cvm~ared witl: e~s[i~g sezv~ce
capac:lpes 'Tttese senrices wz33 i~nclude, fir~ an~. p~1~ce pr~~ctaoz~, schcaols, public wnrks and
gsn~t~^ai ga~~ernnlent~
• Est~ate the on-t~me c~ntal costs of i~cre~sing the phy~~cal ~,apacity o~ service pro~~idats
~ncluCi~rig pOTiC~, fire, schoo~s and pu~lic works
-~Stnnate L~e one-tinae, cap~#al costs of increasutg the physic~ capac~ty af u~il~ty provider~
inc~uds.~g sewer, sol~d wast~, wat~1' ~d StDrm drair.~ge
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Attachrnent A: Tasks Associated With Em~fronmenial lssu~s
• fi~npar~ total casts ta the City o~ Santa Monica and the different service praviders.
~ Ident~~y ~ractical, feas~ta~e mea&u*es ta mitigate asty atlverse fiscal impa~t~ o~ the project
aciclressing each s~c~fnc uapact area (e.g , sc~ools, publ~c worksj.
Recreatian
• T~s~ng the MEA, existtn~ ~acilities and services wil1 be descr~bed.
-'~'he likslihaod of ~eereaticnal ~criv~t~es by ~~nt ]~~xn's emplvyees, vi3itors at~d p~UentS ~~ll
be di~scussed
- Mitiga~ioz~ measurea to allevia~ pmject ~m~ac~s w~il t~e identlfied.
AesfhetiCs
• The existuig ch~racter and urban d~s~n.~f th~ area w~ll t~e generall~~ desc~be~.
+ LJ~ C~ stx (6) pt~atogra~hs ~f tk~.e are~ will ~e ~ncludsd xn t!-ie EIR.
• ~'he ~ro~ec[ plart far each alternaave and its relatycsnsYnp ~o tlxe ex~st~ng t~uildin~s i_n t~-e area
wtll be discussed.
• Visual resQUrces will be descriBed ar~d tY~e pot~nt~a~ effects t~f each alternative ~in vi;ual
rssa~rces identi~~.
• As :fea~ib~e and n~ce~sary, mitiga[ion xn.ea~sUreS #.o red~s+.e :mpa~ts.
Cultut'al Resources
•~ased an the C~ty'fi Histcr~~ Resources 5urvey. histcm~ ~~~ctures ]oca~ed w~th~n tt~e primary study.
area w~Il be id~nu~ed and mapped.
• Existsng s~uctures ~f ~rchitee~rat or hlstaz~c/cul~ral sign~icanee wiClti~t the ~rimary study azea wi11
be de~~~bed, and their s1~fi.cance c~scuss~i. ~ther stru;ture~ th~t ~cntri~ute tc~ tl~e ch~racter ~f the
pr~ject area wzll be ide~ltilied
+ 1~e Master.~2an desEgn ftrr each a~Et~rrati~e w~t be ev~usred w~th r~s~ct ta its car~pati~i~it~ with
lustoza+~ reswrces in the vic~.[uCy af the pri~nary study area.
+ A recQr:is searcM will be conducted tv determir.~ the presenc~ of any ~areviausly recorded
archaeol.~gical or cuit~ral resc~unces within ±he pnmary• ~tudv area
* If nei,GSSar~~, ~d En cpnSultan~r. v~~th City sta,f~, apProPnate mitigation rr,easures to :educe i~.pacts
on ~.ultural and l~st.~ric r~sources ~vil~ be ideribfied.
N~~ghbarhood EffecE~
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Attac7rmeru A: ~'asks;4~sa~sareai'Wath Env~ror~meratal Issues
• Polacles and object~ves u~ the L~d Use Fs7ement a:F the General F~ar~ ~plicahle to the Mid-
~tt~es ne~ghb~nc~~or} wiU be identified.
• ba~.pact~ ~n the ne~~borh~ad in relati~z~ to the pc~]~eies and ob3ectives af the Land L~se
F.~ement wi?t be cies~nbed