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Hillcrest Christian School and Church West Campus Expansion Plan EIR |
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Introduction Environmental Documents Online EIR IS/MND/EA EIR/EIS Biological Analyses Historic Resource Assessment Before and After Photos Comprehensive Project List |
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Client: Hillcrest Christian School Lead Agency: City of Los Angeles Date Completed: October 2002 The Hillcrest Christian School and Church West Campus Expansion Plan proposes to increase the existing maximum permitted student capacity of 800 students in grades Kindergarten through High School (K-12th grade) to a total of 1,200 students and expand the Hillcrest Campus to include the adjacent proposed West Campus site. The project site is located within the Granada Hills community of the City of Los Angeles. The proposed West Campus Expansion Plan allowed for the separation of the elementary and secondary grades into two campuses, with the elementary grades operating on the East Campus and the secondary grades operating on the West Campus. Improvements to the West Campus under the Initial Phase will include demolition of existing residential structures, construction of the parking lot, and grading activities, as needed to allow the temporary use of the site. A temporary building pad would be created to house the temporary portable classrooms. The parking lot for the final West Campus Expansion Plan will be constructed in the Initial Phase to provide parking for faculty, students, and construction personnel during the construction period. The surface parking lot will provide approximately 145 parking spaces with ingress and egress access along a single driveway location along Rinaldi Street. Upon completion of the Initial Phase, secondary school operations on the East Campus will be relocated to the temporary structures on the West Campus. The existing East Campus will remain generally unaltered with operations changing to accommodate 70 staff members and approximately 600 elementary students. The northern grass play area adjacent to Shoshone Avenue would remain available to provide additional parking as needed during special events. The Final Phase of the proposed West Campus Expansion Plan will include the construction of a 75,000 square foot educational facility to support Hillcrest's secondary school operations on the West Campus. The proposed education facility will include a two-and three-story education building with classrooms, administration offices, a gymnasium, and other school-related ancillary uses (i.e., lockers, janitor closets, etc.). Due to the varied topography of the West Campus site, building plans were carefully designed to take advantage of the natural slope to reduce structural massing along Shoshone Avenue. Upon completion of the final construction phase, which is anticipated by 2005, the remaining secondary students will be relocated to the permanent school facility. The area where the temporary campus was located will then be expanded and converted to a landscaped athletic field/grass play area, to support physical education and extracurricular sporting events. The final preparation of the athletic field will require additional cuts into the western slope. Retaining walls on the order of 20 feet will be required. View the EIR Document |
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 Hillcrest Christian School Land Use Designations and Zoning Map Source: LAMC, Planning and Zoning Code, 2000; City of Los Angeles General Plan, Granada Hills/Knollwood Community Plan  Aerial Photograph of the Hillcrest Christian School Project Site Source: Hillcrest Christian School and Church, 1998 |
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