REGULAR PLANNING AND LANDUSE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2008
@ 9:30 AM

Location:
The Louis B. Mayer Building, 5500 Hollywood Blvd, 4th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90028


AGENDA ITEMS:
Chairperson reserves the right to take items out of order
Note that all of the following items are for discussion and possible action.

OLD BUSINESS:
1. Introductions, verify quorum, approval of minutes. Ensure all attendees sign in on prepared attendance sheets. Election and or appointment of Committee Vice Chair & Secretary. We are encouraging members to select at least one case to read file, follow up & keep Committee informed.

2. 4600 Melrose Av., BEER AND WINE LICENSE REQUEST FOR UNION 76 CONVENIENCE MARKET, ZA2007-5682(CUB), Lee Rabun, note that this case is across the street from our NC at Normandy . Note that the site seems to be all paved over with zero landscaping or street trees, no landscape buffer to the residential to the south, and is directly across the street from a liquor store. There is a church just up Melrose to the west. According to Lee, the license would be within the number allocated by the State for the census tract. Last day to comment is 9/29/08.

3. 4857 Melrose Av. CUP FOR SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES TO PERMIT SALE OF A FULL LINE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES FOR A RESTAURANT WITH 7 PROPOSED KARAOKE ROOMS FOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. Steve S. Kim, 213/389-8876. No response to calls.

4. 717 N. Western Av., BUILDING DEMO & 22 CAR PARKING LOT. Building & Safety is still looking for the required landscaping and irrigation plans for building demo & lot.

5. 5312 La Cresta Ct., EXPAND EXISTING AUTO REPAIR FACILITY located within 300’ of residential uses, ENV-2006-10215-EAF, ZA-2006-10214-CU, 10/3/07 Planner Hermae Augustine, 818-374-5050, 1/17/08 Rick Torres says will notify the owner again to make a presentation to us. 811 N. Western Mel Melkonian, owner, 818-262-0825 (left word 8/28/08).

6. Liquor License Criteria for the HSDNC. Forwarded to the Board for vote and inclusion on the website but has not yet been finalized.

7. 5601 Santa Monica Bl., Paseo Plaza, St Andrews to Wilton, 437 HOUSING UNITS, MIXED USE PROJECT, CPC-2006-4392-ZC-ZV-HD-ZAA-ZAI-SPR; 377,000 sf retail/restaurant, 224 surplus cars. Project is undergoing some changes. Juri Ripinsky, Update scheduled for our 10/4/08 meeting.

8. 6501(?) Santa Monica Bl., Chucky Cheese, Request for beer and wine license. Per Juri, presentation at our 10/4/08 meeting.

9. 1236 N. El Centro Av. ATTEMPT TO LEGALIZE ILLEGALLY PAVED RESIDENTIAL FRONT YARD, PARKING IN THE FRONT YARD, AND ILLEGALLY CONSTRUCTED FRONT YARD FENCE, POSTS AND GATES TO APPROXIMATELY 8’ TALL, ZA 2008-1107-ZAA, Brittany Stevenson, 310/251- 5073, 4/1. ZA, 213/978-1318.

10. 6104 Lexington/1149 N. Gower, 21 APARTMENT UNITS & 36 TOWNHOUSE UNITS, 74,000SF COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO REMAIN, 353 CAR UNDERGROUND PARKING GARAGE, ENV-2007-5855, 323/978-1332.

11. 5520 Sunset at Western, NEW 4 ACRE TARGET RETAIL SHOPPING CENTER, APCC-2008-2703-SPE-CUB-SRR-SPR, ENV-2008-1421-EAF, Visanthi, 949-296-0450 Current plan is for above ground parking and store on third floor, requiring a substantial height variance, Eric Padget, Project Manager. Per Juri, they will be making a presentation at our 10/4/08 meeting.

12. 6121 Sunset Blvd. (Columbia Square), 400 RESIDENTIAL UNITS (INCL. 40 STORY TOWER), 125 ROOM HOTEL, INCL. 7,000 SF RESTAURANTS, 380,000 SF OFFICE (14 STORY TOWER), 15,500 SF RESTAURANT, 12,000 SF RETAIL, 105,000 SF RENOVATION OF EXISTING CBS COMPLEX FOR OFFICE/RESTAURANTBAR/RETAIL, 2 SUB.LEVEL & 6 ABOVE GROUND LEVELS FOR 1,800 CARS, CPC-2007-9911-GPA-ZC-HD-CUB-CUX-CU-SPR, ENV-2007-819-EIR, Claudia Gutierrez-Lopez, 213/955-5671. Scoping meeting was May 10. Awaiting Completion of DEIR and Presentation by project team.

