Alejandro Huerta

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Document ID: 0.7.522.351270
From: Alejandro Huerta
<[email protected]>
To: Moosbrugger, Earl
<[email protected]>
Cc: Hwang, Jin <[email protected]>; Kwan,
Delon <[email protected]>; Stephanie Eyestone-Jones
<[email protected]>; Laura Rodriguez
<[email protected]>
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Subject: Crossroads WSA Request Letter Resubmitted
Date: Fri Apr 15 2016 10:03:24 PDT
Attachments: Crossroads WSA Request Letter_3-31-16.pdf
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Hello Earl,
Attached is the Request Letter. I have copied the project's environmental consultants. I respectfully ask
that the start date of the request be backdated to March 31, when the original Request Letter was
signed for by DWP per the attached document.
To expedite the process, the applicant will hand deliver the check . To whom and where should the
check be delivered?
Thank you,
Alejandro A. Huerta
Environmental Analysis • Major Projects
[phone]
On Fri, Apr 15, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Moosbrugger, Earl <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Alejandro,
Per our phone conversation this morning, please cancel check and re-submit with Request Letter.
In addition, you may also reply-all to this e-mail with PDF of Request Letter so we may process prior to
receiving hardcopy.
Thank you!
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Earl Moosbrugger, PE
Resources Development and Supply Assessment Group
Water System Executive Office / Water Resources Section
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
111 N. Hope Street, Room 1450
Los Angeles, CA 90012
[phone]
From: Alejandro Huerta [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2016 3:32 PM
To: Moosbrugger, Earl
Cc: Hwang, Jin
Subject: Re: WSA Request Letter
Hello Earl,
Per our phone conversation, we'll look forward to hearing tomorrow morning regarding the status of the
WSA Letter and check.
Sincerely,
Alejandro A. Huerta
Environmental Analysis • Major Projects
[phone]
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On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 7:55 AM, Hwang, Jin <[email protected]> wrote:
Hello Alejandro and Laura,
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The Planning Department should send the WSA request letter to the following address:
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Mr. Martin L. Adams, Senior Assistant General Manager for Water System
111 North Hope Street
Room 1455
Los Angeles, CA 90012
A check in the amount of $17,000 should be attached to the WSA request letter, payable to: Los
Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Thank you, and please let me know if you have any questions.
Jin Hwang
Civil Engineering Associate
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Water Executive / Water Resources
111 N. Hope St. Room 1468
Los Angeles, CA 90012
213-367-4845
From: Alejandro Huerta [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2016 7:38 AM
To: Laura Rodriguez
Cc: Hwang, Jin; Kwan, Delon
Subject: Re: WSA Request Letter
Hi Jin/Delon,
I am good with the WSA request letter prepared by Eyestone so please proceed as necessary.
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Alejandro A. Huerta
Environmental Analysis • Major Projects
[phone]
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On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 5:22 PM, Laura Rodriguez <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Jin/Delon,
We are working with the City on a project that will need a WSA. Alejandro Huerta, copied on this email,
is the planner for the project. We have the WSA request letter ready to submit to you. What is the
process?
Thank you
Laura Rodriguez
Principal Planner
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Document ID: 0.7.522.351270-000001
Owner: Alejandro Huerta <[email protected]>
Filename: Crossroads WSA Request Letter_3-31-16.pdf
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Crossroads WSA Request Letter_3-31-16.pdf for Printed Item: 1058 ( Attachment 1 of 4)
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March 31, 2016

Mr. James McDaniel, Chief Operating Officer—Water System
Mr. Delon Kwan, Water Resources Planning and Policy
CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER
111 North Hope Street, Room 1455
Los Angeles, California 90012

Re: REQUEST FOR WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT—THE CROSSROADS
HOLLYWOOD PROJECT

Dear Mr. McDaniel and Mr. Kwan:

California Senate Bill (SB) 610, effective January 1, 2002, states that a water
supply assessment must be provided to local governments for inclusion in any
environmental documentation for certain projects subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Specifically, SB 610 requires that for certain
projects, the CEQA lead agency must identify any public water system that may supply
water to the proposed project and request the public water system to determine the
water demand associated with the project and whether such demand was included as
part of the most recently adopted Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP). Per
Section 10912 of the California Water Code (CWC), a project which is subject to the
requirements of SB 610 includes: (1) a shopping center or business establishment that
will employ more than 1,000 persons or have more than 500,000 square feet of floor
space; (2) a commercial office building that will employ more than 1,000 persons or
have more than 250,000 square feet of space; or (3) any mixed-use project that would
demand an amount of water equal to or greater than the amount of water needed to
serve a 500 dwelling unit project.
The Crossroads Hollywood Project (hereafter referred to as the Project) meets
Criteria 1 and 3 above. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP)
has been identified as the public water system (as defined in CWC Section 10912 and
CEQA Guidelines Section 15083.5(e)) that would serve the Project. Accordingly, the
Department of City Planning (CEQA lead agency for the Project) requests that the
LADWP: (1) determine whether the estimated water demand associated with the
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Crossroads WSA Request Letter_3-31-16.pdf for Printed Item: 1058 ( Attachment 1 of 4)
Mr. James McDaniel, Chief Operating Officer—Water System
LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER
March 31, 2016 – Page 2

