Torrance Daily Breeze, DB 8-42 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Availability and Public Meeting for the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project Draft Environmental Impact Report The County of Los Angeles (County), as the lead agency, has completed the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project. The Draft EIR is available for a 45-day public review and comment period starting August 17, 2016, and ending October 3, 2016. The Draft EIR can be reviewed on the County's website (http://dpw.lacounty.gov/ landing/publicBuildings.cfm) or downloaded, and copies of the Draft EIR will be available for public review at the following locations: (1) Carson Library, (2) Harbor Gateway Library, (3) Southeast Branch Library, (4) Wilmington Library, (5) Lomita Library, (6) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, (7) Katy Geissert Civic Center Library, and (8) Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Inpatient Tower Information Desk. Los Angeles County proposes the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project ("Project") to consider current conditions and future needs of the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Hospital and Clinics, the LA Biomed Research Foundation ("LA Biomed") and the Department of Health Services at the Medical Campus. The Project would be a redesign of the existing County of Los Angeles Harbor-UCLA Campus to address the future needs of the communities served by the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Campus (Harbor-UCLA Campus or Medical Center Campus). The existing 72-acre Harbor-UCLA Campus, located at 1000 West Carson Street in Torrance, California, currently includes 1,279,284 square feet of developed floor area, including a recently completed Surgery and Emergency Room Replacement Project (Replacement Project). The Master Plan Project, which will be developed into a total of approximately 2,457,355 square feet of developed floor area, will include development of a new Hospital tower (New Hospital Tower) to meet increasing state law seismic requirements for acute care facilities, renovation of the existing Hospital tower (Existing Hospital Tower) to house non-acute care support uses, replacement of aging facilities, reconfigured vehicular and pedestrian access to and circulation within the Harbor-UCLA Campus, and implementation of a cohesive site design that enhances the experience of staff, patients, and visitors. The redesigned Medical Center Campus would consolidate outpatient facilities and locate them in proximity to the New Hospital Tower in the north-central portion of the Medical Center Campus. The western side of the Medical Center Campus is the proposed location for a new Bioscience Tech Park of up to 250,000 square feet and would support open space, surface parking, and other similar ancillary short-term uses. The Draft EIR has identified potentially significant impacts that may result from the proposed project related to geology and soils, hazards/hazardous materials, noise, public services, and transportation and traffic. Mitigation measures have been identified that could reduce many of these impacts to less than significant. However, unavoidable significant impacts would occur as a result of the proposed Harbor-UCLA Medical Center Campus Master Plan Project in the following areas: construction-related noise, temporary operational helicopter noise, construction-related traffic, and long-term operational traffic. Interested parties may submit their written comments to: Clarice Nash, Project Manager, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Project Management Division I, 900 S. Fremont Ave. Alhambra, CA 91803-1331 E-mail: cnash@dpw. lacounty.gov. Due to the time limits mandated by California law, written comments on the Draft EIR must be sent at the earliest possible date but not later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, October 3, 2016. Questions regarding this notice should be directed to Ms. Nash at (626) 300-2363 or at the e-mail shown above Monday through Thursday, between 7:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. A public meeting will be held on Thursday, September 8, 2016, from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm, to provide project information, present a summary of the Draft EIR's analysis of the proposed project, the public review process and how to submit written comments on the proposed project Draft EIR. Any one may submit comments on this Draft EIR without attending the public meeting. The public meeting will be held at: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Parlow Library (southeast of the existing Hospital building), 1000 West Carson Street, Torrance, California 90509-2910. Free Parking is provided in Lots A, B, and C. Please note that all visitors are subject to screening prior to entry Spanish translation services will be provided. Si necesita asistencia con la traducci¢n al espa¤ol, por favor comun¡quese con el representante del departamento de Obras P£blicas del Condado de Los Ángeles, (626) 300-2363. Published: August 17, 2016
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