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A. INTRODUCTION

LosAngeles County proposes theHarbor‐UCLAMedical Center CampusMaster Plan Project (Master PlanProject or Project) to address the future needs of the communities served by the Harbor‐UCLA MedicalCenterCampus(Harbor‐UCLAorMedicalCenterCampus).

TheexistingMedicalCenterCampuscontainsapproximately1,279,284squarefeetofdevelopedfloorarea,includingtherecentlycompletedSurgeryandEmergencyRoomReplacementProject(ReplacementProject).The Master Plan Project encompasses construction of a new Hospital tower (New Hospital Tower) onschedule to meet increasing state law seismic requirements for acute care facilities, renovation of theexistingHospitalbuilding(ExistingHospitalTower) tohousenon‐acutecaresupportuses, replacementofaging facilities, reconfigured vehicular and pedestrian access to and circulation within the Harbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus,andimplementationofacohesivesitedesignthatenhancestheexperienceofstaff,patients, and visitors. TheCampus‐wide floor areawould increase fromapproximately 1,279,284 squarefeettoapproximately2,457,355squarefeet.

TheredesignedMedicalCenterCampuswouldconsolidateoutpatientfacilitiesandlocatetheminproximitytotheNewHospitalTowerinthenorth‐centralportionoftheMedicalCenterCampus.ItwouldalsoengageCarsonStreetbyorientinghospital‐relatedservicesusedbythecommunityalongthismajorthoroughfare.Courtyards,landscapedareas,andpathsandsidewalksforpedestriancirculationwouldformthecoreoftheMedicalCenterCampusandconnecttheNewHospitalTowerandoutpatientfacilitieswiththeothermajortenantsontheMedicalCenterCampus,includingLosAngelesBiomedicalResearchInstitute(LABioMed)inthe south‐central portion of the Medical Center Campus and the Children’s Institute International (CII)BurtonE.GreenCampusinthenorthwestportionoftheMedicalCenterCampus.PatientandvisitorvehicleaccessandparkingwouldberealignedoffCarsonStreetandstaffvehicleaccesswouldbeconcentratedintheeasternandsoutheasternMedicalCenterCampusoffVermontAvenueand220thStreet.

The western side of the Medical Center Campus would be used for the development of a new 250,000‐square‐footbiotechnical researchcampus(BioscienceTechPark). Abiosciencehubat theMedicalCenterCampuswouldprovide thepotential togrowthebioscience industry in theCountyand takeadvantageofrelationships and research opportunities between the Bioscience Tech Park, the public hospital, and LABioMed. Implementation of the Master Plan Project is expected to meet short‐term needs of thecommunitiesservedbytheExistingHospitalTower,associatedfacilities,andothertenantsofthe MedicalCenterCampus,aswellaslong‐termneedsbeyond2030.

B. HARBOR‐UCLA MEDICAL CENTER LOCATION AND SURROUNDING USES

The72‐acreMedicalCenterCampus is located in theunincorporatedCountyofLosAngelescommunityofWestCarson,whichroughlyencompassesthe2.3‐square‐mileareabetweentheHarborFreeway(I‐110)ontheeastandNormandieAvenueonthewest,andDelAmoBoulevardonthenorthandLomitaBoulevardonthesouth.TheMedicalCenterCampusisborderedbyCarsonStreetonthenorth,220thStreetonthesouth,VermontAvenueontheeast,andNormandieAvenueonthewest. TheHarborFreeway(I‐110) is located

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oneblock(approximately800feet)eastoftheMedicalCenterCampusandtheSanDiegoFreeway(I‐405)islocatedapproximately twomiles to thenorthandnortheast. TheHarborFreeway is accessedviaCarsonStreet and the SanDiego Freeway is accessed via Carson Street to the east and Vermont andNormandieAvenuestothenorth.TheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampuslocationisillustratedinFigure2‐1,ProjectSiteandRegionalLocationMap.

Surroundingcommunities includethecitiesofGardena,Lawndale,andHawthornetothenorth;thecityofCarson,eastoftheHarborFreeway;theHarborGatewaycommunity,partofthecityofLosAngeles,andthecityofTorrancetothewest;andtothesouth,theHarborCitycommunity,partofthecityofLosAngeles,andthecityofLomita.

Figure2‐2,SurroundingLandUses,isanaerialphotographoftheMedicalCenterCampusandvicinity,withnearbylandusesidentified.CarsonStreet,tothenorth,islargelydevelopedwithcommercialuses,primarilyneighborhood retail businesses andmedical/dental services. TheHarborUCLAMedical CenterEmployeeChildren’sCenter (ChildCareCenter)andamultifamily residentialapartmentcomplex,HarborCoveVilla,arelocatedoutsidetheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusonCarsonStreetjustwestoftheintersectionwith Vermont Avenue. The area north of Carson Street is a predominantly single‐family residentialneighborhood. Vermont Avenue, bordering the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Campus to the east, isdevelopedwithamixofneighborhoodretailusesandmedicalservicesjustnorthandsouthofCarsonStreet,while the southern half of the block facing the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Campus, at 219th Street, isdevelopedwithacondominiumcomplex,TorranceParkVillas,andStarliteTrailerParkandRainbowMobileHomePark,whichbackuptotheHarborFreewayonthewest.Wholesaleandlightindustrialuses,primarilywarehousesandtruckdistributioncenters,arelocatedtothesoutheastalong220thStreet.Single‐familyandmulti‐family residential neighborhoods border the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Campus to the south,across220thStreet,aswellastothewest,acrossNormandieAvenuewithintheHarborCitycommunityofLos Angeles; the abandoned Union Pacific Railroad right‐of‐way area along the west side of NormandieAvenueservesasasetbackforresidentialusestothewest.Anoff‐sitesurfaceparkinglotservingLABioMedislocatedacross220thStreetfromtheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus.

C. HARBOR‐UCLA MEDICAL CENTER BACKGROUND AND EXISTING CONDITIONS

1. History and Background

(a) History of Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center

The first hospital uses at the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Campus were established in 1943 when thepropertywasusedastheU.S.Army’sPortofEmbarkationStationHospital,areceivingpointandhospitalforservicemen returning from thePacificduringWorldWar II (WWII). Facilities includedanadministrationbuilding and a collection of Army barracks and cottages; the hospital also providedmedical services forservicemenandtheirfamilieslivinginthearea.By1946,thefacilitywasnolongerneededandwassoldaswar surplusby the federal government to theCounty for thedevelopmentof LosAngelesCountyHarborGeneralHospital(HarborGeneralHospital),toprovideCounty‐basedmedicalcareandhospitalservicestotheincreasinglypopuloussouthwesternpartoftheCounty.

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HarborGeneralHospitalbeganitsaffiliationwiththeUniversityofCaliforniaLosAngeles(UCLA)SchoolofMedicinein1948andbecamethesoutherncampusoftheUCLASchoolofMedicinein1951.Constructionoftheexistingeight‐story,450,000‐square‐footExistingHospitalTowerwascompletedin1962intheeasternportionoftheMedicalCenterCampusandreplacedanumberoftheoriginalArmyfacility’swoodenbarracksandcottages.Despiteadesignlifeofsevenyears,nearlyone‐thirdoftheoriginalbarracksbuiltinthe1940sstillremain inusetodayasclinics,offices,shops,storage, laboratoriesandrelatedfacilities,augmentedbytemporarymodularbuildingsand trailers. In1978, thenameof thehospitalwas changed toLosAngelesCountyHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenter tohighlight itsworking relationshipwith theDavidGeffenSchoolofMedicineatUCLA.AnaffiliationwiththeUCLASchoolofDentistrywasestablishedin1972.

ThehistoricaldevelopmentoftheMedicalCenterCampusisillustratedinFigure2‐3,Harbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusDevelopmentHistory.

(b) Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Today

Today,Harbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterisaCounty‐ownedandoperatedtertiary‐caremedicalcenterandoneoftwoLevel1TraumaCentersthattheCountyoperates,andoneoffiveintheCounty.Tertiarycarehospitalsgenerally refer to major facilities with specialized facilities and personnel which can provide acomprehensive range ofmedical treatments, usually through referral fromprimary or secondarymedicalcare providers, including general medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, surgery, and various subspecialties.Traumacentersareequippedandstaffedtoprovidecomprehensiveemergencymedicalservicestopatientssuffering traumatic injuries, as opposed to illness. Level 1 centers provide the highest level of surgicaltraumacareandhaveafullrangeofspecialistandequipmentavailablefor24‐hourcoverage.Harbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterservessouthwesternLosAngelesCountyandplaysaparticularlycriticalroleinmeetingthehealthcareneedsofthemorethan700,000residentsofthegreaterSouthBayregionwithin15milesoftheMedicalCenterCampus,thecatchmentorserviceregionforthemedicalcenter.

