PROJECT TITLE: SD2 Security Lighting Projects– Notice of Exemption
PROJECT LOCATION:
Alondra Community Regional Park
3850 Manhattan Beach Boulevard
Lawndale, CA 90260
Athens Park
12603 South Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90061
Colonel Leon H. Washington Park
8908 South Maie Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90002
East Rancho Dominguez Park
15116 South Atlantic Avenue
Compton, CA 90221
Enterprise Park
13055 Clovis Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Franklin D. Roosevelt Park
7600 Graham Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90001
Helen Keller Park
12521 South Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90044
Jesse Owens Community Regional Park
9651 South Western Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90047
Lennox Park
10828 South Condon Avenue
Lennox, CA 90304
Mary M. Bethune Park
1244 East 61st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90001
Mona Park
2291 East 121st Street
Compton, CA 90222
Roy Campanella Park
14812 Stanford Avenue
Compton, CA 90220
Ted Watkins Memorial Park
1335 East 103rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90002
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The 13 security lighting projects in Supervisorial District 2 will increase dusk and evening lighting throughout major portions of the thirteen parks, increase the utilization of park amenities, and provide a safer experience to constituents and park staff. Lighting will be increased within and around parking lots, along primary and secondary walkways, across sport courts and sport fields, around the exterior of buildings and restrooms, and to other park amenities. The improvements will provide significant results, assisting DPR in delivering vital services and programming, such as Parks After Dark, in a safer, more energy efficient, and welcoming manner. Proposed scopes include replacing existing light poles and fixtures that are damaged, non-functional, or at the end of their lifespan, installing additional new light poles and fixtures where appropriate, installing new exterior light fixtures around the exterior of buildings and restrooms, and replacing or installing new lighting control panels to better adjust and control park illuminance.
PROJECT APPLICANT: County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Jui Ing Chien
Park Planner
626-588-5317
jchien@parks.lacounty.gov
EXEMPT STATUS: Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code:
Sections 15302(c), 15303(e) and 15331 of the State CEQA Guidelines
REASONS FOR EXEMPTION:
The proposed Projects are categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). The proposed projects, which include the removal and replacement of existing light fixtures and light poles, and installation of new light fixtures and poles, are within certain classes of projects that have been determined not to have a significant effect on the environment in that they meet the criteria set forth in sections 15302(c), 15303(e) and 15331 of the State CEQA Guidelines and Classes 2(e) and 3(b) of the County’s Environmental Document Reporting Procedures and Guidelines, Appendix G. The projects involve restoration or rehabilitation of deteriorated or damaged structures, facilities, or mechanical equipment to meet current standards of public health and safety; installation of small new structures; and maintenance, repair, stabilization, rehabilitation, restoration, preservation, conservation or reconstruction of historical resources in a manner consistent with the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties with Guidelines for Preserving, Rehabilitating, Restoring and Reconstructing Historic Buildings (1995), Weeks and Grimmer. In addition, based on the proposed projects’ records, each project will comply with all applicable regulations. There are no cumulative impacts, unusual circumstances, damage to scenic highways, listing on hazardous waste sites compiled pursuant to Government Code Section 65962.5, or indications that they may cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource that would make the exemption inapplicable