Andres Duarte School Project

Andres Duarte School Project

Crestfield Townhomes, LLC (applicant) is proposing the demolition or relocation of the existing school buildings and park structures and the construction of multi-family residential buildings and redevelopment of the public park on the site. The proposed project would involve demolition or relocation of the existing MIT School buildings and Otis Gordon Sports Park structures on the six-acre western portion of the project site. The lease for the wireless communications facility on the project site is expiring and the wireless communications facility building and associated equipment would be removed. The redeveloped Otis Gordon Sports Park would include recreational fields, an open turf area, overhead structures with barbeque and picnic tables, restrooms, a snack shack, an outdoor gym park, a resurfaced tot lot, and internal meandering walkways that connect to the residential portion of the project site. Vehicular ingress and egress would be provided through two entry points on Central Avenue. The redeveloped Otis Gordon Sports Park would include 59 parking spaces, including two American Disabilities Act (ADA) spaces and two bike racks. The Duarte Preschool is currently in operation at the project site and would relocate to the northwestern portion of the Beardslee Dual Language Academy campus prior to the demolition phase of the proposed project. Following demolition and relocation of the vacant Andres Duarte Arts Academy building, the proposed project would be constructed on the seven-acre eastern portion of the project site. The residential portion of the proposed project would involve the construction of 169 townhome residential units within 25 multi-family residential buildings and one leasing office/recreation building. All residential buildings would be three stories, with a maximum height of 38 feet. The residential development would include five types of townhomes varying from 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms to 4 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. The 3,155 square-foot leasing office and recreation building would include an exercise room, lounge areas, leasing offices, a dining room, restrooms, and an outdoor pool and deck area. The residential portion of the proposed project would include 377 total parking spaces. Internal to the project site, pedestrian walkways would be provided throughout the site with connections to the leasing office and central recreation area, residential buildings, the pedestrian corner plaza on the southeastern corner of Central Avenue and Crestfield Drive, common open space areas, and the public park portion of the project site. Landscaping, including a variety of trees, shrubs, and groundcover, would be provided throughout the residential portion of the site. Development of the project would include adding lighting to the site with outdoor on-site lighting, internal walking paths, landscaping/street frontage lights, and safety-related lighting. Construction of the proposed project is expected to occur over approximately 29 months with an estimated start date of commencement in April 2026 and completion by September 2028. The proposed project would require a General Plan Amendment to change the land use designation from Public Facility to HDR - High Density Residential and Open Space land uses, and a zone change from PF to R-4 Multiple-Family Residential Zone (High Density) and Open Space.

Duarte

Los Angeles

Citywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 15, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 16, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 22, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 4, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 7, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, University of California Natural Reserve System (UCNRS)

Residential (Units 169, Acres 7), Recreational (6-acre park redevelopment)

General Plan Amendment, Site Plan, Rezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Planned Development Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire