OK MALIBU Get Ready for More Development - Put this date on your calendar.
WHOLE FOODS Project EIR KICK OFF Meeting !!!!!!! May 22, 2012
THIS IS A BIGGIE THAT EVERYONE NEEDS TO ATTEND
Come get information, make comments and pose questions!!!!!
This is one of two chance to make comments on the EIR- 1st with this Scoping Meeting.
2nd time you will be able to make comments and pose questions will be at the draft EIR Public meeting.
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NOTICE OF PREPARATION AND SCOPING MEETING
FOR A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT
Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA),
the City of Malibu (City) will be the lead agency and will prepare
an environmental impact report (EIR) for the project identified
below.
Name of Project: WHOLE FOODS IN THE PARK
Coastal Development Permit No. 10-022
Environmental Impact Report No. 11-002
Public Scoping Meeting May 22, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
Time and Location: City Hall – Multi-Purpose
Room
23825 Stuart Ranch Road,
Malibu, CA 90265
Review Period: Begins: April 26, 2012
Ends: May 29, 2012
Deadline to Submit Comments: May 29, 2012
Lead Agency: City of Malibu 23825 Stuart Ranch Road,Malibu, CA 90265
Phone: 310-456-2489Contact Person: Bonnie Blue, AICP, LEED AP,Senior Planner310-456-2489 extension 258
bblue@malibucity.org
Project Location: 23401 Civic Center Way, at the
northwest corner of the intersectionof Civic Center Way andCross Creek Road
Affected Parcels: APNs 4458-022-001 and 4458-022-022
Applicant: Marny Randall, on behalf ofowner DB Malibu Holdco LLC
Public Scoping Meeting: The City is scheduled to hold a Public
Scoping Meeting for the Draft EIR to describe the proposed project,
the environmental process, and to receive input on the
scope and content of information to be included in the Draft EIR.
The Public Scoping Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 22,
2012, at 6:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room, Malibu City
Hall, 23825 Stuart Ranch Road, Malibu, CA. The City encourages
all interested individuals, organizations and agencies to
attend the meeting.
Purpose of Review: As specified by the CEQA Guidelines, the
Notice of Preparation (NOP) will be circulated for a 30-day public
review period. The purpose of this review is to allow public agencies
and interested members of the public the opportunity to
share expertise, disclose agency analysis, check for accuracy,
detect omission, discover public concerns and solicit counter
proposals pursuant to CEQA Section 15200 (Purposes of
Review).
The City welcomes agency and public input during this period
regarding the scope and content of environmental information to
be included and analyzed in the Draft EIR. Agencies should
comment on the elements of the environmental information that
are relevant to their statutory responsibility in connection with the
project.
Where to Send Comments: Comments on the NOP must be
submitted, in writing, no later than 5:30 p.m., May 29, 2012.
Comments should reference EIR No. 11-001 and should be
addressed to Bonnie Blue, Senior Planner, at the address
above. Agency responses to this NOP should include the name,
address, email address and telephone number of the person
serving as the primary point of contact for this project within the
commenting agency.
Address Where Documents City of Malibu - Planning
Are Available for Review: Department
23825 Stuart Ranch Road
Malibu, CA 90265
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Project Description:
The proposed project is located in the Malibu Civic Center area
and includes the development of two vacant parcels totaling 5.88
acres to include a Whole Foods Market and four small commercial
buildings, for a total of five buildings. In addition to the
24,549 square foot Whole Foods market, the proposed project
includes tenant spaces, outdoor dining, a central surface parking
area, and pedestrian and open space amenities. The additional
buildings would range from 3,015 square feet to 4,183 square
feet in size, and up to 28 feet in height with a pitched roof. The
total commercial development associated with the project is
anticipated to be 38,425 square feet in five structures with a floor
area ratio (FAR) of 0.15.
The proposed project also includes an accessible play area with
a sensory playground, water features and native plantings. Each
of the four additional buildings would include an adjacent outdoor
eating area. Approximately 25 percent (or 64,024 square feet) of
the site would be improved open space, including the outdoor
dining areas and play areas, of which 19,266 square feet would
be planted area. An additional 12.8 percent of the site (32,849
square feet) would be improved as landscape area. In the public
right of way adjacent to and off the site, an additional 4,514
square feet would be landscaped. Eight sycamore trees would
be removed for the project and replaced onsite by 80 new
sycamore trees.
