CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER – WEST TOWER PROJECT

Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Draft SEIR)

EIR No: ENV 2008-0620-EIR

SCH No: 2008031040

September 2008

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (CSMC or the “Applicant”) proposes to develop a new inpatient/medical support facility on the CSMC Campus that would be located on approximately two acres at the northwest corner of Gracie Allen Drive and George Burns Road, and which is currently occupied by a two-story building and visitor parking lot. The Project is intended to serve the growing demand for medical services as the area’s population increases, as well as to accommodate updated medical technologies and increase efficiency within the CSMC Campus.

Implementation of the project would require approval of a Zone Change and Height District Change to revise the conditions of the current [T][Q]C2-2D-O zoning designation and an amendment to the existing Development Agreement and Master Plan to permit an additional 100 inpatient beds and ancillary services (equivalent to 200,000 square feet), and parking on the CSMC Campus.

The project would add 100 new inpatient beds (equivalent to 200,000 square feet of floor area of new medical center uses) within a proposed 460,650 square-foot building (the “West Tower”) located at the project site. The West Tower would be comprised of 200,000 square feet of floor area pursuant to this application, 170,650 square feet of previously approved and vested development remaining (but not yet built) under the previous Master Plan entitlement, and 90,000 square feet of floor area offset from the existing building at 8723 Alden Drive to be demolished for the West Tower. The 200,000 square feet of new floor area within the proposed Project thus represents the “net” Project analyzed in this Draft SEIR.

The West Tower is anticipated to be 11 stories and 185 feet high. An attached seven-level parking structure (three subterranean levels, one level at grade and three levels above grade) that will provide approximately 700 parking spaces will also be constructed.

SITE LOCATION

8720 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90048

Council District 5 – Jack Weiss

AVAILABILITY

Hardcopies of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Draft SEIR) are available for review at the following locations:

Department of City Planning

200 North Spring Street, Room 750

Los Angeles, CA 90012

Central Library

630 West Fifth Street

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Fairfax Branch Library

161 South Gardner Street

Los Angeles, CA 90036

Robertson Branch Library

1719 South Robertson Boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90035

West Hollywood Public Library

715 North San Vicente Boulevard

West Hollywood, CA 90069

COMMENTS

If you wish to submit comments following review of the Draft SEIR please submit them in writing by October 27, 2008.

Send comments to:

Adam Villani, Environmental Review Coordinator

City of Los Angeles

Department of City Planning

Environmental Review Section

200 North Spring Street, Room 750

Los Angeles, California 90012

(213) 978-1343 (Fax)

Adam.Villani@lacity.org (eMail)

The Draft SEIR may be purchased on CD-ROM for $7.50 per copy. To purchase a copy, contact Adam Villani at (213) 978-1472.

CIRCULATION PERIOD

September 11, 2008 to October 27, 2008

DOCUMENT INFORMATION

To view the entire electronic version of the Draft SEIR in PDF format, please click here. [8.34 MB]

To view the entire electronic version of the Appendices used in the document in PDF format, please click here. [20.7 MB]

To view specific portions of the electronic version of the document in PDF format, please click on the individual sections listed below.

COVER PAGE [8 KB]

TABLE OF CONTENTS [34 KB]

0. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY [138 KB]

A. Project Summary

B. Areas of Controversy and Issues to Be Resolved

C. Alternatives to Reduce or Avoid Significant Effects

D. Summary of Project Impacts

E. Mitigation Program

I. INTRODUCTION [43 KB]

A. Environmental Review Process

B. Relationship to Previous EIR

C. Organization of this SEIR

II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION [2.89 MB]

A. Project Applicant

B. Project Location

C. Background

D. Statement of Project Objectives

E. Requested Actions and Entitlements

F. Project Characteristics

G. Intended Uses of this EIR

III. GENERAL OVERVIEW AND ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING [479 KB]

A. Overview of the Environmental Setting

B. Related Projects

C. Project Baseline

IV. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS [22 KB]

A. Aesthetics [1.04 MB]

B. Air Quality [519 KB]

C. Noise [453 KB]

D. Transportation and Circulation [3.10 MB]

E. Cumulative Effects [88 KB]

V. ALTERNATIVES [273 KB]

A. Overview of Alternatives Analysis

B. Alternative A: No Project (Buildout of Master Plan)

C. Alternative B: Reduced Project (Net Increase of 150,000 SF)

D. Alternative C: Change In Use Project (Outpatient Uses)

E. Environmentally Superior Alternative

VI. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS [179 KB]

A. Effects Not Found To Be Significant

B. Significant Unavoidable Impacts

C. Significant Irreversible Environmental Changes

D. Growth-Inducing Impacts

E. Mitigation Monitoring Program

VII. PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS CONTACTED [10 KB]

A. Lead Agency

B. Project Applicant

C. EIR Preparation

D. Technical Consultants

E. Agencies and Organizations

VIII. REFERENCES [30 KB]

FIGURES

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APPENDICES

COVER PAGE [16 KB]

TABLE OF CONTENTS [15 KB]

APPENDIX A [2.59 MB]

NOTICE OF PREPARATION, INITIAL STUDY, PUBLIC SCOPING COMMENTS

A-1 NOTICE OF PREPARATION (NOP)

A-2 INITIAL STUDY

A-3 NOP WRITTEN COMMENTS

A-4 PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING COMMENTS

APPENDIX B [1.02 MB]

1993 CSMC MASTER PLAN EIR SUMMARY CHART

APPENDIX C [1.00 MB]

1993 CSMC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT

APPENDIX D [1.12 MB]

AIR QUALITY & NOISE IMPACT REPORT

APPENDIX E [9.46 MB]

TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY

APPENDIX F [5.52 MB]

ALTERNATIVES - SUPPORTING TECHNICAL ANALYSIS DOCUMENTS

APPENDIX G [66.1 KB]

MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM

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