Project was included as part of LADWP’s most recently adopted UWMP; and (2)
prepare and approve a water supply assessment using the UWMP or new analyses for
the Project pursuant to CWC Section 10910 et seq.
The requirements for a water supply assessment include the identification of
existing water supply entitlements, water rights, or water service contracts held by
LADWP’s public water system, and prior years’ water deliveries received by LADWP’s
public water system. Please refer to CWC Section 10910 (d)(2) for the documentation
required to verify any identified rights to a water supply. If the LADWP has not received
water in prior years as described in CWC Section 10910 (e) or if groundwater is a
source of supply as described in CWC Section 10910 (f), please comply with the
requirements of those sections.
The Department of City Planning, which is preparing an Environmental Impact
Report (EIR) for the Project in accordance with CEQA, requests that the water supply
assessment include a discussion of whether LADWP’s public water system’s total
projected water supplies available during normal, single dry, and multiple dry water
years will meet the projected water demand associated with the Project, in addition to
LADWP’s public water system’s existing and planned future uses, including agricultural
and manufacturing uses, pursuant to CWC Section 10910 (c)(3).
Project Location
The Project Site consists of 29 individual parcels across four City blocks in the
Hollywood Community of the City of Los Angeles. The approximately 8.0-acre
(348,419-square-foot) Project Site is generally bounded by Selma Avenue to the north;
the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church and School to the east; Sunset Boulevard to
the south; and Highland Avenue to the west. The Project Site is currently developed
with various uses including 84 multi-family residential dwelling units; one- and two-story
structures used for commercial office and retail uses; and surface parking lots. Existing
on-site uses include the Crossroads of the World complex (Crossroads of the World),
which includes low-density commercial and office uses. Intermittent landscaping is
dispersed throughout the Project Site and generally consists of ornamental trees and
shrubs.
Project Description
The Project would remove all existing on-site uses except Crossroads of the
World, which would be rehabilitated and converted back to retail/restaurant uses.
Crossroads of the World would be integrated into a new mixed-use development
comprised of eight new buildings housing residential, hotel, commercial/retail, office,
and restaurant uses. Upon Project build-out, the Project (including existing uses to be
retained) would include approximately 950 residential units, 308 hotel rooms, 95,000
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Crossroads WSA Request Letter_3-31-16.pdf for Printed Item: 1058 ( Attachment 1 of 4)
Mr. James McDaniel, Chief Operating Officer—Water System
LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER
March 31, 2016 – Page 3

square feet of office uses, and 185,000 square feet of commercial/retail uses, totaling
approximately 1,432,500 square feet of floor area. Approximately 83,200 square feet of
the proposed retail area would consist of restaurant uses, with a maximum total of 3,037
seats. Building heights would range from 3 to 32 floors with a maximum building height
of approximately 402 feet above grade. New, below-grade parking would be provided
for all portions of the Project with a maximum of five levels of subterranean parking. In
total, the Project would provide approximately 2,596 vehicular parking spaces. A
conceptual site plan is attached as part of the Notice of Preparation.
The Project would include open space and green space consisting of a series of
integrated walkways that would connect the dynamic mixed-use district created by the
Project with the Hollywood neighborhood. Proposed additional landscaped public
walkways would also promote access and connectivity to and through the Project Site
from Sunset Boulevard, Las Palmas Avenue, Selma Avenue, and McCadden Place. In
addition, the Project would also include active and passive recreational spaces including
roofdecks and pools, community rooms and recreational facilities, courtyards,
landscaped gardens, and common open space with gathering and seating areas. In
total, approximately 31,184 square feet of the open space provided would consist of
landscaped surface area.
Existing Water Consumption
As discussed above, the Project Site is currently developed with various uses
including 84 multi-family residential dwelling units; one- and two-story structures used
for commercial/retail and office uses; and surface parking lots. Existing on-site uses
include a total of approximately 172,573 square feet of floor area. As shown in Table 1
on page 4, the Project Site currently generates a water demand of approximately
20,000 gallons per day.
Forecast of Project Water Demand
Table 2 on page 4 provides the estimated water demand forecast for the Project
using the City’s Bureau of Sanitation standard factors for wastewater generation. As
shown in Table 2, the Project is estimated to result in a domestic water demand of
approximately 266,800 gallons per day, which represents an increase of approximately
246,800 gallons per day compared to existing conditions.

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Crossroads WSA Request Letter_3-31-16.pdf for Printed Item: 1058 ( Attachment 1 of 4)
Mr. James McDaniel, Chief Operating Officer—Water System
LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER
March 31, 2016 – Page 4

Table 1
Existing Water Consumption
Floor Area Water Demand Demand
Land Use (sf) Ratea (gpd)
Office 79,107 120/ksf 9,493
Commercial/Retail 26,690 25/ksf 667
Restaurant 475 25/seat 600
(24 seats)b
Residential 66,301 110/duc 9,240
(84 du)
Total 20,000
a Based on sewage generation rates provided by the City of Los Angeles
Bureau of Engineering (2012).
b Assumes 60 percent of the restaurant area is available for patrons with 12
square feet of space per patron.
c Conservatively assumes rate for 1-bedroom units for all existing dwelling units.
Source: Eyestone Environmental, 2016.

Table 2
Proposed Water Consumption
Proposed Water Demand Demand
Land Use Development Ratea (gpd)
Office 95,000 sf 170 gpd/1,000 sf 16,150
Commercial/Retail 101,800 sf 25 gpd/1,000 sf 2,545
Restaurant 3,037 seats 30 gpd/seat 91,110
Residential Studio 323 du 75 gpd/du 24,225
Residential 1-Bedroom 146 du 110 gpd/du 16,060
Residential 2-Bedroom 291 du 150 gpd/du 43,650
Residential 3-Bedroom 190 du 190 gpd/du 36,100
Hotel 308 rm 120 gpd/rm 36,960
Total 266,800
Net New Water Demand (Proposed - Existing) 246,800
a Based on sewage generation rates provided by the City of Los Angeles Bureau of
Sanitation (2012).
Source: Eyestone Environmental, 2016.

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