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8 VETIN TENTATIVE TRAT MAP NO JW MARRIOTT HEADQUARTER HOTEL PROJET DERIPTION (3/8/16) The JW Marriott Headquarters Hotel and onference enter Expansion Project (the Project) includes the addition of: (i) approximately 170,000 square feet of onvention enter Expansion uses, including meeting and conference rooms, ballrooms, and exhibition uses above the Olympic West Parking tructure (LA Live Lot W parking garage) adjacent to the existing J W Marriott onference enter (onference enter Expansion); and (ii) pedestrian bridges connecting the existing JW Marriott onference enter with the onference enter Expansion. The additional meeting and conference rooms, ballroom, and exhibition facilities would enhance existing synergies with the onvention enter. Details about the Project ite and the Project are provided below. Vesting Tentative Tract Map No is requested for the merger and re-subdivision of land for the JW Marriot onference enter Expansion. The conference center expansion is part of a larger expansion project that includes the addition of (i) 755 rooms to the JW Marriott Hotel at LA Live in a standalone (rooms only) tower within the Olympic North ubarea of the Los Angeles ports and Entertainment District pecific Plan (LAED) Area (Hotel Room Expansion or JW Marriott North Tower), (ii) approximately 17,800 square feet of Retail/Entertainment/Restaurant uses on the ground floor of the JW Marriott North Tower; and (iii) a pedestrian bridge connecting the JW Marriott North Tower with the existing JW Marriott Hotel. With this expansion, the JW Marriott Hotel would become one of the largest headquarters hotels in the country, providing a major additional source of hotel rooms to serve the Los Angeles onvention enter. A request for Project Permit ompliance Review has been submitted separately for the entire JW Marriott Headquarters Hotel and onference enter Expansion Project and a separate vesting tentative tract map has also been submitted separately for the merger and re-subdivision of the JW Marriott North Tower. This project description focuses on the onference enter Expansion portions of the Project that is subject to Vesting Tentative Tract Map No A. Description of the Project ite The Project ite is comprised of Development ite 1a (onference enter Expansion ite) and Development ite 1b (LA Live Lot W parking garage) within the LAED area. The onference enter Expansion ite is an approximately 147,823 square foot airspace parcel located above the LA Live Lot W parking garage and is located at hick Hearn ourt. The onference enter Expansion ite is bounded by eorgia treet to the east, West Road to the north, LA Live Way to the west, and hick Hearn ourt to the south. Other uses that are located within the LAED area in the vicinity of the Project ite include Microsoft Theater, Regal inemas, Microsoft quare, and various retail/office/broadcast/entertainment/restaurant uses. 1

9 B. Background Development of the Project ite is governed by the LAED, adopted by Ordinance No. 174,224 on October 21, 2001, modified by Ordinance No. 178,134 on January 27, 2007, Ordinance No. 179,413 on November 30, 2007, and Ordinance No. 181,336 on November 16, On June 28, 2007, the Director of Planning issued DIR PP-PPA, which approved the development of the Existing Hotel, including the Ritz arlton/jw Marriott Hotel and Ritz Residences and the Existing onference enter, including 1,001 hotel rooms and approximately 170,000 square feet of meeting, ballroom, and conference uses. ompleted in 2010, the Existing Hotel accomplished the long sought after public goal to develop a convention center headquarters hotel adjacent to the onvention enter. The location of the Existing Hotel, including its pedestrian connections to the onvention enter, has been a significant amenity to conventions and uses within the onvention enter. The development of additional hotel rooms proximate to and within walking distance of the onvention enter remains a key goal of the LAED, the entral ity ommunity Plan, and the Los Angeles Tourism & onvention Board. The Project represents a unique opportunity to add additional conference facilities within walking distance of the onvention enter and the Existing Hotel, to further enhance the already existing synergies that the hotel enjoys with the onvention enter through room block agreements and other arrangements. The onference enter Expansion ite currently is permitted for development of 250,000 square feet of onvention enter Expansion Uses. As discussed in ection below, the Project s onference enter Expansion includes facilities that would provide onvention enter Expansion Uses. The onference enter Expansion ite has maximum permitted height and lot coverage provisions as follows: Podium: Maximum 100 feet; and Tower: Maximum 150 feet, where the footprint of all Towers in this ubarea combined shall not exceed 20% of total land area within this ubarea.. Description of the Project 1. Overview The onference enter Expansion would have a total height of up to 75 feet and would be connected to the existing JW Marriott onference enter via two pedestrian bridges over West Road, which is a private street. The onference enter Expansion also would be designed to accommodate a future bridge connection to the onvention enter across hick Hearn ourt, as contemplated by Map 2 of the LAED. In order to maximize meeting and conference rooms, ballroom, and exhibition uses and to enhance the architectural expression, the architecture of the building projects over portions of the area occupied by the existing hick Hearn ourt sidewalk. To accommodate this projection and avoid impacts to pedestrian activity, the Project includes a relocation of the sidewalk to the south, which would be accomplished through a narrowing of the 2

