R10883City Council Meeting June 9, 2015 Santa Monica, California
RESOLUTION NO. ltq (CCS)
(City Council Series)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA
APPROVING THE FIFTH ADDENDUM TO THE CIVIC CENTER SPECIFIC
PLAN EIR, APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIC CENTER SPECIFIC
PLAN THAT WOULD ALLOW AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT AND
SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER,
APPROVING THE PROPOSED DESIGN OF THE EARLY CHILDHOOD
EDUCATION CENTER, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AMENDMENTS TO THE EXISTING
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND SANTA
MONICA COLLEGE AND TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE A GROUND LEASE
FOR THE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER
WHEREAS, the Early Childhood Education Center ( "ECEC") is a planned
component of the Auditorium Special Used District in the Civic Center Specific Plan
( "CCSP "), adopted on June 28, 2005; and
WHEREAS, the CCSP envisions the ECEC as state of the art early
childhood education center operated by Santa Monica Community College District
( "SMC ") that is carefully designed to complement the form and activities of the
Auditorium Special Use District of the CCSP; and
WHEREAS, the CCSP was last amended on June 14, 2011 to modify
certain dimensions of the ECEC design, including setbacks, parking, children drop-
off area, and size of the ECEC building area from 12,500 to 16,000 square feet;
and
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WHEREAS, due to existing utility easements and SMMC's desire to
maximize the utility of the ECEC by increasing the area of the building to include
two teaching classrooms, an increase the number of permitted children from 100 to
110, and the addition of public community meeting space to offer support services
for parents and families, design adjustments are necessary that would result in an
overall increase of the ECEC building area from 16,000 to 20,000 square feet and
an increase in the height of one of the ECEC buildings from 25 feet to 40 feet; and
WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the CCSP ( "Proposed CCSP
Amendments ") are attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by this
reference; and
WHEREAS, a Fifth Addendum to the Civic Center Specific Plan EIR ( "Firth
Addendum ") has been prepared to analyze the impacts of the Proposed CCSP
Amendments; and
WHEREAS, because the Proposed CCSP Amendment are minor
amendments to the previously adopted CCSP, the Fifth Addendum concludes that
the Proposed CCSP Amendments would not generate significant environmental
effects or increase the severity of impacts identified in the 2005 Civic Center
Specific Plan EIR; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a duly noticed public hearing on
May 6, 2015, to consider the Proposed CCSP Amendments and, after due
consideration, recommended approval of the Proposed CCSP Amendments; and
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WHEREAS, the City's commitment to providing a child care facility in the
Civic Center dates back to November 1993 when Council adopted the first CCSP;
and
WHEREAS, the CCSP called for the introduction of child care facilities that
would provide for family daycare, child care, and infant care with priority given to
residents and employees of the Civic Center area; and
WHEREAS, on July 27, 2004, Council adopted a motion directing staff to
explore partnership arrangements with SMC, including the child care center as
included in the CCSP; and
WHEREAS, on October 24, 2000, Council adopted an ordinance approving
a development agreement with the RAND Corporation, which included a $500,000
contribution to the operation of the ECEC for the purpose of promoting affordable,
quality, child care and early childhood development opportunities; and
WHEREAS, in the FY 2006 -07 budget, Council appropriated $1,163,646 in
Redevelopment Agency funding to support design and construction of the ECEC;
and
WHEREAS, as a component of Council's approval of the Redevelopment
Agency's updated available RDA funding and commitments in May 2011, it was
determined that the City funding contribution for the ECEC would come from the
General Fund rather than from redevelopment funding, and a total of $5.563 million
was identified to support the project; and
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WHEREAS, in February 2012, Council approved terms of the MOU between
the City and the Santa Monica Community College District ( "SMC ") for the Early
Childhood Education Center to be developed within the Civic Auditorium Campus;
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WHEREAS, the City is the fee title owner of the land designated as the
ECEC in the CCSP; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with the MOU, City and SMC staff have
negotiated preliminary terms of a ground lease, including, without limitation, a
revised schedule for construction of the ECEC, and specific provisions for preferred
uses of the ECEC; and
WHEREAS, a duly noticed public hearing was held by the City Council on
June 9, 2015 to consider the Proposed CCSP Amendments; and
WHEREAS, notice of the June 9, 2015 public hearing was conducted in
accordance with Santa Monica Municipal Code section 9.04.20.22.050.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA
MONICA DOES HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Council has reviewed and considered the Fifth
Addendum to the CCSP EIR relating to the Proposed CCSP Amendments and
hereby adopts the Fifth Addendum.
