Myra / Manzanita Neighborhood Coalition 939 Manzanita Street Los Angeles, California

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1 Myra Mananita Neighbrhd Calitin Ls Angeles, Califrnia r CZ> iff \p February 7, 2018 VIA PERSONAL DELIVERY City f Ls Angeles, Office f the City Clerk Attentin: Planning and Land Use Cmmittee & City Cuncil 200 Nrth Spring Street, 3rd Flr, Rm 395 Ls Angeles, Califrnia Re: m :: ' 03 rj ** PO n Appeal f CEQA Categrical Exemptin fr Nrth Myra Avenue (Bard File N ) Dear Planning and Land Use Cmmittee Members and City Cuncil Members, As a matter f intrductin, my name is Kerry Hite and I am writing this letter n behalf f myself, Nichlas Berger and ur neighbrs. We are requesting an appeal t the CEQA Categrical Exemptin that was granted t the 27 unit apartment building prpsed fr Nrth Myra Avenue. On January 30, 2018 the Bard f Building and Safety Cmmissiners f the City f Ls Angeles held a public hearing regarding the prpsal t haul 10,500 cubic yards f earth frm the prject site. The haul rute was apprved and at the same hearing the Bard fund the prject categrically exempt under the Califrnia Envirnmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant t the Ntice f Exemptin prepared by the Department f City Planning. Several neighbrs shwed up t this hearing and expressed their cncerns abut traffic and the inapprpriateness f a building f this sie n a very small street. Nrth Myra Avenue is nly 500 feet lng. There are 9 single family hmes, 5 duplexes, 1 triplex, 1 furplex and ne 6 unit apartment building. Parking is already an issue n this street and it is such a small street that is in in essence a ne lane street, in ther wrds, with cars parked n bth sides f the street there is nly ne lane available fr cars t pass dwn the small street. There are presently 18 lts with 32 residences n the entire street. This prject wuld nearly duble the capacity f an already crwded street. Traffic n Hver is already backed up fr several blcks during rush hur frm peple trying t avid the traffic n Virgil that is als backed up fr several blcks. I have attached a map f the neighbrhd and have illustrated where there are cnstructin prjects already in prcess. On Hyperin there are 8 single family hmes currently under cnstructin and n Mananita Street clse t Santa Mnica Bulevard there is a 9 unit apartment building. Bth f these prjects are n larger (2 lane) residential streets and are ne third the sie f the prpsed Myra prject. There is a 24 unit apartment building being built n Virgil which is a fur lane street. All three f these prjects will increase traffic and verall cngestin in the neighbrhd. Als n my map I pint ut a cmmercial prject n Santa Mnica Bulevard ne blck frm Nrth Myra. This 14,398 square ft retail building has undergrund parking and will certainly create mre traffic and cngestin as well. I am sure there are ther prjects in the wrks that I am nt even aware f and culd be added t this list. The Frst Chaddck develpers have three prpsed prjects in the neighbrhd. Tw are at the Santa Mnica Sunset Bulevard junctin just adjacent t Mananita Street. The first is 91

