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1 Eileen Hunt 8150 Sunset Bl Valet on Crescent Heights Bl 4 messages Eileen Hunt <eileen.hunt@lacity.org> To: Jeannie Shen <jeannie.shen@lacity.org> Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:11 AM Hi Jeannie, Happy New Year. Attached is a conceptual design for the southwest corner of Sunset & Crescent Heights from the traffic study for the Sunset Garden Mixed Use Project (249 apartments and 111,339 sf retail/restaurant/commercial) at 8150 Sunset Bl. I am working on our draft letter and I asked Ron Hirsch if the site plan has changed and also told him that Geo and District weren't too keen on the valet. He said that his client would still like the valet drop off off of Crescent Heights and he wants to know what our specific concerns are. I wanted to confirm with you before I tell him. Pedestrian safety (as designed peds would have to walk across the driveway and cross the valet lane) It's a cutout, curved, and cars would be coming downhill Do you think if they designed it differently, it would be acceptable? Or would an on street valet loading zone be more acceptable? Also, the traffic study analysis allows for left turns from the driveway onto Crescent Heights Bl. If it turns out that an onstreet valet loading zone would be acceptable as opposed to the cutout loading zone, do you think left turns should be restricted at that driveway? Thanks for your input. Eileen Hunt, Transportation Engineering Associate II conceptual design Sunset Crescent Heights pdf 1627K Jeannie Shen <jeannie.shen@lacity.org> To: Eileen Hunt <eileen.hunt@lacity.org> Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:48 AM Hi Eileen, The concern with proposed loading zone is the close proximity to the intersection that potential queuing would back up on causing EB right turn traffic on Sunset and/or SB Crescent Heights traffic to be unable to move. Thus creating congestion and unsafe driver behavior to maneuver around the congestion. If the sidewalk discontinues, that is another big problem. I don't have a problem with pedestrians crossing the driveway as long as the sidewalk is continuous. Do they have a reason of why can't they have an off street loading zone? As for the left turn out of the driveway, the visibility needs to be checked due to the curvature of the roadway. I don't have traffic volume count for Crescent Heights, but it is Major Highway and one left turn driver could be a bottleneck for all traffic exiting the development. Is the proposed location the only entrance/exit? If left turns are allowed it should be proposed to have two lanes exiting (1 left/ 1 right). Jeannie Shen Transportation Engineer

2 Hollywood Wilshire District 6501 Fountain Ave Los Angeles, CA Tel: (323) Fax: (323) Mail Stop 726 On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Eileen Hunt wrote: Hi Jeannie, Happy New Year. Attached is a conceptual design for the southwest corner of Sunset & Crescent Heights from the traffic study for the Sunset Garden Mixed Use Project (249 apartments and 111,339 sf retail/restaurant/commercial) at 8150 Sunset Bl. I am working on our draft letter and I asked Ron Hirsch if the site plan has changed and also told him that Geo and District weren't too keen on the valet. He said that his client would still like the valet drop off off of Crescent Heights and he wants to know what our specific concerns are. I wanted to confirm with you before I tell him. Pedestrian safety (as designed peds would have to walk across the driveway and cross the valet lane) It's a cutout, curved, and cars would be coming downhill Do you think if they designed it differently, it would be acceptable? Or would an on street valet loading zone be more acceptable? Also, the traffic study analysis allows for left turns from the driveway onto Crescent Heights Bl. If it turns out that an on street valet loading zone would be acceptable as opposed to the cutout loading zone, do you think left turns should be restricted at that driveway? Thanks for your input. Eileen Hunt, Transportation Engineering Associate II Eileen Hunt <eileen.hunt@lacity.org> To: Jeannie Shen <jeannie.shen@lacity.org> Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 9:33 AM Thanks, Jeannie. I'll forward your comments to Ron. Eileen Hunt, Transportation Engineering Associate II On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Jeannie Shen <jeannie.shen@lacity.org> wrote: Hi Eileen, The concern with proposed loading zone is the close proximity to the intersection that potential queuing would back up on causing EB right turn traffic on Sunset and/or SB Crescent Heights traffic to be unable to move. Thus creating congestion and unsafe driver behavior to maneuver around the congestion. If the sidewalk discontinues, that is

3 another big problem. I don't have a problem with pedestrians crossing the driveway as long as the sidewalk is continuous. Do they have a reason of why can't they have an off street loading zone? As for the left turn out of the driveway, the visibility needs to be checked due to the curvature of the roadway. I don't have traffic volume count for Crescent Heights, but it is Major Highway and one left turn driver could be a bottleneck for all traffic exiting the development. Is the proposed location the only entrance/exit? If left turns are allowed it should be proposed to have two lanes exiting (1 left/ 1 right). Jeannie Shen Transportation Engineer Hollywood Wilshire District 6501 Fountain Ave Los Angeles, CA Tel: (323) Fax: (323) jeannie.shen@lacity.org Mail Stop 726 On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Eileen Hunt <eileen.hunt@lacity.org> wrote: Hi Jeannie, Happy New Year. Attached is a conceptual design for the southwest corner of Sunset & Crescent Heights from the traffic study for the Sunset Garden Mixed Use Project (249 apartments and 111,339 sf retail/restaurant/commercial) at 8150 Sunset Bl. I am working on our draft letter and I asked Ron Hirsch if the site plan has changed and also told him that Geo and District weren't too keen on the valet. He said that his client would still like the valet drop off off of Crescent Heights and he wants to know what our specific concerns are. I wanted to confirm with you before I tell him. Pedestrian safety (as designed peds would have to walk across the driveway and cross the valet lane) It's a cutout, curved, and cars would be coming downhill Do you think if they designed it differently, it would be acceptable? Or would an on street valet loading zone be more acceptable? Also, the traffic study analysis allows for left turns from the driveway onto Crescent Heights Bl. If it turns out that an on street valet loading zone would be acceptable as opposed to the cutout loading zone, do you think left turns should be restricted at that driveway? Thanks for your input. Eileen Hunt, Transportation Engineering Associate II Eileen Hunt <eileen.hunt@lacity.org> To: Jeannie Shen <jeannie.shen@lacity.org> Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:43 PM Hi Jeannie, Attached is the site plan and the driveway volume figures. They are proposing three driveways: one on Sunset (ingress only), one on Havenhurst, and one on Crescent Heights. The Crescent Heights driveway, the main driveway, will have one lane entering and two lanes exiting. They are also proposing a truck only access to the on site loading dock

