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R11115City Council Meeting May 22, 2018 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER t 1 \ 1'5 (CCS) (City Council Series) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA ADOPTING A SEVENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CIVIC CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN THAT WOULD RENAME "CIVIC AUDITORIUM PARK" TO "CIVIC AUDITORIUM PARK AND MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS FIELD"; MAKE MINOR REVISIONS TO DESIGN STANDARDS TO ACCOMMODATE THE MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS FIELD; AND AMEND PARKING POLICY C-5 TO FACILITATE MANAGEMENT AND SHARING OF EXISTING PARKING RESOURCES AS A WHOLE SYSTEM WHEREAS, the Civic Center Specific Plan (CCSP) was adopted in 2005 and included four special use districts: Auditorium, Palisades Garden Walk, Civic Core, and the Village; and WHEREAS, since adoption of the CCSP, the City has diligently pursued and implemented each component of the CCSP; and WHEREAS, the Civic Center Multipurpose Sports Field project ("the Field"), located in the Auditorium Special Use District, has been a component of the CCSP since the CCSP was adopted in 2005; and WHEREAS, the Field is shown near the intersection of 4th Street and Pico Boulevard and adjacent to the Early Childhood Lab School, now under construction, and the Civic Auditorium; and WHEREAS, the CCSP contains numerous references to the "Civic Auditorium Park" and includes illustrations depicting the field with a 100' setback from Pico Boulevard; and WHEREAS, the City Council has taken a series of actions to develop the Field including by authorizing full funding for its design and construction on February 13, 2018: and WHEREAS, in order to ensure that the Field is developed per Council's direction, minor text clarifications are now proposed to (i) explicitly reference the Field in the CCSP; (ii) modify the illustrations in the CCSP to allow for flexibility of the Field design without further amendments to the CCSP; and (iii) clarify text in Parking Policy C-5 of the CCSP to ensure consistency with Council direction to facilitate shared parking uses in the Civic Center Parking Structure and surrounding public parking facilities; and WHEREAS, the proposed amendments to the CCSP ("Proposed CCSP Amendments") are attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by this reference; the Planning Commission held a public hearing on April 18, 2018, to consider the Proposed CCSP Amendments and found that they are consistent with the General Plan as required by Santa Monica Municipal Code section 9.45.130; and WHEREAS, a Seventh Addendum to the Civic Center Specific Plan Final EIR ("Seventh Addendum") has been prepared to analyze the impacts of the Proposed CCSP Amendments; and WHEREAS, because the Proposed CCSP Amendments do not significantly alter the program envisioned in the previously adopted CCSP, the Seventh Addendum concludes 2 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. 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 Proposed CCSP Amendments, attached hereto as Exhibit 1 and incorporated herein by this reference, and Seventh Addendum to the Civic Center Specific Plan Final EIR, and hereby adopts the Proposed CCSP Amendments. SECTION 2. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be in full force and effect. APPROVED AS TO FORM: LANE DILG City Attorney 3 EXHIBIT 1 0 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CIVIC CENTER SPECIFIC PLAN (CCSP) ASSOCIATED WITH THE CIVIC CENTER MULTIPURPOSE SPORTS FIELD PROJECT, MAY 2018 5 a W`M!A"(f 11W..Yt ` XI Yf �`fi(��A Klx 5.1` iil( �., S;�. ,.•Yf 1 pl�+llt 1{�� t, �Iti �l�{�''I*t F�'.;�(RIX; ���5IP �l ) �� ��px(y'Y l fi�. iI l �M7 ia.}t�A"1�zp,ta' ta��xx �t)r7e F rrw°rs d' ;��r�ot✓xs �?.�..�f�ii�,�y���t r" nS.a�iCv� y;ANS. }C/id(2�Si�d�i 3{�����^i'�jf��ais�11J q, x=�,; y2 v�t lwhtY�my}J��j' ✓'z aSv�i �]t��}���ti�'(dU�r` �.G��sw��T.Y1ii�l dei +�d� ii{�Yi�Py r�}�i�' S.''fl�'�E� rt Jk t} 11 ldl d 1� � ✓SOY 3'^5D WY'` �N� d> y4 ' h C 3 tv 3= F t� eN `nv$ x � T vF ��%t,: f+ iY`M f i( ✓-ii- 1 �h IfP 3 Y t� 1 �`f S'Y i 1 ( it ?•il l�'41 ri �� l ih.{ t 4 � �l tV.. �� nx,rdrt�lPWtPdsupsalPd1(h`® COY` eCs��ytrfgtri' ShaPy Pt 7Kr q f i yrvx.� � i hL a „l� =��;R_ .'f h. .A }. l J P •) }=a. i . Revise Table of Contents to include "Parks and Recreation" as a subset of the identified elements of the Civic Center Open Space System. 4 . Provide summary of purpose for 2018 CCSP amendment for the Civic Center Multipurpose Sports Field Project: "MM. 22,2018: Minor gmendments, 1:L are consistent with Council's direction to dev_elo2p the Gi iic Cenfier Multi�ur ose_Spoits Field the City's. emphasis, on managing a existin Larkimc resources as a whole s stem.'