Draft Environmental Impact Report
Project Description: Mount Saint Mary’s University (MSMU) proposes a 38,000-square-foot, 2-story Wellness Pavilion (the “Project”) within a 3.8-acre portion of MSMU’s Chalon Campus. The Project Site is currently developed with a 1,030 square foot (floor area) building that houses a small collection of exercise equipment, two tennis courts, a swimming pool, two Facilities Management Buildings totaling 4,970 square feet of floor area, and several surface parking lots containing a total of 226 parking spaces. The existing on-site improvements, including the two tennis courts, swimming pool, and several surface parking lots, would be demolished to allow for the construction of the proposed Wellness Pavilion. The proposed Wellness Pavilion would provide students, faculty, and staff with comprehensive health and wellness services including modern amenities needed for physical and health education. The proposed Wellness Pavilion would include a recreation and practice gym, multi-purpose rooms, exercise rooms, physical therapy lab, dance and cycling studios, offices and support space (i.e. lockers, showers, restrooms, equipment storage, and mechanical spaces). The Project would also include a new outdoor pool area, landscaped open space, and a new accessory parking deck immediately adjacent and to the north of the proposed Wellness Pavilion. The accessory parking deck would include parking at grade with one level above grade atop a concrete deck. A total of 281 parking spaces would be provided on the Project Site, compared to the existing 226 spaces, a net increase of 55 spaces. The Project does not include a request to increase the maximum student enrollment on the Campus.
Anticipated Significant Environmental Effects: Based on analysis included in the Draft EIR, the Project would result in significant and unavoidable impacts related to Noise (construction only) and Transportation/Traffic (construction and operation).
Document Review and Comment: If you wish to review a print copy of the Draft EIR or the documents referenced in the Draft EIR, you may do so during office hours 9 AM to 4 PM at the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning at 221 North Figueroa Street, Suite 1350 Los Angeles. The Draft EIR is available online at the Department of City Planning's website at https://planning.lacity.gov (click on "Environmental Review" tab on the left-hand side, then "Draft EIR", and click on the Project title); and digital copies are also available at the following Library Branches:
1. Los Angeles Central Library, 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
2. West Los Angeles Regional Library, 11360 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025
3. Donald Bruce Kaufman Brentwood Branch Library, 11820 San Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90049
The Draft EIR can also be purchased on a CD-ROM for $5.00 per copy. Contact Kathleen King of the City of Los Angeles at (213) 847-3624 to purchase copies. If you wish to submit written comment following review of the Draft EIR, please reference Case Number ENV-2016-2319-EIR and submit them in writing by May 29, 2018 no later than 4:00 PM.
Please direct your comments to:
Mail: Kathleen King
Los Angeles Department of City Planning
221 North Figueroa Street, Suite 1350
Los Angeles, CA 90012
E-mail: kathleen.king@lacity.org
Comment Review Period: April 12, 2018 to May 29, 2018
