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CC - CONSENT ITEM: Adoption of a Resolution Approving the Amending Tract Map No. 73978-A for the Ivy Station Mixed Use Development Located at 8809 Washington Boulevard.
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Meeting Date: February 24, 2025
Contact Person/Dept.: Jose Mendivil, Associate Planner
Emily Stadnicki, Current Planning Manager
Phone Number: 310-253-5757 / 310-253-5727
Fiscal Impact: Yes [] No [X] General Fund: Yes [] No [X]
Attachments: Yes [X] No []
Commission Action Required: Yes [X] No [] Date: 10/09/2024
Public Notification: (E-Mail) Meetings and Agendas - City Council (02/19/2025)
Department Approval Name: Mark E. Muenzer, Planning and Development Director (10/11/2024)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council adopt a resolution approving the Amending Map P2024-0224 (Tract Map No. 73978-A) that replaces Tract Map No. 73978 for the Ivy Station mixed use development located at 8809 Washington Boulevard (Project).
BACKGROUND/DISCUSSION
On March 28, 2016, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2016-005 that enacted the Comprehensive Plan, Height Exception, and Tentative Tract Map (P2015-0141-CP, HTEX, and TTM - Planned Development/PD 11). PD11, commonly known as Ivy Station, redeveloped a 5.53-acre triangular-shaped property located south of the intersection at Venice Boulevard and National Boulevard, with portions in both Culver City and the City of Los Angeles. PD11 is located immediately adjacent to the Metro E Line and the Culver City Station. PD11 was designed as a transit-oriented development (TOD) project and includes a mix of office, retail, restaurant, residential, and hotel uses.
The ownership includes three separate companies (one for the hotel, one for the residential use, and one for the office uses) as well as the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority (LACMTA or Metro), the City of Los Angeles, and the City of Culver City/Successor Agency.
Ivy Station approvals consist of the following:
1. On February 17, 2016, the Planning Commission approved Resolution No. 2016-P002, recommending the City Council adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) and approve a Comprehensive Plan, Height Exception, and Tentative Tract Map.
2. on March 14, 2016 and March 28, 2016, the City Council introduced and passed, Ordinance No. 2016-005, adopting an MND and MMRP and approving a Comprehensive Plan, Height Exception, and Tentative Tract Map.
On October 7, 2021, Ivy Station granted to LACMTA fee interest in a master (ground) lot and three airspace lots in the Project for nominal consideration. Ivy Station delivered to LACMTA a Grant Deed conveying Ivy Station’s fee interest in Culver City (CC) Airspace Lots 4 through 7, and CC Airspace Lots 10 through 12 (as defined in such deed), for nominal consideration, known as the “Fee Ownership Corrective Deeds” and where the lots are known as the “LACMTA Transfer Lots”.
It was subsequently determined that certain airspace lots inadvertently crossed property lines on underlying ground lots owned by different parties. Ivy Station seeks to correct map errors by amending the City of Los Angeles Tract Map No. 73977 and City of Culver City Tract Map No. 73978 by creating additional airspace lots in the Project so that the LACMTA transfer lots can be reconveyed to their respective successors - Ivy Station Residential Owner, Ivy Station Office/Parking Owner, and Ivy Station Hotel Owner.
In summary, the Amending Tract Map with three ground lots and 16 airspace lots will replace the approved Tract Map with three ground lots and nine airspace lots. The Public Works Department has reviewed the proposed Amending Tract Map and found it to be in compliance with the State Subdivision Map Act and the Culver City Municipal Code (CCMC) subdivision ordinance (Title 15 of the CCMC).
On October 9, 2024, the Planning Commission approved Resolution No. P2024-P014, recommending the City Council approve the Amending Tract Map No. 73978-A.
ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINATION
Pursuant to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, initial review by the City Council established there are no potentially significant adverse impacts upon the environment and on March 14, 2016, the City Council adopted a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND). The Amending Map is within the scope of the adopted MND because there no physical changes to the Ivy Station development and there is no expansion or reduction in development operations. The circumstances under which the MND was prepared have not significantly changed. No new significant information is found that affects the MND and no additional environmental analysis is required.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
There is no fiscal impact to the approval of the Amending Map for Tract No. 73978-A.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Amending Tract Map No. 73978-A
2. Proposed Resolution approving Amending Tract Map No. 73978-A
3. Approved Planning Commission Resolution No. P2024-P014
MOTION
That the City Council:
Adopt a Resolution approving the Amending Map P2024-0224 (Tract Map No. 73978-A) that replaces Tract Map No. 73978 at 8809 Washington Boulevard.