CF 16-0529 at City Council
CATEGORICAL EXEMPTION, COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR, LOS ANGELES CITY PLANNING COMMISSION and DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING, RESOLUTION and ORDINANCE FIRST CONSIDERATION relative to amending the Public Recreation Plan of the Services System Element of the City of Los Angeles General Plan.
Recommendations for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
FIND that this action is categorically exempt (No. ENV-2015-2329-CE) from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to the Categorical Exemptions set forth in CEQA Guidelines Sections 15301 (Class 1 Categorical Exemption for Existing Facilities), 15302 (Class 2 Categorical Exemption for Replacement or Reconstruction), 15303 (Class 3 Categorical Exemption for New Construction or Conversion of Small Structures), 15304 (Class 4 Exemption for Minor Alterations to Land), and 15316 (Class 16 Exemption for Transfer of Ownership of Land in Order to Create Parks). Adoption of these Categorical Exemptions are appropriate when the Council, exercising its independent judgment, determines that the project meets all of the requirements set forth in the above-referenced section of the CEQA Guidelines and that none of the exceptions to the use of a Categorical Exemption set forth in CEQA Guidelines, Section 15300.2 apply to this project, based upon substantial evidence contained in the entire administrative record.
ADOPT the FINDINGS of the Los Angeles City Planning Commission (LACPC) as the Findings of the Council.
ADOPT the accompanying RESOLUTION as recommended by the Mayor, the Director of Planning and the LACPC, to amend the definitions of park sites and recreational amenities and facilities within the Public Recreation Plan, a portion of the Service System Element of the City of Los Angeles General Plan to modernize the City’s Park Fee (currently the Quimby and Finn fees) to mitigate park and open space impacts from residents of new residential projects.
PRESENT and ADOPT the accompanying ORDINANCE dated June 16, 2016 amending Sections 12.21 and 12.33 of Article 2 of Chapter 1, and Sections 17.03, 17.12 and 17.58 of Article 7; deleting Sections 17.07 and 19.01; and adding Section 19.17 to the Los Angeles Municipal Code to update the City’s Park Fees.
INSTRUCT the Department of City Planning to update the General Plan and appropriate maps pursuant to this action.
Applicant: City of Los Angeles
Case No. CPC-2015-2328-CA-GPA
CEQA No. ENV-2015-2329-CE
Fiscal Impact Statement: None submitted by the LACPC. Neither the City Administrative Officer nor the Chief Legislative Analyst has completed a financial analysis of this report.
Community Impact Statement: None submitted.
City Council Action:
(Planning and Land Use Management Committee waived consideration of this matter)
ADOPTED
AMENDING MOTION 3A (HUIZAR – O’FARRELL – ET AL.)
Recommendation for Council action, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MAYOR:
PRESENT and ADOPT the attached Ordinance in lieu of the Ordinance dated June 16, 2016 and the revised draft Ordinance dated September 2, 2016, both attached to the file, which includes technical changes requested by the Recreation and Parks Department, clarifications requested by the Planning Department to language regarding the application of the proposed ordinance to projects with vested rights, and to extend the effective date of the Ordinance from 60 days to 120 days following its adoption.
AMENDING MOTION 3B (KORETZ – HUIZAR)
Recommendation for Council action:
REQUEST the Board of Recreation and Parks Commissioners to implement a policy whereby if a decision is made to allocate Quimby funds across Council district boundary lines, it must get approval from the Councilmember of the district from which the funds originated.