° 7 _�,!)jaharjng . Revise Public Open Space Program Illustrative Plan graphic to rename Item 1 "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" and include label on map. 10 . Revise Open Space Plan graphic to rename Item 1 "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field". 13 . Delete clause in 4th bullet "rather than specialized and sin le purpose". 15 . Delete clause in first paragraph "rather than specialized and single purpose". 16 . Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in first full paragraph. 17 . Add term "Recreation" to subheading "Parks". Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in second paragraph. 20 . Rename OS -4 heading "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field". Delete annotation for graphic regarding setback. Delete "and a generous entrance into the park" in annotation regarding bike and pedestrian paths. Delete clause "in order to create a generous entry from the south" in OS -4. 5 a` C . Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and 25 Multipurpose Sports Field" in OS -11. 32 . Revise Parking Policy C-5 to reflect the City's emphasis on managing and sharing existing parking resources in the Civic Center and adjacent districts as part of a whole system: "C-5. Provide sufficient parking to serve the needs of Civic Center activities. Parking within the Civic Center should be programmed to serve the needs and requirements of Civic Center activities. The Civic Center should not be a satellite parking area for other districts, except on a temporary basis (e.g., during the seismic retrofit of the downtown garages). Oeiaucrsely tFie Civ+s E entgct-nat rcy ©H ott�erpar of the-O+fy--tta-meet-iFe-park+ng needsNew commercial and residential development will provide below grade or encapsulated parking on site. Efforts should be made to maximize the effectiveness of public parking facilities through shared use between activities that have differing demands throughout the day (e.g., City Hall, Civic Center Mujfipg1p se Sorts Field, and Civic Auditorium)." 35 . Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in C-11. 36 . Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in C-14. 41 . Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field". 44 . Revise description of Fourth Street to rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field". 48 . Revise first sentence in first paragraph to delete the phrase "major new park" and replace it with the phrase "new park and multipurpose sports field". • Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in second paragraph. Delete two references to "the Park" and replace both with "the Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in second paragraph. 49 . Revise Special Use Districts Illustrative Plan to include label "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field". 51 . Revise Auditorium Special Use District graphic to delete annotation regarding setback Revise Auditorium Special Use District graphic to delete the term " la field" and replace it with "Multipurpose Sports Field". 53 . Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" under heading Early Childhood Center. N ro =�� A Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic AuditoriumL Park and 70 Multipurpose Sports Field" in OS -12 and OS -13. Delete period after "on both" in OS -14. • Revise OS -14 to delete the term "playfield" and replace it with "Multipurpose Sports Field". 81 Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in first bullet point under "Parks and Open Spaces" heading. 82 . Delete 1-23 as it references development of Sears site which is no longer located in the CCSP area [this reference was not deleted during July 2017 amendment to CCSP to modify boundaries consistent with Downtown Community Plan adoption.] • Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in 1-22 and 1-24. . Renumber 1-24 as 1-23. 85 . Rename "Civic Auditorium Park" as "Civic Auditorium Park and Multipurpose Sports Field" in first paragraph. Adopted and approved this 22nd day of May, 2018. Ted Winterer,, Mayor I, Esterlina Lugo, Acting Senior Deputy City Clerk of the City of Santa Monica, do hereby certify that Resolution No. 11115 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the Santa Monica City Council held on the 22nd day of May, 2018', by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers O'Day, Vazquez Mayor Pro Tem Davis, Mayor Winterer NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmembers McKeown, O'Connor, Himmeirich AT Esterlina L for Deputy City Clerk