TheExistingHospitalislicensedfor453inpatientbeds,ofwhich373beds(or82%ofthelicensedbeds)arebudgeted/staffedbeds,whilethelargerHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampushousesmorethan70primaryand secondary care clinics. There are approximately 340,000 patient visits to the Campus annually,including admittances and discharges, diagnostics and treatment, and patient exam visits. A premiereteachinghospitalwith residency and fellowshipprograms inmanymedical and surgical specialties and astrong research focus, theExistingHospital employsapproximately300 full‐time facultyphysicians,morethan120part‐timefacultyphysicians,and360volunteerfacultyphysicians,withmorethan500residentsandfellowscompletinggraduatestudiesattheExistingHospital. TotalemploymentfortheentireHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus(includingtheExistingHospitalandothertenants)isapproximately5,500.

Threemajortenantsareco‐locatedontheMedicalCenterCampustogetherwiththeExistingHospitalandoutpatientclinics.LABioMed,thelargesttenant,wasfoundedastheHarbor‐UCLAResearchandEducationInstitutein1952.Itconductsandsupportsresearch,training,andeducationactivities,providescommunityservices including childhood immunization and nutrition assistance, andmaintains an affiliationwith theExisting Hospital, with many faculty members serving as both researchers and clinicians; this affiliationhelpsattracttopresidencycandidatestotheExistingHospital. TheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalFoundation,Inc.(MFI)wasfoundedin1963asanonprofitorganizationdedicatedtoclinicalpatientcare,therevenuefromwhich is used to fund clinical, research, and educational activities at the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center.Children’sInstituteInternational(CII),whichspecializesinthetreatmentandpreventionofchildabuseand



neglect,operatesitsBurtonE.GreenCampuswithintheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusandprovidesservices to families throughout the South Bay and adjacent communities. CII is headquartered neardowntown Los Angeles and operates several facilities throughout the region. A number of other Countydepartments, including an outpatient mental health clinic operated by the Department of Mental Health,occupybuildingsontheMedicalCenterCampus.

(c) Market Projections and Future Demand for Healthcare Services

Harbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterhasevaluatedanticipatedchangesindemandforitsservicesovertheMasterPlan Project buildout timeline. It expects increasing demand in its service area, which currentlyencompasses 10 million people and is expected to grow by an estimated 600,000, through 2030. Thepopulationservedincludesalargeproportionofuninsured,underinsured,orthoseotherwisedependentonthe County Department of Health Services (DHS). It is projected that the service area will include anadditional 190,000 Medicare‐eligible patients by the buildout horizon, an assumption based on ananticipatedincreaseintheserviceareapopulationandaging,asmorebabyboomersmoveintotheage75+cohort.Thisisexpectedtoaffectdemandforcertainservicesaswellastheoverallvolumeofpatientvisits,whichisexpectedtoincreasebyanestimated20percentby2030,evenassumingsomepercentageoffuturepatients transfer back to Martin Luther King Hospital, which reopened in July 2015, or other hospitals.Moreover,asthehealthcareindustrytransitionstoamorestandardized,collaborative,andpreventativecaremodelof health caredelivery, andaway fromrelianceon acute‐care inpatient treatment, therewill be anincreasingneedforHarbor‐UCLAtoenhanceitsoutpatientprogramsandotherpatientsupportservices.Inlight of the expected increase in its service area population and increased demand for its services, aphysicianworkforceshortageinLosAngeles,andthelackofplansforthenewconstructionofotheracutecarehospital facilities intheregionbytheMasterPlanProjectbuildouthorizon,Harbor‐UCLAseesaclearneedtoinvestinitsfacilitiesandprogramstocontinuetofulfillitsroleasastrategicpieceofthehealthcare“safetynet”ofLosAngelesCountyingeneralandforSouthBaycommunitiesinparticular.

(d) Compliance with Senate Bill 1953: The Alquist Hospital Facilities Seismic Safety Act

As a result of the 1994Northridge earthquake, the State of California enacted Senate Bill (SB) 1953, theAlquistHospitalFacilitiesSeismicSafetyAct, inSeptember1994,(CaliforniaHealth&SafetyCodeSections130000et seq.) toensure thatall acute carehospitals inCaliforniabuiltbefore1973remainoperationalafteramajorseismicevent.SB1953directedhospitalsinCaliforniatoevaluatetheseismicperformanceoftheiracutecare facilitiesandperformupgrades, inaccordancewithstandardsdevelopedbytheCaliforniaOfficeofStatewideHealthPlanningandDevelopment(OSHPD),byspecificdeadlines.1,2 SB1953establishedtwo deadlines: by 2013 (or 2015 or beyond under certain circumstances), hospitals are required todemonstrate compliance with specific seismic criteria intended to allow acute care facilities to remainstanding after a major seismic event, and by 2030, hospitals are required to implement the necessaryupgradestoremainfullyoperationalafteramajorseismicevent.

TheseismicstrengthofhospitalbuildingsismeasuredinaccordancewithFederalEmergencyManagementAgency’s(FEMA’s)HAZARDSU.S.(HAZUS)AssessmentProgram,aseismicevaluationprogramdeveloped

1 SB1953,HospitalFacilitiesSeismicSafetyAct,Chapter740,Statutesof1994.2 Office of StatewideHealth Planning&Development,California’s Hospital Seismic Safety Law: Its History, Implementation and

Progress,http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/FDD/SB1953/SeismicReport.PDF.2005.

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for hospitals to implement the seismic safety requirements of SB 1953 to determine the probability ofcollapse.UndertheHAZUSProgram,hospitalbuildingsfallintooneoffivestructuralandnonstructural(e.g.,utilityinfrastructure,communicationssystems,andemergencypowersupply)performancecategories,withSPC1buildingsrepresentingthosemostatriskandSPC5buildingsrepresentingthosefullycompliantwithstructuralsafetyrequirements.

Harbor‐UCLA performed a structural and nonstructural performance assessment of its Existing HospitalTower(includingthecentraltower,northandsouthwings,cafeteria,PrimaryCareandDiagnosticsCenter(PCDC), and communications building), the only acute care facility on the Medical Center Campus andtherefore the only building subject to SB 1953. The survey determined that, with the exception of therecently constructed Replacement Project buildings, all of the Existing Hospital Tower components (i.e.,centraltower,northandsouthwings,cafeteria,PCDC,andcommunicationsbuilding)requiredsomelevelofseismicupgradestocomplywithSB1953andremainoperationaluntil2030,atwhichtimenonconformingbuildingswouldnolongerbeusedforacutecareservice,butcouldinsteadberepurposedandrenovatedforothernon‐acutecare,administrative,orsupportservices.SeismicupgradeswerecarriedoutfortheExistingHospitalTower(including thecentral tower,northandsouthwings, cafeteria,PCDC,andcommunicationsbuilding) such that it meets SPC 2/NPC 3 standards, meaning the Existing Hospital Tower may not bereparable or functional after amajor seismic event, butwouldnot significantly jeopardize life safety, andcritical care systems are properly braced or anchored and could remain operational. Even with furtherupgrades, the ExistingHospital Towerwould notmeet SB 1953 standards for continued operation as anacute care facility after 2030, and the current compliance plan prepared for the Existing Hospital Towerindicates that it is expected to be repurposed for non‐acute care activities by that datewhile acute carefunctionswillbemovedtoaNewHospitalTower.

2. Existing Conditions

(a) Current Facilities Layout

TheexistingHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampuslayoutisillustratedinFigure2‐4,ExistingMedicalCenterCampusBuildings. The physical layout of theMedical Center Campus still closely follows the east–west‐orientedstreetgridestablishedwhenthepropertywaslaidoutasamilitaryinstallationinthe1940s.TheExisting Hospital Tower, related treatment facilities, and themajority ofMedical Center Campus supportfacilities (i.e., facilities management and utilities) occupy the eastern third of the Harbor‐UCLA MedicalCenterCampus,whilebuildingsoccupiedbyLABioMedtakeupthemajorityofthecentralMedicalCenterCampus, and outpatient services, including MFI and the related Imaging Center, CII, and other facilities,occupythewesternendoftheMedicalCenterCampus. Patientdiagnosticfacilities,administrationoffices,andadditionalfacilitiesmanagementfunctionsarescatteredthroughouttheMedicalCenterCampus.