10 street to match the existing street width to the east of eorgia treet. 2. Details a. onference enter Expansion The onference enter Expansion would be located above the existing LA Live Lot W parking garage and would include a range of onvention enter Expansion uses, including meeting and conference rooms, ballrooms, and exhibition space. The facility also would include a ground floor lobby and ancillary back-of-house uses such as kitchen and storage spaces. An outdoor deck on the eastern side of the Project ite (the existing roof of the LA Live Lot W parking garage) would be used for temporary pre-function, meeting, and conferencing facilities. Vehicular b. Parking The onference enter Expansion would require a total of 210 spaces. Parking would be provided through a combination of existing LA Live parking facilities, the new garage developed as part of the JW Marriott North Tower and in off-site locations within 1,500 of the LAED Area through covenant, lease, license, or other arrangement acceptable to the Director of Planning, as permitted by the LAED. In addition, concurrent with this application, the Applicant is requesting a 10% reduction in pecific Plan parking requirements, as permitted under pecific Plan ection 14.D.5, for the Project and all existing AE facilities within the Olympic East and West ubareas and taples enter. Bicycle The onference enter Expansion would include 29 short-term stalls for bicycle parking, located adjacent to the existing outh Lobby of Level 1 of the parking garage, at the corner of hick Hearn ourt and eorgia treet. c. irculation The primary pedestrian access to the onference enter Expansion would be through the West Road lobby on the north side of the site. Additional pedestrian access would be provided to and from the existing onference enter via two pedestrian bridges across West Road, which is a private road. Vehicular access would continue to be provided via the existing LA Live Lot W parking garage driveway on West Road. The existing service and loading dock facilities that support the Existing onference enter would remain. The Project would include a new loading facility at the west end of the building, at street level, in a non-obtrusive location and would be fully enclosed and would not be visible to the public. d. Open pace and Landscaping The Project would include a hierarchy of common open spaces, transitioning from the sidewalks, 3

11 to entrances and lobbies, to interior public spaces, raised outdoor decks, restaurants, and meeting areas. The onference enter Expansion would include an outdoor deck that could be used for pre-function, meeting, and events, as well as an amenity deck. The Project would comply with the LAED treetscape Design uidelines, and would be integrated with and complement the streetscape design for LA Live. The Project would be connected by a consistent streetscape system consisting of street trees, pedestrian lights, and banded concrete paving that unifies the entire LAED area. D. Actions Requested Vesting Tentative Tract Map No for a two lot airspace subdivision to include the merger and re-subdivision of conference center and parking lots within the onference enter Expansion ite, as well as a merger of a portion of hick Hearn ourt into the tract. A separate application for Project Permit ompliance, processed concurrently with this application, to construct a hotel on a portion of Development ite 12 and to construct onvention enter Expansion Uses on Development ite 1a within the LAED, including a ignage ompliance Application and an Equivalency Transfer of permitted Office floor area to Hotel and Retail/Entertainment/Restaurant uses for Development ite 12. A separate application for a pecific Plan Project Permit Adjustment, processed concurrently with this application, to permit a maximum height of 385 feet for the Hotel Expansion within Development ite 12. A separate application for Reduced Parking for the Project and all existing AE facilities within the Olympic West and Olympic East ubareas, as well as taples enter, processed concurrently with this application. 4