4 facilities via a new entry only driveway on Havenhurst (north of the residential/commercial driveway) and exit only driveway on Crescent Heights (south of the main driveway). Thanks again for your input. Eileen Hunt, Transportation Engineering Associate II On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 10:48 AM, Jeannie Shen <jeannie.shen@lacity.org> wrote: Hi Eileen, The concern with proposed loading zone is the close proximity to the intersection that potential queuing would back up on causing EB right turn traffic on Sunset and/or SB Crescent Heights traffic to be unable to move. Thus creating congestion and unsafe driver behavior to maneuver around the congestion. If the sidewalk discontinues, that is another big problem. I don't have a problem with pedestrians crossing the driveway as long as the sidewalk is continuous. Do they have a reason of why can't they have an off street loading zone? As for the left turn out of the driveway, the visibility needs to be checked due to the curvature of the roadway. I don't have traffic volume count for Crescent Heights, but it is Major Highway and one left turn driver could be a bottleneck for all traffic exiting the development. Is the proposed location the only entrance/exit? If left turns are allowed it should be proposed to have two lanes exiting (1 left/ 1 right). Jeannie Shen Transportation Engineer Hollywood Wilshire District 6501 Fountain Ave Los Angeles, CA Tel: (323) Fax: (323) jeannie.shen@lacity.org Mail Stop 726 On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Eileen Hunt <eileen.hunt@lacity.org> wrote: Hi Jeannie, Happy New Year. Attached is a conceptual design for the southwest corner of Sunset & Crescent Heights from the traffic study for the Sunset Garden Mixed Use Project (249 apartments and 111,339 sf retail/restaurant/commercial) at 8150 Sunset Bl. I am working on our draft letter and I asked Ron Hirsch if the site plan has changed and also told him that Geo and District weren't too keen on the valet. He said that his client would still like the valet drop off off of Crescent Heights and he wants to know what our specific concerns are. I wanted to confirm with you before I tell him. Pedestrian safety (as designed peds would have to walk across the driveway and cross the valet lane) It's a cutout, curved, and cars would be coming downhill Do you think if they designed it differently, it would be acceptable? Or would an on street valet loading zone be more acceptable? Also, the traffic study analysis allows for left turns from the driveway onto Crescent Heights Bl. If it turns out that an on street valet loading zone would be acceptable as opposed to the cutout loading zone, do you think left turns should be restricted at that driveway? Thanks for your input.

5 Eileen Hunt, Transportation Engineering Associate II site plan and dwys_sunset Crescent Heights Traffic Study Report pdf 5802K

6 SUNSET - CRESCENT HEIGHTS \ IMP-SUNSET-CRESENT HEIGHTS (ALT-3) 50 8/12/2013 CONCEPTUAL IMPROVEMENTS TO SUNSET BOULEVARD AND CRESCENT HEIGHTS BOULEVARD FIGURE 8 N

7 8 8/20/2013 PROJECT SITE LAYOUT FIGURE 3(a) SUNSET - CRESCENT HEIGHTS \ SITE-LAYOUT

$HEIGHTS \$ 8/20/2013

8 SUNSET - CRESCENT HEIGHTS \ SITE-LAYOUT 9 8/20/2013 PROJECT SITE PARKING FLOOR LEVELS 03, 02, 01.5 AND 01 FIGURE 3(b)

$HEIGHTS \$ SITE-LAYOUT 10

9 SUNSET - CRESCENT HEIGHTS \ SITE-LAYOUT 10 8/20/2013 PROJECT SITE PARKING BASEMENT LEVELS 01M, 01 AND 02 FIGURE 3(c)

10 RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT TOTAL N SUNSET - CRESCENT HEIGHTS \ DWY-VOLS (WITH SUNSET SIGNAL)-AM 43 11/8/2013 PROJECT DRIVEWAY VOLUMES AM PEAK HOUR FIGURE 7(a) COMMERCIAL COMPONENT

$RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT TOTAL N SUNSET - CRESCENT HEIGHTS \ DWY-VOLS (WITH SUNSET SIGNAL)$

11 RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT TOTAL N SUNSET - CRESCENT HEIGHTS \ DWY-VOLS (WITH SUNSET SIGNAL) -PM 44 11/8/2013 PROJECT DRIVEWAY VOLUMES PM PEAK HOUR FIGURE 7(b) COMMERCIAL COMPONENT

APPENDIX C-2. Traffic Study Supplemental Analysis Memo

APPENDIX C-2. Traffic Study Supplemental Analysis Memo APPENDIX C-2 Traffic Study Supplemental Analysis Memo The Mobility Group Transportation Strategies & Solutions Memorandum To: From: Subject: Tomas Carranza, LADOT Matthew Simons Traffic Review - Revised