Most of the facilities in the central Medical Center Campus were constructed prior to 1960, includingnumerous small wood‐frame barracks and temporary/modular buildings that collectively occupy themajorityoftheMedicalCenterCampuslandarea. Thefirstmajorexpansionofthe1963ExistingHospitalTower, the Surgery and Emergency Room Replacement Project, was completed in 2013. This projectincreased the size of the existing emergency room from 25,000 square feet with 42 emergency bays, to75,000 square feet with 80 emergency bays and added 190,000 square feet of space containing surgerysuites,adultandpediatrictriage,andanewentrancelobby,andwaitingarea.Anewhelistopand544‐spaceparkingstructurewerealsoconstructed.



LA BioMed, which employs approximately 700, presently occupies a number of older WorldWar II–erastructuresscattered‐ throughoutanapproximately16.5‐acreareaencompassingthecentralportionof theHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus,andisproposingtoconsolidateitsoperationswithinasmaller11.4‐acreleasehold(LABioMedCampus)inthesouth‐centralportionoftheMedicalCenterCampus. FournewbuildingshavebeenconstructedontheLABioMedCampussince2000,andLABioMedwilleventuallyvacateapproximately 95,000 square feet of floor area within the buildings it occupies elsewhere on the largerMedicalCenterCampusasitconsolidates.

Other newer facilities constructed on the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Campus since the 1980s includebuildingshousinghospital‐relatedoutpatientservicesandthebuildingshousingmajortenantsMFIandCIIat the western end of the Medical Center Campus. Since 1989, MFI has occupied the Harbor UCLAProfessionalBuilding(alsoknownastheMFIProfessionalBuilding)at thewestendof theMedicalCenterCampus, with related outpatient services housed in nearby buildings. WhileMFI’s utilization of theMFIProfessional Building and related outpatient services has decreased over the last several years, it is stillconsideredamajortenantontheMedicalCenterCampus. TheHarborUCLAProfessionalBuildinghousesnine clinical departments that provide a range of clinical subspecialties, a laboratory, radiology, nuclearmedicineandapharmacy.CIIoccupiesa23,435‐square‐footfacilityknownasitsBurtonE.GreenCampusinthenorthwesterncorneroftheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus,neartheintersectionofCarsonStreetandNormandieAvenue.

Overall, theexisting layoutof theHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusreflects itspiecemealgrowthovertime,andthescattered,agingbuildingsandinfrastructurehavebecomeinefficienttooperateandmaintain,contributingtoseriouslogisticalobstaclesandservicedeficiencies.TheExistingHospitalTower(includingthePCDC)andoutpatientclinicsarecurrentlyrunningatornearcapacity,andexistingfacilitiesprovidenophysicalroomforgrowth.Otherfacilityandprogrammaticshortfallsincludealackofon‐siteamenitiesforpatients and visitors and a shortage of adequate teaching space for the medical school internship andcontinuingeducationprograms.

(b) Circulation and Parking

VehicularaccesstotheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusisprovidedbyaprimarydrivewayonCarsonStreet, near the Existing Hospital Tower and a second driveway west of the primary driveway; twodrivewaysonVermontAvenue;fivedrivewaysalong220thStreet;andonedrivewayonNormandieAvenue.OnlytheCarsonStreetdrivewaysaresignalized.Internalcirculationon‐sitefollowstheoriginalgridlayoutestablished on the property, with four east‐west roadways and numerous short north‐south connectorroadways. Most interior intersections of two roadways or drive aisles are stop‐sign controlled. To aidwayfinding,most of the internal roadways are named and display street name signs at intersections. Inaddition,mostbuildingsormodularstructureshaveabuildingnumber(consistingofaletterandanumber)orabuildingname,orboth,visibletodrivers.However,fewdirectoryboardsarelocatedwithintheMedicalCenterCampus,andwayfindingformotoristsaswellaspedestrianscanbeconfusing. Contributingtothisconfusion is the lack of distinctions between Medical Center Campus entrances and parking areas forHarbor‐UCLAstaffandthoseforthegeneralpublic.

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Figure2‐5,ExistingParkingSupply, depictson‐andoff‐siteparking facilities. The largerparking lotsaregenerallydistributedalongtheMedicalCenterCampusperimeter,withsmallerlotsthroughouttheMedicalCenterCampusinterior;parkingisallowedononeorbothsidesofinternalroadways,thoughincidentalon‐streetparkingalsooccursinareasnotofficiallydesignatedasparkingareas,asdiscussedbelow.

The on‐site parking supply totals 2,905 spaces,which exceeds the County’s parking code requirement of2,709spaces.Specifically,LosAngelesCountyCode,Chapter122.52.1120,Hospitals,ConvalescentHospitals,Adult Residential Facilities, and Group Homes for Children, requires 2 spaces per bed, 1 space per 250squarefeetforoutpatientfacilities,and1spaceper400squarefeetforresearchuse. Thissupplyincludes2,168standardspacesand124AmericanwithDisabilitiesAct(ADA)spaces indesignatedsurfaceparkinglotsandthenewparkingstructureinthesoutheasterncorneroftheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus,and 596 standard spaces and 17 ADA spaces along the internal streets. An additional 281 spaces (278standard spaces and three ADA spaces) are provided in off‐site parking facilities, and street parking ispermittedalongallorportionsofthefourpublicstreetssurroundingtheMedicalCenterCampus.However,parking is not uniformly used,with parking for the Existing Hospital Tower and other facilities near theeasternendoftheMedicalCenterCampusandalongthenorthernperimeterexperiencingseverelocalizedshortfalls,while in other locations, designatedparking for specific facilities is underused. A considerablenumberofmakeshiftparkingspaceshavebeencreatedalonginternalroadwaystoaccommodatelocalizeddemand,thoughmanyoftheseareasarenotdesignatedforon‐streetparking.Moreover,mostoftheinteriorroadwaysdonotprovidesidewalksorcurbsandpedestriansmustsharetheroadwayswithvehicletraffic,adversely affecting access, including disabled access, to facilities throughout the Harbor‐UCLA MedicalCenterCampus.

(c) Central Plant, Infrastructure, and Materials Management

A number of infrastructure systems on the Harbor‐UCLAMedical Center Campus are at the end of theiruseful life or inadequate for current needs and require increasing maintenance or replacement. Theseinclude portions of the electrical system (normal and emergency power), which includes 40‐year‐oldsubstations throughout the Medical Center Campus and some inadequate distribution systems; lightingsystems, many of which are original and require replacement for reasons of energy‐efficiency; securitysystems,whicharelackingandneededtoaccommodatethedifferenttenantsontheMedicalCenterCampus;thedomesticwatersupplysystemandperiodicallynonoperationalbackupwatersupplysystem,whichwillrequireupgradestoaccommodatenewconstructionunderMasterPlanProjectbuildout;noreclaimedwatersysteminfrastructure;unknownfuturecapacityinthesinglewastewatermainknowntoservetheMedicalCenter Campus; and an aging and fragile storm drain network and other infrastructure, facilities, andequipmentthatwillrequiresignificantoverhaulingtoaccommodateplannedMasterPlanProjectbuildout.New construction would also require compliance with the County’s Low Impact Development (LID)requirements for stormwatermanagement. Additionally, Central Plant upgrades are needed to serve thenewlyexpandedNewHospitalTowerandrelatedfacilities.Finally,withrespecttoInformationTechnology(IT)services,thereisnopubliclyavailableWIFIontheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus;thereislittleornodocumentationforundergroundcablinginfrastructurethathasdevelopedovertime;improvementstothe current Voice over IP telephone infrastructure are needed; and additional data storage spacemay beneeded.

Materials management throughout the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Campus – encompassing everythingfrom loading dock design to the handling and provision of medical supplies and equipment, technology,



linens,andfood–alsorequiresoverhaulingandcentralizationforreasonsofefficiencyandimprovedservicedelivery;wastemanagementoperationsalsorequireimprovementsincollection,staging,andprocessing,toallow formore efficiency and sustainable practices in compliance with increasingly stringentmandatorystateandlocalregulations.

