EXPO LINE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS NOVEMBER 27 TH & DECEMBER 3 RD 2012 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

EXPO LINE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS NOVEMBER 27TH & DECEMBER 3RD 2012

Los Angeles Department of City Planning

 Open House – 6:00 to 6:15pm  Presentation and Questions – 6:15 to 6:50  Small Group Discussion #1 – 6:55 to 7:25  Small Group Discussion #2 – 7:30 to 8:00

Agenda for Tonight

 Develop and adopt land use and zoning regulations for the City  Create long-range land use and transportation plans  Review certain development projects

About the Department of City Planning

To create and implement plans, policies, and programs that realize a vision of Los Angeles as a collection

• f healthy and sustainable

neighborhoods, each with a distinct sense of place, based on a foundation of mobility, economic vitality, and improved quality of life for all residents. Our Mission:

 Expo Line Light Rail Line Phase

2 opening in 2016

 Culver City station already open

(Phase 1)

 Public has made large

investment in the construction of the Expo Line

 City wants to make sure that we

make the best use of our investment

 Link between land use and

transportation

 Success of transit line depends on

complementary uses around stations

Background

Expo Phase 1 near USC

 Funded by a grant from Metro  Supports local efforts to enhance access to transit, reduce GHG

emissions, and encourage infill development along transit corridors

 Transit Neighborhood Plans:  Exposition Light Rail Line (“Expo Line”) – 5 stations  Crenshaw/LAX Light Rail Line – 5 stations  Include development, design, and streetscape regulations  Project focuses on areas within ½-mile radius of the stations  Roughly a 15 minute walk  Project timeline: June 2012 to June 2014

About the Project

Expo Line Transit Neighborhoods

 General Plan Framework  Housing and employment growth near transit  Improve quality of public realm through improved urban design  Preserve stable single-family  Industrial Land Use Policy  Published in 2008, confirmed City’s previous commitment to preserve

industrially zoned land

 Detailed study of West LA areas  Commercial is allowed in M zones  West Los Angeles, Palms-Mar Vista, and West Adams

Community Plan Areas

 Regulations must be consistent with Community Plans

Policy Framework

Transit Neighborhood Objectives

Attractive Vibrant Functional

• Community places
• Active streets
• Appropriate uses and

intensity

• Efficient pedestrian,

bike, vehicular circulation

• Easy, safe station

access by all modes

Successful Transit Neighborhood

• Pleasant,

attractive streets

• High quality

urban design and architecture

 Land use and zoning regulations  Development regulations  Building massing and design  Site layout  Urban design  Transitions  Parking districts and regulations  Streetscape Plans  Street configurations/dimensions

How do we support these objectives?

 Department of City Planning is lead  Department of Transportation and Department

• f Public Works will be close partners on public

realm aspects of Plans

 Consultant support for environmental, market,

transportation, and land use analysis

 Coordinating with Cities of Santa Monica, Culver

City, and Inglewood

Project Team and Partners

 2-year overall timeline  Kicked-off June 2012  Existing stage:

 Research/field observations  Initial meetings with

Neighborhood Councils, City agencies, etc.

 Initial Community Workshops

 Adoption Process:

 DCP Staff recommendation  City Planning Commission

recommendation

 City Council decision

Project Timeline

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Westside is jobs rich

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Highest ridership projected for employees coming to Westside from other parts of City

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Previously a freight line

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Industrial zoning

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Development orientation not focused towards line

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Neighborhood character and assets vary from station to station

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Expo Bikeway parallels line

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Largely a Class I off-street bike path

Expo Line Overview

 Half of station area is in Culver City  Pop: 16,000; jobs 4,100  Venice Blvd is spine of station area  Small industrially zoned parcels  Class C office space on Venice  Some multi- and single-family

residential

 Station site being redeveloped for

mixed-use

 Helms Bakery nearby  10 Freeway and Robertson off-ramp a

physical barrier

Culver City Transit Neighborhood

Palms Transit Neighborhood

 Highest population of all station

areas: 32,000

 Largely multi-family residential  Some commercial and a few

industrially zoned parcels

 7,500 jobs  Motor Avenue and National Blvd

is retail hub for neighborhood

 Vons Shopping Center  Single-family north of 10

Freeway

 Largely single-family

residential

 Small areas of multi-family  Pico and Westwood

Boulevards are the commercial heart of the neighborhood

 Pop: 22,000; 12,500 jobs  Ridership projections are high

due to link with UCLA and Century City

 Focus of planning effort will

be a Streetscape Plan for Pico

Westwood Transit Neighborhood

 Strong employment center: 24,000 jobs  Light manufacturing and commercial uses  Retail along Pico  Auto-oriented development  Nearby multi- and single-family

residential (Pop: 31,000)

 Mega-blocks  405 Freeway directly adjacent  Lack of sidewalks in places  Numerous billboards

Expo/Sepulveda Transit Neighborhood

 17,000 jobs  Strong media, entertainment and

creative sector

 Office high-rises and large format

retail along Olympic and Bundy

 Single-family directly to south  Multi-family uses along periphery  Mega-blocks  Narrow sidewalks along Bundy  Numerous billboards

Expo/Bundy Transit Neighborhood

 Summarize community input  Will be available on website  Market analysis and other

research

 Develop preliminary concepts  Community meetings in Spring

2013

 Environmental Impact Report

Scoping meeting

 Community Workshops to discuss

preliminary concepts

Next Steps for Project

 Visit us at www.latnp.org

 Please choose 2 stations that you’d like to discuss:

 Culver City  Palms  Expo/Westwood + Expo/Sepulveda (combined discussion)  Expo/Bundy

 What are your ideas for the future?  Each group will have a staff facilitator  25 minutes for discussion  Please be courteous of others’ opinions  Thank you for your participation!

Small Group Discussions

 Susan Robinson

 susan.robinson@lacity.org  213.978.1319

 Patricia Diefenderfer

 patricia.diefenderfer@lacity.org  213.978.1170  Project Lead

Thank you