12 Vesting Tentative Tract Map hick Hearn ourt. (3/8/16) FINDIN OF FAT (UBDIVIION MAP AT) In connection with the approval of Vesting Tentative Tract Map No , the Advisory Agency of the ity of Los Angeles, pursuant to ections , ,.61, and.63 of the tate of alifornia overnment ode (the ubdivision Map Act), must make the prescribed findings as follows: (A) The proposed map will be/is consistent with applicable general and specific plans. The adopted entral ity ommunity Plan designates the Project ite as Regional enter ommercial land use corresponding to the R, 2, 4, 5, R3, R4, R5, RA3, and RA4 Zones. The Project ite is within Los Angeles ports and Entertainment District pecific Plan area and has a zoning classification of LAED. A conference center use is a permitted use in the LAED Zone. The Project will comply with the maximum floor area as established by the LAED pecific Plan. The Project ite is approximately 135,907 square feet in area (3.11 acres). The entral ity ommunity Plan, a part of the Land Use Element of the ity s eneral Plan, states the following Objectives and Policies relevant to the current Project: OMMERIAL Objective 2-1: To improve entral ity s competitiveness as a location for offices, business, retail, and industry. Objective 2-2: To retain the existing retail base in entral ity. The onference enter Expansion would enhance existing visitor-serving uses within the Los Angeles ports and Entertainment District and promote additional visitor-serving uses downtown by attracting visitors, who would patronize pedestrian-oriented and visitor-serving uses throughout the LAED and outh Park areas. Objective 2-3: To promote land uses in entral ity that will address the needs of all of the visitors to Downtown for business, conventions, trade shows, and tourism. Policy 2-3.1: upport the development of a hotel and entertainment district surrounding the onvention enter/taples Arena with linkages to other areas of entral ity and Figueroa corridor. 1

13 The addition of an approximately 170,000 square foot conference center expansion to the Existing Hotel in the LAED area will support the ity s efforts to invigorate the Los Angeles onvention enter by adding a conference room, ballroom, exhibition space, and flexible meeting space to augment the existing meetings facilities in the hotel and the Los Angeles convention center. TRANPORTATION AND IRULATION Objective 11-7: To provide sufficient parking to satisfy short-term retail/business users and visitors but still find ways to encourage long-term office commuters to use alternate modes of access. Parking for the Project will be accommodated within the existing network of garages owned by AE within LA Live, as well as by existing off-site parking leases with the onvention enter and at other locations, in compliance with LAED pecific Plan requirements. No additional parking spaces will be constructed for the Project. Therefore, as conditioned, the proposed tract map would be consistent with the intent and purpose of the applicable eneral Plan. (B) The design and improvement of the proposed subdivision are consistent with applicable general and specific plans. The design and improvement of the proposed subdivision are consistent with the entral ity ommunity Plan and the requirements of the LAED pecific Plan. hick Hearn ourt is a designated Modified ollector treet in the recently adopted Mobility Element 2035 dedicated to a width of 107 feet at the Project s southerly frontage. eorgia treet is a designated ollector treet dedicated to a width of 74 feet at the Project s easterly frontage. To accommodate the architectural design of the building, the Project will include the vacation of 21 feet of the public right-of-way on the north side of hick Hearn ourt between eorgia treet and LA Live Way. The resultant 86-foot wide right-of-way is consistent with the Modified ollector treet classification in the Mobility Element, which requires a 66-foot wide right-ofway. No dedication is required on eorgia treet, since the 74-foot wide right-of-way already exceeds the ollector treet standard of 66 feet. () The site is physically suitable for the proposed type of development. The Project ite is currently developed with two levels of underground parking, at grade parking and a one level above ground parking deck. This structure will remain, and the proposed onference enter Expansion will be constructed on the top of the existing parking deck. The parcel is considered an infill development of underutilized parcels in the outh Park community of Downtown Los Angeles. The Project ite is located within a Methane Buffer Zone and is.032 2