(d) Landscaping

LandscapingthroughouttheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusis limitedanddiscontinuous. Thereareseveral landscaped courtyards, predominantly at the western end of the Medical Center Campus,surrounding theMFI and CII buildings, and on the LA BioMed Campus, and in scattered locations in thenorth‐central Medical Center Campus, but the remainder of theMedical Center Campus does not have adiscernible landscape plan and there are very few places for patients or visitors to congregate outdoors.Withtheexceptionof themainentranceto theMedicalCenterCampusonCarsonStreet,which isplantedwithmaturetrees,shrubs,andalawnsetback,theperimeteroftheMedicalCenterCampusdoesnothaveacoherent visual identity or connection to the surrounding community, and landscaping is lacking atsecondaryMedicalCenterCampusentrancesandforlongstretchesoftheperimeter.Forthemostpart,theperimeteroftheMedicalCenterCampusisdemarcatedwithchain‐linkfencesandconcreteblockwalls,withlimited landscape screening. The western half of the block fronting on Carson Street, a portion of theNormandieAvenuefrontage,andthewesterntwo‐thirdsofthe220thStreetperimeterarecurrentlyenclosedwithchainlinkfenceplantedwithbougainvilleavines,whichserveasalow,partialbufferalongthepublicstreets. The sideof theMedical CenterCampushasportionsof open fence and solid concreteblockwallframingbothsidesoftheentry. TheVermontAvenuefrontage,adjacenttothenewparkingstructureandExisting Hospital Tower parking lot, and the corner of the Medical Center Campus at Carson Street andVermontAvenue,are themostheavily landscapedportionsof theMedicalCenterCampusperimeter,withmaturetreesandalandscapesetbackfromthesidewalk.TherearenolandscapedparkwaysorstreettreesalonganyoftheMedicalCenterCampusstreetfrontages.

D. PLANNING AND ZONING

TheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus isdesignated forPublicandSemi‐Publicuse in theLosAngelesCounty General Plan, and has a zoning designation of C‐3 (Unlimited Commercial). The C‐3 designationallows a broad range of commercial uses and allows the maximum floor:area ratio (FAR) of 0.5:1. TheExistingHospitalTowerandancillaryuseson theMedicalCenterCampusare consistentwith the currentzoning.Inaddition,theeasterntwo‐thirdsoftheMedicalCenterCampusisdesignatedasaTransitOverlayDistrict(TOD)duetoproximitytotheMetroTransitStationatCarsonStreetapproximately0.10milestotheeast,adjacenttotheHarborFreeway. Thepurposeof theTODzonedesignation is tocreateapedestrian‐friendlyandcommunity‐servingusesneartransitstopsthatencouragewalking,bicycling,andtransituse.

E. STATEMENT OF PROJECT OBJECTIVES

Section15124(b)oftheStateCEQAGuidelinesrequiresthatanEIRProjectDescriptioncontainastatementof objectives for the proposed project and recommends that the statement of objectives include theunderlyingpurposeoftheproject.

TheoverallgoaloftheMasterPlanProjectistoredeveloptheCounty‐ownedHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampustosupportamodern,integratedhealthcaredeliverysystem.ItwillprovideaNewHospitalTowertoreplacetheacutecarefunctionsintheExistingHospitalTowerbeforethestatelawdeadlinetomeetseismic

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standardsforcriticaltrauma/tertiaryacutecareservicessothattheSouthBayserviceregionandtheCountyseamlessly retain this key link in the County‐wide trauma hospital safety net which features biomedicalresearch and development facilities and integrates inpatient and outpatient services in a renovated andexpandedsetting.

ThegoalissupportedbythefollowingMasterPlanProjectobjectives:

1. SecuretimelycompliancewiththeAlquistHospitalFacilitiesSeismicSafetyAct(alsoknownasSenateBill[SB]1953)tomaintaincriticaltraumaservicesintheSouthBayserviceregionoftheCounty of Los Angeles,which requires replacement of the current tertiary acute care ExistingHospital Tower and other essential supporting facilities with upgrades/replacement beforeJanuary1,2030.

2. Support the renovation of existing healthcare facilities to implement the County’s strategy torespondtotheAffordableCareActof2010andmodernizeandintegratehealthcaredeliveryandupdate facilities to modern standards by constructing new buildings andrepurposing/remodeling existing buildings on the campus to improve operational efficiencies,resolveexistingdeferredmaintenanceissues,andconsolidate inpatientandoutpatientservicesin dedicated buildings, to optimize the quality of care and operational effectiveness whilereducingadministrative,operationalandmaintenancecosts.

3. Provideforafundamentalreorganization,expansion,andintegrationofoutpatientserviceswiththespecificgoalsofbeinga)morecommunity‐basedandpatient‐centered,b)moreefficient,andc)configuredtoincludeclearwayfindingandpedestrianwalkways;

4. Plan renovation and appropriate new medical campus construction for a mix of inpatient,outpatient, and supporting facilities to respond to healthcare needs in the South Bay serviceregion, based on the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Master Plan Project’s current services andmarketprojectionsfortheplanninghorizon.

5. Provideopportunities fordevelopmentup to250,000square feetofnewBioscienceTechParkusesandsupportfacilities,aswellasupto225,000squarefeetofexpandedLABioMedfacilities.

6. Encourage a vibrant, mixed‐use setting that supports the continuing Harbor‐UCLAmission ofclinicalcare,education,andresearchaswellastheprovisionofmodernizedfacilitiesforexistingandfuturetenantsoftheMedicalCenterCampus.

7. AchieveoptimumpublicutilizationoflandandbuildingsundertheownershipandcontroloftheCountyandmaintainflexibilitytorespondtofutureshiftsinmedicalcareandtechnology.

8. Develop the campus in ways that do not compromise environmental quality, social equity, oreconomic opportunity for future generations by: a) creating durable, adaptable greeninfrastructureandbuildings,promotingresource‐efficienttransportationsolutions,andseekingclimate‐positive outcomes, b) establishing goals to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions,including: energy, buildings and land use, transportation, water and waste, and c)accommodatingchangingsustainabledesignpractices,fromcurrentstandardstoafuturevisionfora“RegenerativeCampus.”



F. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT

1. Project Characteristics

ProposedMaster PlanProject components include the following: (1) aNewHospital Tower; (2) newandrenovated outpatient care facilities (to be provided in new outpatient buildings and in portions of therenovated Existing Hospital Tower); (3) other services and facilities, including administrative office,warehouse/storageareas,daycare, limitedcommercialservices(e.g.,coffeestand,sundryshop); (4) long‐term buildout of the LA BioMed Campus; (5) newBioscience Tech Park; and (6)Medical Center Campussupport facilities, includingnewand renovated infrastructure,utilities, parking, roadways, andpedestrianandbicyclecirculationimprovements.TheseproposedusesareitemizedinTable2‐1,Harbor‐UCLAMasterPlanProjectExistingandProposedLandUseSummary,below. Themajordesignprinciplesunderlying theMasterPlanProjectincludeorganizationalclarity,communityinteraction,thecreationofaniconicidentityfor a replacement hospital, pedestrian and wellness features, and development flexibility. Figure 2‐6,Harbor‐UCLAMedical CenterMaster Plan Project Site Plan, illustrates the proposed conceptual layout ofexisting buildings to be retained and proposed new development, the pedestrian circulation network,vehicularaccessandcirculation,parking,andlandscaping.Figure2‐7,MasterPlanProjectMassingDiagram,depictstheprogrammedlocationsofproposedusesatMasterPlanProjectbuildout.Asfuturebuildingsaredeveloped,thedistributionofprogrammeduseswouldberevisedasneeded.

TheProjectassumesatotalofapproximately2,457,355squarefeetofdevelopedfloorareaontheHarbor‐UCLA Campus, an increase of approximately 1,178,071 square feet over the existing approximately1,279,284square feet.This increase isdue largely to thedevelopmentofanewhospital tower, threenewoutpatientbuildings,andtheBioscienceTechPark.Thecampus‐widefloor:arearatio(FAR)wouldincreasefrom0.40:1to0.78:1.Thenumberoflicensedin‐patienthospitalbedswoulddecreaseslightlyfrom453to446. New buildings would be up to four stories in height compared to the existing buildings, which arepredominantlyonestory;thetallestexistingon‐sitebuilding(theexistingeight‐storyHospitalTower)wouldbe retained and a secondeight‐storybuilding (NewHospitalTower)wouldbe constructed. Campus‐wideparkingwouldincreasefrom3,186spaces(including281spacesinanoff‐siteparkinglot)to4,240spaces(includingspacesintheBioscienceTechParkandintheoff‐siteparkinglot),duelargelytothereplacementofseveralon‐sitesurfaceparking lotswiththree‐to five‐levelparkingstructures.ThenumberofCampus‐wideemployeeswouldincreasefromapproximately5,464toapproximately7,494.