13. 6121 Sunset Blvd. ( Columbia Square ), PROPOSED SIGNS, DIR-2007-1935-SPP, ENV-2007-1936-CE, Alden Chase, 818.364.5616, Awaiting presentation. 10/9/08, Left word for Alden to call.

14. 5623 Carlton Way, 53 UNIT CONDO CONVERSION, ENV-2006-5383-CE, VVT-63320, Jenifer Willert, Awaiting presentation. 10/3/07 left message. 5th call, 1/17, 310/533-4955. Again no reply. Left word with Herman Van Buren of the Planning Department at 213/978-0092 to call on 1/22 to see if they know anything about the status.

15. 5841 Carlton Way, 15 UNIT CONDOMINIUM PROJECT, ZA-2007-2409 (ZAA), Requests elimination of side yard setbacks for above ground parking garage, ZA, 213/978-1318. Investigator is David Tehrani, 213/978-1340. 8/28/08, David says the AZA is Larry Friedman, 213-978-1318 (ZA info) -1225 last day to appeal is 9/4/08, Decision letter being sent for our review. Was apparently approved with precedent setting zero side yard setbacks for the above ground parking garage.

16. 6104 Hollywood Bl. at the SW corner of HB & Gower, 20 STORY MIXED USE TOWER, 192,140 SF, 151 RESIDENTIAL UNITS + 6,000 SF OF RETAIL; requesting zone, FAR, setback & reduced parking changes and variations and adjustments. Signage details and variances yet unknown. Ira Handleman. Presentation scheduled

17. 6225 Hollywood Bl. Pantages 12 STORY OFFICE TOWER, Ira Handleman

18. Will we ever finish the now 13-year languishing Hollywood Community Plan Update? – Open Houses & Workshops that were scheduled for "fall 2006," "early 2007," “mid 2007,” “January 2008,” May/early June 1908 are now scheduled for “Fall 2008.”

19. Proposed Historic Survey & HPOZ for silent film era neighborhoods north of Melrose between Paramount & the 101. Awaiting Garcetti motion.

20. 15 years out of date CRA Historic Survey & Map of the north half of our NC area (roughly everything N. of Santa Monica Bl.). Being updated by CRA at a cost of about $140K with a projected completion of March, 2009.

21. Proposed Hollywood Central Park – 32 ACRE STREET LEVEL PARK over the 101 between Bronson and Santa Monica Bl. Presentation of the consultant’s plan based on the public input meetings is expected soon.

22. Multi-million $ Hollywood Traffic Mitigation Fund.

23. Santa Monica/Western Avenue CRA study – Mayra Rivera, 200’ from the intersection N, E, & W and 100’ to the South.

NEW BUSINESS:

24. 453-5455 Sierra Vista Av., MOVE THE FRONT YARD TO THE SIDE STREET & LOT AREA MODIFICATION, BOTH TO INCREASE ALLOWABLE DENSITY, AA 2008-2760 COC, Paul Mullis, 213-978-1354. Note, the effect of this will be to introduce a 5’ setback on Sierra Vista , a street of front yards where the current setback is 15’.

25. 5800 W. Santa Monica Bl., BEER AND WINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A PROPOSED RESTAURANT OPERATION 9AM TO 11PM., LEE RABUN, 213/229-4300.

26. 6087 Harold Way, 5 UNIT APARTMENT CONVERSION TO APARTMENT HOTEL, Brogan Lane, 323-876-8100.

27. 5623 W. Hollywood Bl., CONVERSION OF AUTO REPAIR SHOP TO POST PRODUCTION FACILITIES FOR RECORDING STUDIO AND 1-STORY ADDITIONS TO FRONT & REAR OF BUIDING, ENV-2008-2722-SPP, Kathrin Duemmler, 310/322-0022

28. Public comments and other business from the floor.

29. Verify date & time of October, November and December meetings & adjournment.
Note: the phone numbers for Zoning Administration are 213/978-1318 or 213/482-7077