14 km from the Puente Hills Blind Thrust fault. The Project ite is not within a landslide, liquefaction, or tsunami inundation zone or BOE pecial rading Area. The Project ite is one of the few under-improved properties in the vicinity. The development of this tract is an infill of an otherwise high intensity, high density urban neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles, with close proximity to entertainment and jobs, Metro Rail transit stations, numerous bus lines, and the Dash bus system. The Project ite is located within 1,300 feet the Metro Pico tation and 2,900 feet of the 7 th /Metro enter tation. This proximity provides transit access to Long Beach, North Hollywood, Hollywood, Pasadena, and other areas via the Blue, Line, Red Line and old Line. Project guests will be within walking distance of the onvention enter, as well as nearby restaurants, nightclubs, theaters, retail stores, and taples enter. Therefore, the Project ite is physically suitable for the proposed type of development. (D) The site is physically suitable for the proposed density of development. The general character of the surrounding area includes commercial, hotel, industrial, office, residential, and entertainment uses with several parcels serving as parking lots. The property adjoining the Project ite to the north is zoned LAED and is developed with a Regal inema multiplex movie theater and JW Marriott Hotel onference enter. Properties to the east are zoned LAED and are developed with a Microsoft Theater, taples enter, and other LA Live entertainment buildings. The property to the south, across hick Hearn ourt, is zoned (Q)E- 4D-O and is developed with the Los Angeles onvention enter. West of the Project ite is the LA Live dog park and the Harbor (A-110) Freeway. The Project proposes the development of a 170,000 square foot expansion of the JW Marriott onference enter. The proposed density is consistent with the high density and commercial land use designations on the Project ite. The request is consistent with existing and planned development in the outh Park community. The proposed tract map is physically suitable for the proposed density of the development. (E) The design of the subdivision and the proposed improvements are not likely to cause substantial environmental damage or substantially and avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat. The environmental impacts of the Project were fully analyzed in the LAED Environmental Impact Report (ENV EIR) and the draft Addendum thereto prepared in connection with the Project. The Addendum concludes that the impacts of the Project were fully within the scope of those analyzed by the EIR or otherwise would not result in any new significant impacts or a substantial increase in the severity of previously identified impacts. Furthermore, the Project ite, as well as the surrounding area are presently developed with structures that do not provide a natural habitat for either fish or wildlife. 3

15 (F) The design of the subdivision and the proposed improvements are not likely to cause serious public health problems. The design of the subdivision and the proposed improvements are not likely to cause substantial environmental damage as the proposed Project will create an appropriately-located conference center development. It will provide ballroom, conference center, exhibition space, and meeting space to satisfy varying needs and desires of the Downtown community, promote economic wellbeing and public convenience. Furthermore, neither the LAED EIR nor the draft Addendum to the EIR prepared for the Project identifies any potential adverse impact on fish or wildlife resources as far as earth, air, water, plant life, animal life, or risk of upset are concerned. No biological resources occur on the Project ite, nor does suitable habitat for sensitive mammal, reptile, amphibian, or fish species exist on the Project ite or in the vicinity. The Project ite is improved as an underground parking garage and a one-story parking deck that does not provide a natural habitat for either fish or wildlife. There are no potential public health problems caused by the design or improvement of the proposed subdivision. The development is required to be connected to the ity's sanitary sewer system, where the sewage will be directed to the LA Hyperion Treatment Plant, which has been upgraded to meet tate-wide ocean discharge standards. The proposed subdivision does not violate the existing alifornia Water ode because the subdivision will be connected to the public sewer system and will have only a minor incremental impact on the quality of the effluent from the Hyperion Treatment Plant. () The design of the subdivision and the proposed improvements will not conflict with easements acquired by the public at large for access through or use of property within the proposed subdivision. As part of the street vacation on hick Hearn ourt, the Project will provide a new 15-foot wide sidewalk in the public right-of-way to replace the sidewalk being removed from the public rightof-way by the Project. (H) The design of the proposed subdivision will provide, to the extent feasible, for future passive or natural heating or cooling opportunities in the subdivision. (Ref. ection ) In assessing the feasibility of passive or natural heating or cooling opportunities in the proposed subdivision design, the Applicant has submitted a Preliminary olar Access Report. The Applicant will be required to submit a Final olar Access Report with the information regarding 4