(a) Proposed Medical Center Campus Organization

TheMasterPlanProjectproposestolocaterelatedusesinproximitytooneanother,connectedbyanetworkof walkways and landscaped areas. The most publicly accessible zones, including commercial andcommunity‐oriented services, would be located along the northern edge of the Medical Center CampusfrontingonCarsonStreet,withstaffandsupportserviceslocatedinthesouthernhalfoftheMedicalCenterCampus.TheNewHospitalTowerisintendedtobethetallest,mostvisiblebuildingontheMedicalCenterCampus,andtherefore itsprimary focalpoint,signaling its locationtovisitorsandidentifyingtheHarbor‐UCLAMedical Center Campus to the community. The LA BioMed Campuswould continue to occupy thesouthern‐central part of the Medical Center Campus, fronting on 220th Street. The CII Burton E. GreenCampuswillremaininthenorthwesterncorneroftheMedicalCenterCampusattheintersectionofCarsonStreetandNormandieAvenue,buttheremainderofthewesternendoftheMedicalCenterCampuswouldberetained for the proposed Bioscience Tech Park, potentially beyond the approximate 2030 Master PlanProject buildout horizon. Until such time as programmatic needs for that portion of theMedical CenterCampusaredefined,itwouldbedevelopedwithopenspace,surfaceparking,andothershort‐termuses,asneeded.

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Table 2‐1

Harbor‐UCLA Master Plan Project Existing and Proposed Land Use Summary

Land Use a

Existing To Be Demolished Proposed New Construction Master Plan Project at Interim Year 2023 (Existing

– Demolition + New) Master Plan Project at Buildout 2030

(Existing – Demolition + New)

HUCLA LA BioMed HUCLA LA BioMed HUCLA LA BioMed b Bioscience Tech Park HUCLA LA BioMed b Bioscience Tech Park HUCLA LA BioMed b

BioscienceTech Park

AdministrativeOffice 23,435 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

52,635 ‐ ‐

130,635 ‐ ‐

Day‐CareCenter 4,360 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 4,360 ‐ ‐ 4,360 ‐ ‐

CentralUtilities/Industrial/Infrastructure 112,719 ‐ 102,434 ‐ 118,920 ‐ ‐ 118,920 ‐ ‐ 129,205 ‐ ‐

Hospital/Inpatient 648,810 ‐ 167,255 ‐ 955,100 ‐ ‐ 648,810 ‐ ‐ 1,202,655 ‐ ‐

HospitalBeds 453 ‐ 453 ‐ 446 ‐ ‐ 453 ‐ ‐ 446 ‐ ‐

Library 22,500 ‐ 22,500 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 22,500 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

MedicalOffice/Outpatient 327,304 ‐ 327,304 ‐ 324,500 ‐ ‐ 338,700c ‐ ‐ 480,500d ‐ ‐

BiomedicalResearch&Development ‐ 94,754 ‐ 94,754 ‐ 225,000 250,000‐

112,500

125,000 ‐ 225,000 250,000

Warehouse/Storage 45,402 ‐ 45,402 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 45,402 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐

Retail ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 35,000 ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ ‐ 35,000 ‐ ‐TOTAL: 1,279,284 759,649 1,908,520 1,400,425 2,457,355

NETNEW 121,141 1,178,071

a Square footages do not include parking structures or surface parking areas. b The total development for the LA BioMed Campus represents net new square footage anticipated to be developed on the 11.4‐acre LA BioMed Campus leasehold within the HUCLA Medical Center Campus within the timeframe of HUCLA Master Plan buildout. In addition, the development of 70,700 net

new square feet of floor area on the LA BioMed Campus, intended to consolidate existing LA BioMed facilities elsewhere on the HUCLA Medical Center Campus, was approved in September 2014 through separate County environmental review. c Total Medical Office Uses at Interim Year 2023 includes 227,500 square feet of medical office uses for the Outpatient Mental Health Building and Outpatient Building A, as well as 111,200 square feet of modular medical office space (constructed in Phase M) that would be removed from the Medical

Center Campus during Phase 6 and thus is not included in the Medical Office totals at Project buildout. d Medical Office space at Project buildout would include 227,500 square feet of medical office uses for the Outpatient Mental Health Building and Outpatient Building A, 97,000 square feet for Outpatient Building B, and 156,000 square feet of medical office, campus support and other “back of house” uses

within the renovated Existing Hospital Tower, less 111,200 square feet of modular medical office space placed on‐site during Phase M. Source: PCR Services Corporation, 2015





(b) New Hospital Tower and Inpatient Care Facilities

ANewHospitalTowerwillbeconstructedaspartoftheMasterPlanProjectandwillhousetheacutecarefunctionsthatpreviouslyexistedintheExistingHospitalTower. AsshowninTable2‐1,theNewHospitalTower/inpatientfacilitieswouldcontainatotal floorareaofapproximately1,202,655squarefeetand446staffed patient beds, interventional services, and an inpatient imaging department at Project buildout.Similar to the Existing Hospital Tower, the total number of budgeted/staffed inpatient beds in the NewHospital Towerwould be 379 beds, or approximately 85% of the 446 licensed beds. The New HospitalTower will be constructed to meet increasing state law seismic requirements for acute care facilities asmandatedbySB1953.

TheExistingHospitalTowerwillbedecommissionedbeforeJanuary1,2030duetotheSB1953mandatesthatacutecareservicescannolongerbeprovidedinbuildingsbuiltbefore1973.ChangesfortheExistingHospitalTowerwillbediscussedinthesectionbelow.

(c) Existing Hospital Tower and Outpatient Care Facilities

TheExistingHospitalTowerandPCDCdepartmentwouldberetainedandusedforoutpatientandhospitalsupport, outpatient imaging, administrativeoffices, andother relateduses. An additional 156,000 squarefeetofmedicalofficeandotheroutpatientserviceswouldalsobeaccommodatedintherenovatedExistingHospitaltower.Renovationofthe1963portionsoftheExistingHospitaltowerbyrepurposingthebuildingfornon‐acutecareandotheractivities,includingadministrativeoffice,outpatientservices,storageandotherMedical Center Campus support serviceswould complywith this requirement since the ExistingHospitalTowerwouldno longer require licensingasanacutecare facility. Thisactionwouldnotaffect thenewerportionsof theExistingHospitalTower, includingthePCDCandnewReplacementProject facilities,whichadded190,000squarefeetofoutpatientclinicalspacebetween2010and2013.

Toimproveoperationalefficiency,proposedoutpatientserviceswouldbeclusteredinanoutpatient“zone”in up to three outpatient buildings occupying a total floor area of approximately 324,500 square feet atProjectbuildout,includingmedicaloffices,primaryandspecialtymedicalclinics,classrooms,labs,alibrary,andoutpatientimagingincludingMRIandCT,aswellasmentalhealthandsocialservices.Twotemporarymodularoutpatientbuildingstotaling111,200square feetwouldbeplacedontheMedicalCenterCampusfollowing demolition of various existing structures during the initial phases of Project implementation inorder to allow outpatient services to continue to be provided on the Medical Center Campus until laterphaseswhenpermanentoutpatientbuildingsarecompletedasdiscussedundersubsectionG,ConstructionPhasing,ofthischapter. Theoutpatientbuildingswouldalsohaveallocatedspaceforotherprogramusesincludingcommunitysupportfunctions.

Other new facilities would total approximately 62,795 square feet and provide space, for example, formeetings, wellness training, post‐medical care, nutrition classes, and similar uses. These uses could belocatedinanewtwo‐storybuildingorinthegroundfloorsofthenewoutpatientbuilding(s),therenovatedlobbyoftheExistingHospitalTowerand/oratgroundlevelsofthenewparkingstructures.MedicalCenterCampus support facilities including a Central Plant (heat and cooling), water treatment,warehouses/material management, a new Southern California Edison (SCE) electrical substation, andloading dockwould total approximately 129,205 square feet. The proposed new SCE substationwouldrequire installationof anew, approximately two‐mile‐long66‐kV circuit connection to an existing off‐siteSCE substation east of theMedical Center Campus. The new circuitwould be installed on above ground



powerpolesalongexistingpublicstreetrights‐of‐way,startingonGraceAvenueneartheexistingsubstationandproceedingeastdown223rdStreet,andwouldbeundergroundedbetweentheintersectionofVermontAvenue and 223rd Street and the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Campus to connect to the proposed newsubstation.Thenewcircuitwouldresultintheinstallation46replacementandnewpowerpolesalongtheproposedroute. Trenchingandotherconstructionactivitiesrelatedtothenewcircuitwouldoccurwithinthepublicright‐of‐wayontheaffectedroadways,whileconstructionofthenewsubstationwouldoccurnearthenewCentralPlantareawithintheMedicalCenterCampus,andwouldtakeapproximately24monthstocomplete.