SECTION 2. The City Council has reviewed and considered all of the
information presented at the June 9, 2015 public hearing, reviewed and considered
Proposed CCSP Amendments, and hereby approves the Proposed CCSP
Amendments attached hereto as Exhibit 1
SECTION 3. The City Council has reviewed and hereby approved the
proposed design of the ECEC project, as such design was presented at the June 9,
2015 public hearing.
SECTION 4. The City Manager is hereby authorized to negotiate and
execute amendments to the existing Memorandum of Understanding between the
City and SMC to reflect the revised design and construction schedule for the ECEC
and the revised understanding of the City and SMC that a development agreement
is not required for development of the ECEC site.
SECTION 5. The City Manager is hereby authorized to negotiate and
execute a ground lease with SMC, incorporating the ground lease terms submitted
for consideration at the June 9, 2015 public hearing as well as those terms included
as part of the motion adopted by the Councilmembers at the June 9, 2015 public
hearing, and is authorized to take all implementing actions to effectuate the
execution and implementation of such ground lease.
M HA OUTRh
City Attor e
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Exhibit 1: Proposed Amendments to CCSP Sections (Early Childhood Center)
Pages 6, 20, and 52
Dimensions accompanying all pictorial illustrations of the ECEC shall be
superseded by the dimensional amendments herein.
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Revise Line 2 of the table to read:
Early Childhood Center: Existing: 0; Allowable New: 16,000 20,000; Total
Program Yield: 16- ,000 20,000
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Early Childhood Center
Provision of an early childhood education center within the Civic Center has been
a longstanding goal of the City. The facility accommodates up to 489 110 pre-
school children including infants and toddlers, and includes classroom and
observation facilities for parenting workshops and early childhood research and
development. The Specific Plan provides for this facility within the Civic
Auditorium Park, a location that is conveniently situated in close proximity to
employees at City Hall, the RAND headquarters building, and the County Courts,
as well as to nearby residents within the Village. Specific standards related to the
design of this facility are as follows:
AD -11. The Early Childhood Center shall not exceed 46- ;000- 20,000 square feet
in area.
AD -13. A children's play area of at least 10,000 square feet (.GT 100 square feet
per child) based on the maximum number of children to be licensed shall be
provided in a manner that faces the park, providing quality open space for the
center's children while minimizing noise impacts on the County Courthouse.
AD -14. The childcare buildings shall not exceed 25 feet in height. The
Administration and Teaching Building located on the east side of the project
along the 4` Street frontage, shall not exceed 40' in height.
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Community Facilities
• The restoration of the historic City Hall and its central courtyard.
• The development of a City Services Building of up to 40,000 square feet to
meet the needs of the public.
• The replacement of the existing East Wing of the Civic Auditorium with up to
20,000 net new square feet of community, cultural and educational uses.
The development of an Early Childhood Center of up to 16,000 20,000 square
feet with an adjoining play area within the Civic Auditorium Park.
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Adopted and approved this 9th day of June, 2015.
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Kevin McKeown, Mayor
I, Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution No. 10883 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa
Monica City Council held on the 9th day of June, 2015, by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Davis, Himmelrich, O'Day,
Mayor McKeown, Mayor Pro Tern Vazquez
NOES: Councilmember: None
ABSENT: Councilmember: O'Connor, Winterer
ATTEST:
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Sarah P. Gorman, City Clerk