Primary access to the site would be provided via Civic Center
Way. Traffic would circulate in both directions at the interior of the
site to access the parking while a one-way fire lane would run
along the west edge of the project site to the rear. The site would
include 220 parking spaces, 2 electrical vehicle charging stations
and 16 bike racks. Extensive walkways, as well as golf cart
spaces and equestrian hitching areas would also be provided.
Additional improvements include the undergrounding of overhead
utility lines, relocation of two transformers operated by
Southern California Edison and installation of two new transformers
on the project site. The project is anticipated to include
upgrades to the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Cross
Creek Road to address potential traffic impacts.
As a condition ofobtaining water service through Los Angeles County WaterworksDistrict No. 29, the applicant has signed a participation agreementto pay its pro-rata share of costs for design and construction
of infrastructure needed to improve water service for domestic
and firefighting use within the District, anticipated to include an
800,000 gallon storage tank, water mains and related facilities in
the area of the Civic Center.
The City of Malibu is not served by a public sewer system. The
project site is located within the Civic Center septic prohibition
area established in 2010 by the State Water Resources Control
Board. The prohibition bans septic discharges beginning in 2015
and prohibits new discharges. Pursuant to a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) between the State Regional Water
Resources Control Board and the Regional Water Quality Control
Board for the Los Angeles Region, the City is required to construct
a centralized wastewater treatment system to serve the
Civic Center area. The subject property is among the properties
identified as the first phase that must be connected to the new
centralized system by 2015. Rather than construct its own onsite
wastewater treatment system, the Whole Foods project proposes
to connect to the City’s planned centralized system when it
becomes available. The City’s system is currently in the planning
stages and will be undergoing a separate environmental review
process. To date, the planning and design of the City’s system
has proceeded in accordance with the timeframe specified in the
MOU. The MOU calls for system construction to begin in 2014.
The area surrounding the Whole Foods in the Park project site
includes shopping centers, restaurants, City and County government
buildings, and recreational uses. Malibu Creek and Lagoon
are located to the east and south. The City’s recently completed
Legacy Park, including native habitats, advanced storm water
and urban runoff treatment systems and extensive pedestrian
enhancements, is located across Civic Center Way from the proposed
project. A rural residential neighborhood is located to the
north.
Topics to be Studied in this EIR:
The City intends to prepare an EIR for the Whole Foods in the
Park project. In accordance with Section 15082 of the CEQA
Guidelines, the City has prepared this NOP to provide Responsible
Agencies and other interested parties with information
describing the proposal and its potential environmental effects.
Environmental factors that would be potentially affected by the
project include:
Aesthetics Hydrology and Water Quality
Air Quality Land Use / Planning
Biological Resources Noise
Cultural Resources Public Services
(Fire and Sheriff)
Geology, Soils, and Seismicity Traffic, Circulation and
Parking
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Utilities and Service Systems
(including wastewater)
Hazards and Hazardous Materials
No agricultural resources are present on the project site; and
therefore, this impact will not require further analysis. Additionally,
according to the Malibu General Plan, no mineral resources
are known to exist on the proposed project site. Finally, as the
project would not accommodate additional population or displace
housing, there would be no impacts associated with population
and housing. These topics will be addressed briefly in an Effects
Found Not to be Significant section contained in the EIR. The
EIR will include a comprehensive discussion of wastewater and
the potential for connection to the City’s planned treatment system.
The EIR will rely on the best available information on the
proposed wastewater treatment system to determine the potential
effects of the proposed project on wastewater systems.
The applicant is seeking the following entitlements as part of the
proposed project:
Approval of a coastal development permit for construction of
the shopping center;
A Conditional Use Permit for construction of more than 500
square feet of commercial space, restaurant uses and onsite
and offsite alcohol sales;
A lot merger;
Variances for reduction in required landscape area and for
over-height site walls within required yards;
Site plan review for remedial grading quantities, and structure
heights between 18 and 28 feet;
Minor modification for reduction of required yards; and
General Plan and Zoning Map Amendment to amend the
designation for one of the parcels from Commercial General
(CG) to Commercial Visitor Serving-1 (CV-1) to be consistent
with the Malibu Local Coastal Program land use designation
Reference: California Code of Regulations, Title 14, (CEQA
Guidelines) Sections 15082(a), 15103, 15375.
If there are any questions regarding this notice, please contact
Bonnie Blue, AICP, LEED AP, Senior Planner, at 310-456-2489,
extension 258.
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Joyce Parker-Bozylinski, AICP, Planning Director
Publish date: April 26, 2012
CITY