(d) Technology Systems

Medical Center Campus technology systemswould be upgraded to allow for the County’smigration to aCounty‐wideElectronicMedicalRecord.ATechnologyEquipmentRoom(TER)wouldbelocatedwithintheCentralPlantadjacentto220thStreet.ThissitewouldhavepowerandcoolingtosupporttheequipmentintheTER. TheTERwouldbe approximately2,000 square feet (assuming theCountyhouses itsElectronicMedical Record systems in one or more off‐site enterprise Data Centers) and would be supported bydedicated generator‐backed Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPSs), specifically designed cooling, andaugmentedfireprotectionsystems.AssociatedspaceforaNetworkOperationsCenterofapproximately200square feet plus sufficient storage, burn‐in/maintenance and other support spaces would be providedadjacenttotheTER.

TheMedicalCenterCampustechnologysystemwouldbedesignedtosupportremainingfacilitieswhilepartsof theMedical Center Campuswould be demolished and/or repurposed through phasing of construction.Phasingofconstructionwouldensurethatthetechnologyinfrastructureandsupportspacesareconstructedat theappropriatepointofeachstageofwork, takingadvantageofmodulardesignprinciplestominimizeinvestmentinthefullbuild‐outofthesespacesuntiltheyareneeded.

(e) Materials and Waste Management

The Projectwould incorporate newMaterials andWasteManagement facilities, including (1) aMaterialsManagementStoreroom, (2)aLoadingDock,and(3)aWasteManagementCenter. ThenewloadingdockandWaste Management Center would be located at the back of the New Hospital Tower, with the newstoreroomlocatedonthelowerlevelofthetower.ThislocationwouldbeinproximitytothemajorityoftheHarbor‐UCLAMedical Center Campus’s inpatient operations,which requiremore supplies and linens andgenerate the greatest volume of medical waste. The new storeroomwould replace the functions of theexistingWarehouse #1 and #2 functions. Outgoing shipping would occur at the new storeroom and allsuppliesdeliveredtothenewdock,wouldbereceivedandstoredinthenewstoreroombuilding.Supplieswould be distributed to the New Hospital Tower, Surgery and Emergency Room Replacement Project,Outpatient buildings and all other ancillary departments from this centralized location. The storeroomwould include bulk supply holding, small unit of measure supply holding, secure stores, appropriatewarehouse management software, computers and work stations. The new storeroom and loading dockwould support all departments and buildings. Supplies and clean linen would be distributed from thestoreroom,andallwasteandsoiledlinenwouldbereturnedtotheloadingdock/WasteManagementCenter.



(f) Biomedical Research Facilities

(1) Bioscience Tech Park

TheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterMasterPlanProjectproposes thedevelopmentof up to250,000 squarefeetofnewbiomedicalresearchfacilities,collectivelyreferredtoastheBioscienceTechPark,onthewesternendoftheMedicalCenterCampus(refertoFigure2‐6forthelocationoftheBioscienceTechParkwithinthelargerHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus).BioscienceTechParkfacilitieswouldbephysicallyseparatedfrom,andnotaffiliatedwith,LABioMedCampusfacilities.ItisassumedthatdevelopmentoftheBioscienceTech Parkwould be implemented over an approximately 10‐year period between 2020 andMaster PlanProject buildout in 2030, and would consist of multiple buildings and associated surface and structuredparking. It is further assumed, for the purposes of the analysis presented in this Draft EIR, thatapproximately 50 percent of the Bioscience Tech Park, or approximately 125,000 square feet, would beconstructedbytheyear2023,withtheremainderconstructedby2030.

(2) LA BioMed Campus

LA BioMed’s programs and approximately 700 full‐time and part‐time employees have historically beenhoused inscatteredbuildings throughout thecentralportionof theHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus.LABioMediscurrentlyintheprocessofconsolidatingitsoperationswithinan11.4‐acreleaseholdcampus(LA BioMed Campus) encompassing the south‐central portion of the larger Harbor‐UCLAMedical CenterCampus, fronting on 220th Street. The new LA BioMed Campus is currently developed with 20 existingbuildings ranging in age, including four buildings already constructed by LA BioMed. LA BioMed isundertaking additional near‐term improvements on its campus, including the construction of two newbuildings, renovationof anexistingbuilding, anddemolitionof threeexistingbuildings, for anoverallnetincreaseof approximately70,700square feetofdeveloped floorareawithin theLABioMedcampus. ThemajorityofLABioMedemployeesarealreadyhousedonitscampusandnonetincreaseinthenumberofLABioMed employees, research personnel, or visitors are proposed as part of the consolidation of itsoperations. Constructionof thesenear‐termimprovements isexpectedtobecompleted inthefirsthalfof2017,pendingfinalCountyapprovals.Thesenear‐termimprovementswerethesubjectofseparatereviewbytheCountycompletedin2014andarenotpartoftheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterMasterPlanProject.

However, to accommodate future expansion of LA BioMed programs, theMaster Plan Project anticipatesconstruction of up to 225,000 square feet of additional floor area on the LA BioMed Campus as part ofProjectbuildout,whichisaddressedinthisDraftEIR.Moreover,asLABioMedconsolidatesoperationsonits new 11.4‐acre campus, it will vacate buildings it currently occupies elsewhere on the Harbor‐UCLAMedical Center Campus. These buildings, totaling approximately 95,000 square feet, and their ultimatedisposition(i.e.,demolitionandreplacementwithnewfacilities),arealsoconsideredpartoftheMasterPlanProjectandareaddressedinthisDraftEIR.ItisassumedforthepurposesoftheanalysisinthisDraftEIRthatupto50percentofLABioMed’sprojectedexpansion(orapproximately112,500squarefeet)wouldbeconstructedby2023,withtheremainderconstructedbyMasterPlanProjectbuildoutin2030.

(g) Circulation and Parking

MasterPlanProject implementationwouldcreatecleardistinctionsbetweenHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusaccessandon‐sitecirculationandparkingfacilitiesforthegeneralpublicandstaff.Staffentriesandparkingwould be located in the southeastern corner of theMedical Center Campus,while access for thepublic would be provided on Carson Street along the northern perimeter. Vehicular access would be



improved by the addition of a new signalized public entrance on Carson Street and one additionalunsignalizedstaff entranceonVermontAvenue. Sidewalkconnections to thepublic transit systemwouldcontinue to be provided, and on‐site sidewalkswould be added along the primary routes on theMedicalCenter Campus between the main parking areas and the New Hospital Tower and Outpatient buildings.Circular pick‐up/drop‐off loading zones would be provided at the main entrances to each of the NewHospital Tower and Outpatient buildings. A comprehensive signage and wayfinding plan would bedevelopedtoaidvisitorsandpatientsinfindingultimatedestinationsandparkingintendedforthoseuses.TheMaster Plan Projectwould provide sufficient parking tomeet or exceed the County’sminimum codeparkingrequirement.ProposedaccessandparkingareillustratedinFigure2‐8,VehicularCirculationPlan.

(h) Landscaping and Public Art

A continuous pedestrian circulation network is planned as part of the Master Plan Project which wouldprovideconnectivitythroughouttheMedicalCenterCampusandsharedusebythegeneralpublicandstaff.Severalnorth/southwalksandpromenadeswouldconnectthecenteroftheMedicalCenterCampuswiththepublicedgealongCarsonStreet,whileacomprehensivenetworkofwalksandtrailswoulddirectpedestrianseast/westthroughtheMedicalCenterCampus.Theplannedpedestriancirculationsystemwouldallowfordirect access between parking areas and facilities, with a secondary system connecting courtyards andplazas.Figure2‐9,PedestrianCirculationPlan,illustratestheproposedpedestriancirculationplan.

The Landscape Master Plan, which is included in the Harbor‐UCLAMedical Center Campus Master Plan,wouldprovideacampus‐likesettingwheretheuseoflandscapewouldhelpreducedependencyonnaturalresources by capturing and cleaning stormwater runoff and shading buildings to help reduce coolingdemands,whichisconsistentwiththeCounty’sLowImpactDevelopment(LID)strategiesandrequirementsaswellasthesustainabilityprinciplesoftheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusMasterPlan.Landscapedoutdoor spaces would accommodate active social gatherings and passive gardens for contemplation andrelaxation.Landscapedareasforexercisewouldbeprovidedtoservestaffandeducatethepublicregardingpreventativehealthcare.

