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The 2nd Zoom Workshop Results

Regarding the Zoom Town Hall/ Workshop from March 3rd, 2021.

TAKE THE WORKSHOP SURVEY BELOW!

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This Figueroa-Pasadena Community Survey is intended to gather community input about what is proposed to be built at the south east corner of Figueroa Street and Pasadena Avenue. This Survey is a follow up to the community design and outreach that was carried out by the Arroyo Seco Alliance and the Arroyo Seco Neighborhood Council since December of 2020 which led to the presentation of Alternatives 1A and 2A by the event organizers at a Town Hall/ Vision Workshop held on March 2nd, 2021. 

At the Town Hall, we discussed as a community who has a stake in what gets developed here – from City officials to the developer, and the community that lives, works and travels by this prominent crossroads of our community.  These stakeholders must consider many priorities, like the need for housing, business interests and what kind of urban design makes our community work best as an integrated whole. With enough community participation, this Survey will hopefully help show the community’s position on what we believe is best suited to be built on this site, and to allow the City officials and the developer do a better job of addressing our legitimate interest in this important project.


FROM THE ZOOM MEETING on MARCH 3rd.
ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS at Figueroa Street & Pasadena Avenue

As opposed to this, the towering maxed-out design mass offered by the developer – maximum height of 7 stories – end to end.

Read more background information below survey…….

The Three Main Building Designs

Three main design options were presented at the 3/2/2021 Town Hall/ Vision Workshop that are referred to in the Survey questions:


Developer’s Design – a 100-unit mixed-use condo development with ground-floor retail, 6 to 7-stories in height (72 ft Max.; 68 ft average) organized around three small courtyards. Click here for image.


Alternative 1A – an 82-unit (incl. 6 flex units) mixed-use condo development with ground-floor retail, 3 to 7-stories in height (72 ft Max.; 54 ft average) organized around a large single open courtyard. Click here for image.


Alternative 2A – an 82-unit (incl. 6 flex units) mixed-use condo development with ground-floor retail, 5 to 6-stories in height (72 ft Max.; 54 ft average) organized around a large single courtyard. Click here for image.


Select "Other or Comments" if none of the answers apply to you and you wish to express your ideas. 



QUESTIONS BELOW:

Q1: Overall assessment of the main building designs:

Given the options of the three main designs presented at the Town Hall/ Vision Workshop on 3/2/2021, which would you prefer to see built?

Q2: Height of new building:

What average height (where building faces street) would you prefer the new building to be?

Q3: Is it important that the new building step down in height (becomes lower) where it backs up to the neighboring 2-story homes?

If YES, then in which of the following ways?

Q4: Number of units & parking spaces in new building:

Do you think it is important to reduce the number of units included in the new building? If YES, then what number of units would you prefer was included:
Do you think it is important to change the number of parking spaces included in the new building from the 101 spaces included Developer’s Design? If YES, then what number of spaces would you prefer (assuming a 100 unit building):

Q5: What the new building is used for:

If the new building could have different uses than the Developer’s Design (i.e. mostly market-rate residential units & ground-floor retail), then which option would you prefer?

Q6: Your vision of the Arroyo Seco Community:

As our district representative, do you feel Gil Cedillo should stop this project as planned by the developer?
Should Eric Garcetti intervene and force the LA City Planning Dept to halt this construction?
SUBMIT

BACKGROUND: We are neighbors of the Arroyo Seco Corridor community. Read more about the formation the Arroyo Seco Alliance and how we are trying to drive this project in a better direction.

This West Side developer wants to build a different design (CLICK HERE) which has been rejected by City Planning and the community, yet they are moving FULL STEAM AHEAD!. The neighborhood thinks it is too big, but due to the recently passed Measure JJJ this has been an uphill battle. The CD1 representatives (Gil Cedillo’s office) are allowing this. Should this pass and get built as designed by the developer, the CD1 must be held responsible. WE THE PEOPLE will have no alternative but to vote. They no longer represent the well being of the stake holders in the Arroyo Seco community.

The first plan of attack is to offer a redesign of what may be inevitable. The second plan is to raise money (a lot of money) and hire a lawyer to stop this altogether.

So, take a look at these “massing” models. They only represent basic “density” and “scale”. No, they are not glass cube designs! The pretty stuff comes later and Alternative 1a & 2a represent basic scale and layout only.

These designs were created by a team of local neighborhood architects and planners who’s intentions are to direct his project toward a more pleasing result. The intent is to show different ideas to LA CITY PLANNING and the DEVELOPER. (Given recent TOC – transit oriented corridor rulings and Measure JJJ).

NOTE: The Arroyo Seco Alliance is NOT designing this – only reinterpreting possible alternatives.