TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Mark Danaj, City Manager
FROM:
Anne McIntosh, Community Development Director
Nhung Madrid, Senior Management Analyst
Laurie Jester, Planning Manager
Andy Sywak, Economic Vitality Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Sepulveda Corridor Planning Initiatives (Community Development Director McIntosh).
DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council review and approve the Sepulveda Initiatives Work Plan and establish an Ad Hoc Working Group to be appointed by the City Manager.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Undertaking these zone text amendments will require a significant commitment of staff time (Planning, Economic Vitality, and Transportation Engineering). Although this project was anticipated in the preparation of the annual budget, it was anticipated that a consultant team would take the lead on a broader more comprehensive study. Staff taking the lead on this project with little or no assistance will preclude staff work on other long range planning projects that may arise later in the year and potentially delay current ones.
BACKGROUND:
At the September 19, 2017, City Council Meeting, the Council directed staff to move forward with the Sepulveda Corridor Planning Initiatives and focus the study on items related to economic vitality, planning, parking, traffic and corridor beatification. As directed, staff will:
1) Initiate a zone text amendment to:
a. Add incentives for the redevelopment of "opportunity sites" for hotels or mixed use developments;
b. Possibly limit (but not prohibit) new office uses using a cap, or a locational requirement, or allowing only in a mixed use project; and
c. Update commercial parking requirements.
2) Amend the Sepulveda Boulevard Development Guide to include standards for addressing the commercial/residential interface on east/west streets, and at the rear ...
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