Caltrans District & Headquarters Building Replacement Project
6 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2001011098
Lead Agency
California Department of Transportation, District 7
Document Title
Caltrans District & Headquarters Building Replacement Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
C2-4D: General Commercial is height district 4. Height district 4 restricts allowable floor to lot area to 13:1. "D" identifies specific guidelines for the parcels on this block. None of these guidelines restrict the design of the building. The site is an existing state-owned parking lot. Commercial uses are located at the north end of the block.
Document Description
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is seeking to consolidate and centralize its Los Angeles based personnel in a new headquarters facility. The existing Caltrans District 7 headquarters building at 120 South Spring Street in downtown Los Angeles was originally designed in 1939 and constructed in 1949 (an adjoining annex was built in 1960) and is physically and functionally obsolete. Currently, approximately 1,400 employees are accommodated in 340,000 square feet (sf) of space in the existing building. Another 250 employees are located in leased space at various locations in downtown Los Angeles. The proposed project consists of the development of a new 603,500 sf District 7 headquarters building on the state-owned, employee parking lot bordered on the south by Second Street and the east and west by Los Angeles and Main Streets, respectively. Alternatives are under consideration that would use the full block bounded by First, Second, Los Angeles, and Main Streets. An alternative that would provide an additional 112,700 sf to accommodate City agency offices or a total of 716,200 sf is also under consideration. Use of the full block would displace existing commercial uses located on the north end of the block. Acquisition of privately owned commercial parcels on the south side of First Street between Spring and Main Streets is also under consideration. The privately owned parcels would be acquired by the City of Los Angeles and exchanged for the existing state owned existing Caltrans property.
Contact Information
Name
Susan K. Stratton
Agency Name
California Department of Transportation
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Los Angeles, Los Angeles, City of
Counties
Los Angeles
Cross Streets
First, Second, Los Angeles, and Main Streets
Zip
90012
Total Acres
4
Parcel #
5161-015-901
State Highways
101
Railways
Amtrak
Waterways
Los Angeles River
Township
1S
Range
13W
Section
28
Base
SBM
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 1 (DOT), California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of General Services (DGS), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics
Development Types
Office (Sq. Ft. 603,500, Acres 4, Employees 1,800)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Sewer Capacity, Transportation
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