2022-03-15 CC Agenda Packet - PRESENTATION - ITEM C15 - Standard Works ProjectCITY OF
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Standard Works Project
1320-1330 E. Franklin Avenue and 1475 E. El Segundo Blvd.
City Council
March 15, 2022
CITY OF
ELSE GUNDO
Proposed Project Overview
Smoky Hollow Specific Plan
North Site
South Site
Community Benefits Plan
Entitlements
Specific Plan amendment
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CITY OF
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Project Summary
• Request for SHSP amendment to allow up to 60 feet
• Two projects, two-story additions on top of existing one-story, brick
buildings
• Promote creative office space, consistent with the vision of SHSP
• Both projects require a Tier II Community Benefits Plan pursuant to the
SHSP
• CEQA: Initial Study concluded no significant or unavoidable impacts
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Proposed Project -North Site
1320-1330 E. Franklin Ave.
Zoning District: Smoky Hollow East
• 2 story, 44,802 sf addition atop existing brick structure
• Same parcel as 140 Oregon Street (currently under
construction)
• Community Benefits Plan -required per SHSP
• New outdoor plaza and cafe kiosk
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Proposed Project -South Site
1475 E. El Segundo Blvd.
Zoning District: Smoky Hollow East
• 2 story, 44,802 sf addition atop existing brick structure
• Chevron directly across El Segundo Blvd. to the South and Beyond
Meat directly to the West
• Community Benefits Plan
• Pocket open space at corner of Parcel on Kansas Avenue
• Stacked parking and Shared parking with the parking structure
(covenant required)
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Required when deviating from SMSP Development Standards
• Projects are proposed at 59'-6" (Specific Plan Amendment)
• South Site proposed at 1.45 FAR (above base FAR of 1.0)
• Five categories of a Community Benefits Plan: Building Character, Open Space and
Landscaping, Connectivity, Signage/Public Art, Public Realm.
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Smoky Hollow Community Benefits Plan
Community Benefits provided:
• Each project provides 28 of the 32 Design Guidelines
• Designs emphasize enhanced building character
• Improve public realm by undergrounding utility lines
• Public seating
• Cafe kiosk and public open space
• Corner pocket open space area
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Smoky Hollow Community Benefits Plan
Value of the proposed community benefits bears relationship to the value generated
by the project.
City's consultant (Kosmont and Associates) evaluated the community benefits and
found
• Direct relationship to the value generated from the project
• Community Benefits value for North Site: $4.07 million
• Community Benefits value for South Site: $3.52 million
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Entitlement Applications
• Initial Study/Mitigate Negative Declaration
• SHSP Amendment to allow height up to 60 feet in a Subarea
• Community Benefits Plan
• Site Plan Review
• Master Sign Program
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Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative Declaration
Project evaluated and determined potential impacts can be mitigated to less than
significant.
• Mitigation Measures included in a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program
(MMRP) and in the conditions of approval
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Specific Plan Amendment
Existing SHSP:
• Maximum height: 50 feet to top of roof
• Allows limited projections above height for roof parapets, stair enclosures, elevator shafts
Proposed Amendment;
• Create a Subarea within SHSP (bounded by Center Street, Franklin Ave., PCH, El Segundo Blvd.)
• Maximum height: 60-feet
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Planning Commission Recommendation:
• Recommended making Subarea smaller
• Shift the boundary to the east from Center Street to Oregon Street
• Concerned about smaller lots, topography, and limiting the area for 60 feet
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Site Plan Reviews
North Site (1320-1330 E. Franklin Ave.):
• Same parcel as 140 Oregon Street (currently under construction)
• 2 story, 44,802 sf addition (including pavilion) atop existing brick structure
• New outdoor plaza and cafe kiosk
South Site (1457 E. El Segundo Blvd.):
• 2 story, 44,604 sf addition atop existing brick structure
• Pocket open space at corner of Parcel on Kansas Avenue
• Stacked parking and Shared parking with the parking structure (covenant required)
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Recommendation
• Approve the Initial Study/ Mitigated Negative Declaration
• Waive first reading and introduce an ordinance amending the Smoky
Hollow Specific Plan to create a subarea as recommended by the Planning
Commission
• Adopt a resolution approving a Community Benefits Plan, Master Sign
Program, and a Site Plan Review for the proposed development at 1475
East El Segundo Boulevard
• Adopt a resolution approving a Community Benefits Plan, Master Sign
Program, and a Site Plan Review 21-04 for the proposed development at
1320-1330 East Franklin Street
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