16 architectural design and other design and improvement requirements prior to the issuance of building permits for the Project. The Project ite is rectangular shaped with approximately 520 feet of frontage on hick Hearn ourt and a depth of 250 feet. The topography of the Project ite has been considered in the maximization of passive or natural heating and cooling opportunities. The Project ite will be developed with conference center will provide access to air and light from the south. The Project will allow for sufficient direct open air and natural light to enter the Project ite. Prevailing winds range from approximately 5-10 miles per hour and are generally westerly in direction throughout the year, except for the anta Ana Winds, which generally prevail in the northerly direction. In addition, prior to obtaining a building permit, the Applicant will consider building construction techniques, such as overhanging eaves, location of windows, insulation, exhaust fans, planting of trees for shade purposes and the height of the buildings on the Project ite in relation to adjacent development. 5

17 ITE PHOTO EXHIBIT (VTT-73906) hick Hearn ourt

18 ITE PHOTO EXHIBIT (VTT-73906) hick Hearn ourt View 1: Looking west along West Drive at northeast corner of project site. View 2: Looking south along eorgia treet at east side of project site. 1 of 7

19 ITE PHOTO EXHIBIT (VTT-73906) hick Hearn ourt View 3: Looking north at east edge of project site taken from the east side of eorgia treet. View 4: Looking west at southeast corner of the project site taken from the east side of eorgia treet. 2 of 7

20 ITE PHOTO EXHIBIT (VTT-73906) hick Hearn ourt View 5: Looking south at convention center south of the project site taken from the north side of hick Hearn ourt. View 6: Looking north at the center of project site, taken from the south side of hick Hearn ourt. 3 of 7

21 ITE PHOTO EXHIBIT (VTT-73906) hick Hearn ourt View 7: Looking north at the west end of the project site, taken from the south side of hick Hearn ourt. View 8: Looking east along hick Hearn ourt with project site on the left. 4 of 7

22 ITE PHOTO EXHIBIT (VTT-73906) hick Hearn ourt View 9: Looking northeast at southwest corner of project site taken from the west side of LA Live Way. View 10: Looking north along LA Live Way at west edge of project site. 5 of 7

23 ITE PHOTO EXHIBIT (VTT-73906) hick Hearn ourt View 11: Looking south at west edge of project site taken from west side of LA Live Way. View 12: Looking west at Harbor Freeway to the west of the project site from LA Live Way. 6 of 7

24 ITE PHOTO EXHIBIT (VTT-73906) hick Hearn ourt View 13: Looking east along West Drive with project site on the right. View 14: Looking west along West Drive with project site on the left. 7 of 7

25 28 August 2015 RE: ity of Los Angeles Tentative Tract Map Tree Protection Report PROJET: JW Marriott Headquarters Hotel and onference enter Expansion W. Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, A To Whom It May oncern: This letter is to state that as a licensed landscape architect in the tate of alifornia pursuant to ection and ection of the Los Angeles Municipal ode, I am deemed a tree expert and am therefore qualified to evaluate preservation, removal, replacement or relocation of protected trees for the above state project. Further, based on our on-site evaluation, no protected trees were found to exist on the project site. As a result of our on-site investigation, a tree inventory was prepared that indicates the location, type and size of all non-protected trees found on site, and in the adjacent public right of way. Refer to the sheets L0.001 (Hotel site) and L0.00 (onference enter site) for an inventory of nonprotected trees to be removed. incerely, cott D. Baker, RLA, ALA Principal, Director of Landscape Architecture

26 L.A. Live Way eorgia t. - Trees to be removed inside property line (7) hick Hearn t. onference round Floor Tree Removal TREE REMOVAL TABLE Tree Number Botanical Name ommon Name Height Diameter at Breast Height 1 Koelreuteria paniculata olden Rain Tree 18' 5" 2 Koelreuteria paniculata olden Rain Tree 18' 5" 3 Koelreuteria paniculata olden Rain Tree 18' 5" 4 Koelreuteria paniculata olden Rain Tree 18' 5" 5 Koelreuteria paniculata olden Rain Tree 18' 5" 6 Koelreuteria paniculata olden Rain Tree 18' 5" 7 Koelreuteria paniculata olden Rain Tree 18' 5"

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