TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Carrie Tai, AICP, Community Development Director
Talyn Mirzakhanian, Planning Manager
Ted Faturos, Associate Planner
SUBJECT:Title
Continued Public Hearing De Novo to Consider: (1) a Master Use Permit for a New 162-Room, 81,775 Square-Foot Hotel with Full Alcohol Service for Hotel Patrons and A New 16,268 Square-Foot Retail and Office Building with a Reduction in Parking to 152 Parking Spaces at 600 S. Sepulveda Boulevard; and (2) Environmental Determination in Accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (MB Hotel Partners, LLC) (Continued from the January 19, 2021 City Council Meeting) (Community Development Director Tai).
a) RESUME PUBLIC HEARING DE NOVO
b) CONSIDER DIRECTING STAFF TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION MAKING AN ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) AND CONDITIONALLY APPROVING THE MASTER USE PERMIT FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AT A SUBSEQUENT COUNCIL MEETING
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that after closing the continued public hearing de novo, the City Council direct staff to draft a resolution making an environmental determination under CEQA and approving the Master Use Permit, subject to conditions, for Council consideration at a future City Council meeting.
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BACKGROUND:
The City Council opened a public hearing de novo on January 19, 2021 to consider a Master Use Permit for a new 162-room, 81,775 square-foot, four-story hotel and a separate new 16,268 square-foot two-story retail and office building at 600 S. Sepulveda Boulevard. The Master Use Permit request also includes a reduction in parking and the ability to serve alcohol to hotel patrons until 1:00 a.m. seven days a week. City staff, the applicant, and both appellants made presentations. After the presentations, but while the public hearing wa...
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