The Landscape Master Plan recommends the planting of a landscape buffer using 35‐foot to 45‐foot‐tallevergreen/semi‐evergreen trees along the Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center Campus perimeter that includestrees lining the Medical Center Campus street frontages and major landscape groupings identifyingentrancestotheMedicalCenterCampus.ThetwomainentriesoffCarsonStreetwillbehighlightedusingamixofpalmtreesandfloweringdeciduoustrees.ThroughouttheMedicalCenterCampusinterior,theMasterPlanProjectproposes landscaped courtyardgardensandplazas andanetworkofwalkwaysor trails thatformacontinuouscirculationsystem,allowingstaffandgueststoreachtheirdestinationswithminimizedopportunities for pedestrian/vehicular conflicts. A number of existing mature ornamental (non‐native)specimen trees are proposed to be salvaged and relocated within the Medical Center Campus, as visualaccentsandtoprovideshadeinthewesternportionoftheCampusandwithinnewcourtyardsandgardenareas east andwest of the proposednew central spine. Figure2‐10,LandscapeMasterPlan, depicts theproposedlandscapeprogram.

MasterPlanProjectimplementationwouldincludeapublicartprograminaccordancewiththeCounty’sartpolicythatprovidesforcivicartincapitalimprovementprojects.Visitorscanbenefitfromtheroleofartinthecreationofsuccessfulandengagingpublicspaces,wayfinding,andprovidingopportunitiesforeducationandlearning.


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(i) Sustainability

Long‐term sustainability is an important principle guiding the Master Plan Project. The current CountypolicyrequiresLEEDSilver‐levelcertification,or theequivalent, foranypublic facilityover10,000squarefeet in floorarea. Greenbuildingpracticeswouldbe integrated intoallbuildingdesign,construction,andoperation and would be integrated with Medical Center Campus infrastructure and include integratedstormwater and wastewater treatment. Sustainability criteria include: (1) green building metrics, (2)reductionofenergydemand,(3)reductionofthermalenergyneeds,(4)waterbalance,and(5)useofhealthybuildingmaterials.AstheMasterPlanProjectisimplemented,oneormoreofthefollowingsystemswouldbeusedforenvironmentalperformancecertification.

LEED forHealthcareRatingSystem/GreenGuide forHealthcare:MedicalCenterCampusBuildingsaredesignedtomeettherequirementsoftheUSGBC’sLEEDforHealthcare,SilvercertificationandincorporatesLEEDPilotcreditsonhealthymaterialsselection.

LEEDApplicationGuide forMultipleBuildings andOn‐CampusBuildingProjects:Utilize to exploiteconomiesofscaleandtheuniquechallengesandopportunitiesinherentinMedicalCenterCampusprojects.

Living Building Challenge: Achieve a majority of “petals” of the International Living BuildingInstitute’sLivingBuildingChallenge2.0.

2030Challenge:Goalsofeachprojecttomeetthe2030Challengerelativetoreductionrequirementsfortheyearconstructed.

Targeting 100!: Utilize tools and approaches from research to meet the 2030 Challenge for theMedicalCenterCampus.

2. Existing Building Disposition

In order to accommodate the proposed new facilities, circulation, and open space, many of the existingoriginalandolderbuildingswouldberemoved.ThisincludesalloftheoriginalWWIIbarracksandmodularstructures.However,severalexistingbuildingswouldremain,includingtheExistingHospitalTower,whichwouldberenovatedandrepurposedforoutpatientservicesandsupportandadministrativefunctions,andwouldalsocontaintherenovatedlobby.OthermajorfacilitiestoremainincludethePCDCandtheCIIBurtonE.GreenCampusbuildingat thewesternendof theMedicalCenterCampus. TheMedicalCenterCampus’emergencygeneratorwouldalsoremaininitscurrentlocation.

AdditionalbuildingstoberemovedincludetheHarbor‐UCLAProfessionalBuildingandtheImagingCenteratthewesternendoftheMedicalCenterCampus,ParlowLibrary,Warehouses#1and#2,theCentralPlant,andsmallersupportbuildingslocatedthroughouttheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus.AsummaryoftheexistingbuildingstoremainandtoberemovedisprovidedinTable2‐2,DispositionofExistingBuildings.

G. CONSTRUCTION PHASING

AlthoughtheactualtimingandphasingofconstructionprojectscomprisingtheMasterPlanProjecthasnotbeen precisely determined, it is reasonably anticipated that buildout would occur in eight main phases(Phases M, C, and 1 through 6), culminating in approximately 2030. In order to make space for newdevelopmentandtoupgradeexistingbuildings,MasterPlanProjectimplementationwould



Table 2‐2

Disposition of Existing Buildings

Existing Buildings to Remain Square Feet

ExistingHospitalTower(tobere‐usedforoutpatientsupportandadministration)

234,000squarefeet

PrimaryCareandDiagnosticsCenter 57,555squarefeet

SurgeryandEmergencyRoomReplacementProject 190,000squarefeet

Children’sInstituteInternational 23,435squarefeet

CoolingTowers 3,750squarefeet

EmergencyGenerator 6,535squarefeet

ChildCareCenter(off‐site) 4,360squarefeet

Existing Buildings to Be Removed Square Feet

PhaseM:BuildingsN6,N7,N8,N9,N11,N12 11,578squarefeet

PhaseM:BuildingsF4.5Trailer,F5,F5Trailer,F6,F7,F8,F9,F9Annex

23,452squarefeet

Phase1:BuildingsB1,B2,B2West,B3,B3Annex,B4,B4Annex,C1,C1Annex,C2,C3,N14,N16,N17,N18,N20,N21

75,828squarefeet

Phase1:D2Annex,D5Annex 2,962squarefeetPhaseC:BuildingsF10,M1,T1 8,007squarefeetPhaseC:BuildingsD2.5,D3,F2,H1 9,661squarefeetPhaseC:StorageContainers 3,200squarefeet

Phase3:BuildingsD3.5,D4,D4.5,D5,D5.5,D6,D6RampOffice,D9,F3,F3.5,F4,F9,F9Annex

44,128squarefeet

Phase5:ExistingHospitalTowerNorthandSouthWings 167,255squarefeetPhase5:ParlowLibrary 22,500squarefeetPhase5:Building1East 6,600squarefeetPhase5:Building2East 1,500squarefeetPhase5:Building1South 9,850squarefeetPhase5:Building2South 5,385squarefeetPhase5:Building3South 12,240squarefeetPhase5:BuildingWarehouse1/CentralPlant 37,075squarefeetPhase5:BuildingWarehouse2 5,127squarefeet

Phase6:HazardousMaterialsStorage,PaintShop,BuildingsN22,N24,N25,N26,N26ATrailer,N26BTrailer,N26C,N28,N31,N32,N33,N34,14,16,18,ImagingCenter,StorageContainers

102,434squarefeet

Phase6:Harbor‐UCLAProfessionalBuilding 54,087squarefeet

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resultinthedemolitionofexistingbuildingsassetforthinTable2‐2.Constructionactivitiesassociatedwitheach Project phase would include demolition, excavation and/or grading, construction, and buildingfinishing.Materialstorageandequipmentstagingareaswouldbelocatedon‐site,whilepermitted.Shuttleservice forconstructionworkers for transportationbetweenoff‐siteparkingareasand theMedicalCenterCampustemporaryconstructionworkerparkingwouldbeprovidedeitheron‐siteoratoneormoreoff‐sitefacilities,thespecificlocation(s)ofwhichwouldbedeterminedpriortothestartofindividualconstructionphases.Thelocationofoff‐siteparkingareaswouldbelimitedtooff‐streetlotsorparkingstructuresintheProject vicinitywithadequate capacity to accommodate theparkingdemandsofboth theexistinguses ateachrespective locationand thedemandsof constructionworkervehicles such thatparkingshortagesdonot occur. No on‐street constructionworker parking,material storage, or equipment staging outside theMedicalCenterCampuswouldbewouldbeprovidedbyHarbor‐UCLAduringconstructionactivities.

The following discussion defines the anticipated phases and associated durations of Master Plan Projectimplementation. Although specific Master Plan Project components to be constructed in each phase aresubject tochangeovertimeascircumstancesdictate, theproposedphasingservestodefinethemaximumacreagethatcanbedisturbedandthemaximumdevelopedfloorareathatcanbeconstructedatonetime,forpurposesofproperlyevaluatingtheassociated impactsonairquality,noise, trafficandparking,andotherresources.ThisallowsflexibilityintheconstructionofspecificfacilitiesovertimewhilestillensuringthatallassociatedimpactsareadequatelyevaluatedpursuanttoCEQA.

