Draft Environmental Impact Report
Project Description: Providence Health System - Southern California, the Project Applicant, or its successor, proposes new and improved facilities and improved access to care at the Providence Tarzana Medical Center as part of the Providence Tarzana Medical Center Project (Project). The Project would be implemented on the existing Providence Tarzana Medical Center (Project Site) located in the Encino - Tarzana community of the City of Los Angeles. The Project Site comprises approximately 13 acres and is currently improved with four permanent buildings, eight modular buildings, a parking structure, and surface parking areas. The Project proposes upgrades and enhancements to the Hospital on the Project Site, including replacing the Main Building within the Hospital and enhancing the existing Hospital Lobby (Main Building Replacement), expanding the diagnostic and treatment areas (D&T Expansion), and constructing a New Patient Wing. The Project would also include the construction of a new above-grade six-level parking structure that would provide approximately 557 parking spaces (New Parking Structure). To provide for the proposed improvements, the Project would include removal of the existing eight modular buildings and the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Center. The uses in these existing buildings to be removed would be relocated within the Hospital. While not part of the Project, required seismic upgrades would necessitate the removal of other existing structures within the Hospital. Overall, approximately 37,198 square feet of existing floor area would be removed within the Project Site. The Project would construct approximately 294,000 square feet of new floor area. Therefore, with implementation of the Project, approximately 256,802 square feet of net new floor area would be provided within the Project Site. At buildout, the Project Site would include a total of approximately 579,744 square feet of floor area.Permits and Approvals: The Project would require various approvals and may include, but would not be limited to, the following: a General Plan Amendment to permit the Project as proposed by amending the General Plan Land Use Map; a Specific Plan Amendment to the Ventura/Cahuenga Boulevard Corridor Specific Plan to amend the Specific Plan boundary in the Specific Plan at Plan Designations, Map 5-Tarzana Section and Pedestrian Oriented Areas, Exhibit B-Tarzana Section to exclude the Project Site; a Vesting Zone and Height District Change from [Q]C2-1L (Commercial Zone) P-1 (Parking Zone) to [T][Q]C2-1; a Major Development Project Conditional Use Permit for a development that creates 100,000 square feet of floor area or more in the C2 zone; a Vesting Tentative Tract Map, including a haul route approval; a Street Dedication/Improvement Requirements Waiver for relief from dedication and improvement requirements; Board of Police Commissioners permit for extended construction hours; and other discretionary and ministerial permits and approvals that will or may be required, including, but not limited to, temporary street closure permits, grading permits, excavation permits, foundation permits, building permits, and sign permits.
Anticipated Significant Environmental Effects: Significant and unavoidable Project impacts have been identified with regard to noise impacts from on-site construction activities and traffic impacts during construction activities. In addition, cumulative noise impacts from on and off-site construction activities and cumulative construction traffic impacts would be significant and unavoidable.
Other issues addressed in the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) include: aesthetics (visual quality, views, light/glare, and shading); air quality; geology and soils; greenhouse gas emissions; hazards and hazardous materials; hydrology, surface water quality, and groundwater; land use; noise; public services (fire protection); traffic, access, and parking; and utilities and service systems (water supply, wastewater, and energy). With implementation of mitigation measures, no significant and unavoidable Project or cumulative impacts other than those identified above are expected with regard to construction or operation of the Project.
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 8 am to 4 pm at the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning, at 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard, Room 351, Los Angeles. The Draft EIR is available online at the Department of City Planning’s website http://planning.lacity.gov (click on “Environmental Review” then “Draft EIR”). The Draft EIR can also be purchased on CD-ROM for $5.00 per copy. Contact Elva Nuño-O’Donnell with the City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning at (818) 374-5066 to purchase copies. Digital copies are also available at the following Library Branches:
- Central Library - 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
- West Valley Regional Branch Library - 19036 Vanowen Street, Los Angeles, CA 91335,
- Encino-Tarzana Branch Library - 18231 Ventura Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 91356
Please direct your comments to:
Mail: Elva Nuno-O'Donnell, City Planner
Los Angeles Department of City Planning
6262 Van Nuys Boulevard, Room 351
Los Angeles, CA 91401
E-mail: elva.nuno-odonnell@lacity.org
Comment Review Period: June 15, 2017 to July 31, 2017