2 apartments with retail and restaurants; and the secnd is 81 apartments with retail and restaurants. These tw prjects are n Sunset Bulevard which is a fur lane street and these prjects seem apprpriate t the neighbrhd. That being said, all f these prjects will surely create mre traffic and cngestin in the surrunding neighbrhd. A CEQA exemptin is based n several cnditins. We believe that tw in particular need mre careful attentin. 1. Apprval f the prject wuld nt result in any significant effects relating t traffic, nise, air quality r water quality. Given that there is currently s much cnstructin and mre cnstructin eminent, it wuld seem as thugh at the very least a traffic study is in rder. At the hearing, several f us asked the Bard why there was nt a traffic study r quality f life study and we were nt given any answers. 2. The site can be adequately served by all required utilities and public services. At the hearing, I spke abut my cncern fr the ability f public services, in particular fire and rescue and emergency services, t access an already crwded street. I spke t a Fireman at fire statin #35 and he tld me that their statin is a mderately busy t very busy and the mst frustrating thing they encunter is the inability t get t where they need t be. My fiancee, Eric Schelmety, is a trauma nurse at L.A. Cunty USC Medical Center, the busiest Emergency Rm in the cuntry. Time is f the essence when it cmes t emergency services and access t residents is crucial. In emergency medicine, the glden hur...refers t a time perid lasting fr ne hur, r less, fllwing traumatic injury being sustained by a casualty r medical emergency, during which there is the highest likelihd that prmpt medical treatment will prevent death. {American Cllege f Surgens (2008). Alls, Advanced Trauma Life Supprt Prgram fr Dctrs. Amer Cllege f Surgens. ISBN ) This is a high density prject n an already crwded street. Prgress and develpment are inevitable especially when living in Ls Angeles. We are nt anti develpment. We wuld nt be questining this prject if it were n a larger street with better access. When there are husing prjects already in the wrks, ppulatin density and traffic shuld be taken int cnsideratin befre apprving new cnstructin prjects. The safety f the residents shuld be the primary cncern nt just hw an area is ned. We respectfully request a hearing t discuss the apprpriateness f this prject as it relates t the cmmunity. Regards, 7 Kerry Hit] J' Nichlas Berger Attachments: Myra Avenue Cnstructin Map Myra Mananita Neighbrhd Calitin List Traffic Images

3 Mad f area shwing knwn Cnstructin Prjects ca nica t'enue chl Lexingtn Ave 4100 Sunset Blvd 91 apartments retail and restaurants 4000 Sunset Blvd. 81 apartments street level retail and restaurant if! 3 Inteilia C Ji* 4121 Santa Mnica Blvd. <s» *4 14,398 sq ft retail K V c 9 Santa Mnica BWd N. Myra Ave. prpsed 27 apartments Willw Brk Ave < a i'. v Dr. S % j tr T : fci ft 3 rr> ST r* ar 4F wi The Virgil c >D % % Mananita St. t 9 apartments s' S? W R E KEY Lckwd Ave & Cmmercial currently under cnstructin Residential currently under cnstructin Mixed use freseeable cnstructin Myra prject in questin S' V O V* J 4J 0 V J Hyperin Ave 1 *S i 8 single family hmes >f!. & lt» a 0 w *h Nrmal Ave disclaimer: This map is fr infrmatinal purpses nly. Exact lcatin and scale are apprximate. Mnre St $ j X* & Sqirl a r> r. _ * 3 Bellevue Recreatin Center9 Cl 'll ighis ht ban <* Melrse Ave 0>S> 4 Qx W. Melrse Ave 24 Apartments plus retail G gle^

4 Traffic Images 4 i f l * 5:50pm Virgil Avenue 6:15pm Nrth Hver Street 4 v ; i A f % t i".»>.,*. rj ' *«* = ' 18 a I w * r Bv 8 \ ' A Nrth Myra Street Yu can clearly see frm these pictures Myra is a very small street with nly ne lane fr cars t travel, additinally the street is full f residents parked cars

5 Mvra Mananita Neighbrhd Calitin Members Kerry Hite Ls Angeles, CA Michael Miller 940 Mananita Street Ls Angeles, CA Kevin Avery 951 Mananita Street Ls Angeles, CA Sheldn Gmberg 953 Mananita Street Ls Angeles, CA Meisha Rainman 945 Mananita Street Ls Angeles, CA Brian Rainman 945 Mananita Street Ls Angeles, CA Jeffrey Uncapher Ls Angeles, CA Eric Schelmety Ls Angeles, CA Mary Ferrell 957 Mananita Street Ls Angeles, CA Sam Tsui 994 Nrth Hver Street Ls Angeles, CA Nichlas Berger 1023 Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA Lindsay Glver 1018 Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA Crinne Glver Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA Albert Glver Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA Katy Arnvick 1026 Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA David Quattrcchi Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA Casey Breves 994 Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA Phyllis Berger 1023 Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA Lucy Halperin 1040 Nrth Myra Avenue Ls Angeles, CA as mre neighbrs learn f this prject and bject their names will be added t this list.