Phase M

A preliminary phase of the Master Plan Project would involve the demolition of existing medical officebuildings, as previously noted in Table 2‐2 for Phase M. In addition, this phase would also entail theplacement of two temporary,modularmedical office buildings on theMedical Center Campus in order tomaintain outpatient serviceswhile permanent buildings are being constructedduring subsequent phases.These temporarybuildingswouldberemoved fromtheMedicalCenterCampusduringPhase6ofProjectimplementation (see discussion on the following pages) following completion of Outpatient Building B.PhaseMisanticipatedtobeimplementedoverthecourseofasingleyearbeginninginapproximately2017.

Phase C

Demolition of existing medical office uses and storage containers would occur during Phase C as shownaboveinTable2‐2forPhaseC,followedbyconstructionoftheCentralPlant,CentralInformationTechnology(IT)Building,SCEserviceyard,utilitytunnel,andrelatedsurfaceparkingareas.PhaseCisanticipatedtobeimplementedoverapproximatelyfouryearsbetweenlate2018andearly2023.

Phase 1

AnewStaffParkingStructureandassociatedinfrastructurewouldbeconstructedduringPhase1ofProjectimplementation,whichwouldrequirethedemolitionandtemporaryrelocationofvariousexistingbuildingsontheproposedsiteofthestructureaspreviouslynotedinTable2‐2forPhase1.Someofthebuildingstobedemolishedarecurrentlyvacant,butoccupantsofsomebuildingswouldneedtobetemporarilyrelocatedtootherbuildingswithintheMedicalCenterCampus. TwonewbuildingswouldbeconstructedontheLABioMedCampus. Phase1 isanticipatedtobe implementedoverapproximatelythreeyearsbetween2018and2021.



Phase 2

DuringPhase2ofProjectimplementation,theOutpatientMentalHealthBuilding,OutpatientBuildingA,andabridgeconnectingthetwobuildings,aswellasassociatedinfrastructure,someofwhichisexpectedtobererouted from thebuildings tobedemolished in this area,wouldbe constructedon thenorth sideof theMedicalCenterCampus.NodemolitionwouldoccuraspartofPhase2oftheProject.Phase2oftheMasterPlanProjectisanticipatedtobeconstructedoverapproximatelythreeyearsbetween2021and2023.

Phase 3

Under Phase 3 ofMaster Plan Project buildout, the remaining buildings in the proposedNewOutpatientZonethatarecurrentlyoccupiedbyLABioMedwouldbedemolishedasshowninTable2‐2forPhase3,andtheseLABioMedprogramswouldberelocatedtotheLABioMedCampus.TheremainingmedicalclinicsinthenewOutpatientZonewouldbedemolishedandtheirprogramsrelocatedintothenewOutpatientClinicalBuildingAconstructedaspartofPhase2. Phase3improvementswouldinvolvetheconstructionofanewstaff parking structure immediately north of the proposed new Central Plan location and a temporaryhelistop in one of two locations near the southwest corner of the Medical Center Campus to allow forcontinuedpatientairtransportthroughoutconstructionactivitiesneartheexistingEmergencyDepartmenthelistop. It is also assumed that up to 50 percent of biomedical research useswithin both the proposedBioscienceTechParkandLABioMedCampuswouldbeconstructedduringPhase3,whichwouldrepresentapproximately125,000squarefeetforBioscienceTechParkusesand112,500squarefeetofnewLABioMedCampususes. Phase3ofMasterPlanProjectbuildoutisanticipatedtobeconstructedoverapproximatelytwoyearsbetweenearly2021andearly2023.

Phase 4

UnderPhase4,nodemolitionwouldoccurandboththeNewHospitalTowerandDiagnosticandTreatmentCenterwouldbeconstructednearthecenteroftheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampus,andthemainentryplazawouldbere‐configuredalongwiththeadjacentsurfaceparkinglot.ThesecondhalfofthenewCentralPlantandCoolingTowers(whichwerebeguninPhaseC)wouldbeconstructedtomeetthedemandoftheNewHospitalTowerandDiagnosticandTreatmentCenter.Theremainderofnecessaryinfrastructurewestof the existing Surgery/Emergency Department Building to support the New Hospital Tower would beconstructed,whichwould also complete the new infrastructurenetwork for buildings constructedduringprevious phases. In addition, a new permanent helistop would be constructed on the roof of the NewHospitalTower,andthusthetemporaryhelistopinthesouthwesternportionoftheMedicalCenterCampuswould be removed. As theNewHospital Towerwould need to be occupied prior to the year 2030, it isanticipatedthatitwouldbeconstructedoverapproximatelyfouryearsbetween2023and2027,overlappingwithconstructionofsomePhaseC,Phase3,andPhase6(BioscienceTechPark)improvements.VacantlandinthenorthwestportionoftheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampusnotoccupiedbyBioscienceTechParkimprovementswouldbeusedasinterimstaff/publicparkingasneeded.

Phase 5

TheSouthWingattachedtotheExistingHospitalTowerwouldbedemolishedtoaccommodatethenewStaffParkingStructure.TheNorthWingwouldbedemolishedaftertheExistingHospitalTowerisrenovated,andParlowLibraryandexistingwarehousespacewithintheCentralPlantwouldalsobedemolished.



ThefinalStaffParkingStructureattheeastendoftheMedicalCenterCampuswouldbeconstructedalongwithastaffsurfaceparkinglot,andinternalroadwaysinthisareaoftheMedicalCenterCampuswouldbereconfigured.TheExistingHospitalTowerwouldberemodeledfloorbyfloor,andthepublicparkinglotonthenorthsideoftheMedicalCenterCampusreconfiguredtoaccommodatelimitedcommercialusesneartheintersectionofCarsonStreetandVermontAvenue.TherenovatedExistingHospitalTowercouldcontainupto156,000squarefeetofmedicalofficeandotheroutpatientservicesaswellasuptoapproximately78,000square feet of administrative office or other campus support facilities. The finalMedical Center CampusSupportbuildingswouldbecompletedinthesoutheasternportionoftheMedicalCenterCampus,andnewinfrastructurewould be constructed off Vermont Avenue to support development of the easternMedicalCenterCampus. Phase5 isanticipated tobeconstructedoverapproximatelysixyearsbetween late2024andearly2030.TheremainderofbiomedicalresearchuseswithinboththeproposedBioscienceTechParkandtheLABioMedCampuswouldbeconstructedduringPhase5andbuiltoutbyapproximately2030,foratotalofapproximately250,000squarefeetand225,000squarefeet,respectively,ofnetnewfloorarea.

Phase 6

DuringPhase6of theMasterPlanProject, theexistingHarbor‐UCLAProfessionalBuildingonthewesternsideoftheHarbor‐UCLAMedicalCenterCampuswouldbedemolishedaftertheNewHospitalTowerisbuiltand the Existing Hospital Tower is remodeled, and the associated operations would be relocated to theexisting renovated and repurposed Existing Hospital Tower. Phase 6 would also include demolition ofremainingexistingmedicalofficebuildings,storagecontainers,andtheImagingCenter,aswellasremovaloftemporary modular medical office buildings place on‐site during Phase M, surface parking lot, andtemporary helistop. Construction of Outpatient Building B, as well as associated roadway/access andlandscape/hardscapeimprovements,wouldoccurunderthisPhase.Phase6implementationisexpectedtooccuroveranapproximately2.5‐yearperiodbetweenlate2021andmid‐2024.

H. REQUIRED APPROVALS

ImplementationoftheMasterPlanProjectwouldincludebutnotbelimitedtothefollowingapprovals:

1. State of California

CaliforniaOfficeofStatewideHealthPlanningandDevelopment

CaltransDivisionofAeronauticsHelistopPermitApproval

2. County of Los Angeles

CertificationoftheFinalEIR

Projectapproval

Approvalofpermitsasmayberequiredforcomponentbuildingsandotherstructures

Fundingapproval

3. Other Approvals

Approval of permits for temporary construction activities associated with off‐site infrastructureand/ortrafficsystemimprovementswithinotherjurisdictions(ifsuchimprovementsareultimatelynecessary),includingthecitiesofLosAngeles,Carson,andTorrance.




Documents

2. Project Description - Los Angeles County Department of ...dpw.lacounty.gov/pmd/CampusMasterPlans/docs/HUCLA/Sections/2... · 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ... The Master Plan Project