APPENDIX A Comment Letters on the Draft EIR

Comment Letter No. A1 1-1

Comment Letter No. A2 2-1

Comment Letter No. A3 3-1 3-2 3-3 3-4 3-5

Comment Letter No. A3 3-6 3-7 3-8

Comment Letter No. A3

Comment Letter A3

Comment Letter No. A4 4-1

Comment Letter A4

Comment Letter No. A5 5-1 5-2 5-3

Comment Letter No. A6 6-1 6-2 6-3

Comment Letter No. A6 6-3 6-4 6-5 6-6 6-7

Comment Letter No. A6 6-8 6-9 6-10 6-11

Comment Letter No. A6 6-11 6-12

Comment Letter No. A6 6-13 6-14 6-15 6-16

Comment Letter No. A6 6-16 6-17 6-18 6-19 6-20

Comment Letter No. A6 6-21 6-22 6-23 6-24

Comment Letter No. A6 6-24 6-25 6-26 6-27 6-28

Comment Letter No. A6 6-28 6-29 6-30 6-31 6-32

Comment Letter No. A6 6-32 6-33 6-34

Comment Letter No. A6

Comment Letter No. A7 7-1 7-2 7-3 7-4 7-5

Comment Letter No. A7 7-6

Comment Letter No. A8 8-1 8-2 8-3 8-4

Comment Letter No. A8 8-4 8-5 8-6 8-7 8-8

Comment Letter No. A8 Comment Letter No. A7 8-8 8-9 8-10 8-11 8-12 8-13

Comment Letter No. A8 8-13 8-14 8-15 8-16

Comment Letter No. A8 Comment Letter No. A7 8-17 8-18 8-19 8-20 8-21 8-22

Comment Letter No. A8 8-23 8-24

Comment Letter No. A9 From: "Heidi McWhorter" <heidi.mcwhorter@cajaeir.com> To: "'Rowena Lau'" <Rowena.Lau@lacity.org>, "David Somers" <David.Somers@lacity.org>, "Jimmy Liao" <Jimmy.Liao@lacity.org> Date: 1/25/2007 3:06:03 PM Subject: FW: Ponte Vista - Notice of Completion and Availability of DraftEIR Ms. Lau, Thank you for your correspondence. I am forwarding your comment to the City Planning Department so that it can be addressed in the Final EIR. Thank you, Heidi McWhorter Senior Environmental Planner heidi.mcwhorter@cajaeir.com Christopher A. Joseph & Associates Environmental Planning and Research www.cajaeir.com Oakland Office 610 16th Street, Suite 514 Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: (510) 452-5200, ext. 14 Fax: (510) 452-5202 -----Original Message----- From: Rowena Lau [mailto:rowena.lau@lacity.org] Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 2:53 PM To: heidi.mcwhorter@cajaeir.com Cc: Abdulsamad Danishwar; Rowena Lau Subject: Ponte Vista - Notice of Completion and Availability of DraftEIR To: Heidi McWhorter, We were reviewing through your draft EIR for the project stated above and it seems that our previous response letter was not included in the draft. Instead only a copy of the SCAR approval was submitted as a part of the appendix. The response letter was in regards to your previous Wastewater Service Information was sent to us on 1/25/2006. Also, according to our first response, your projected wastewater discharge was 411,363 gpd, but in the Draft EIR it states 279,800, which is close to the approved SCAR. Is that the current flow you are not requesting for? Please add the requested response into the Draft EIR and resubmit it for further comments. Thank you! 9-1 9-2 9-3 Rowena Lau Sanitary Engineering Associate

Comment Letter No. A9 City of LA - Bureau of Sanitation Wastewater Engineering Services Division Rowena.Lau@lacity.org CC: "'Abdulsamad Danishwar'" <Abdulsamad.Danishwar@lacity.org>, "Rob Carnachan" <rob.carnachan@cajaeir.com>

Comment Letter No. A10 10-1 10-2 10-3 10-4

Comment Letter No. A10 Comment Letter No. A8 10-5 10-6 10-7 10-8 10-9 10-10 10-11 10-12 10-13

Comment Letter No. A10 10-14 10-15 10-16

Comment Letter No. A10

Comment Letter No. A10 10-17

10-20 Comment Letter No. A10 10-18 10-19 10-21

Comment Letter No. A10 Comment Letter No. A10 10-22 10-23 10-24 10-25 10-26 10-27 10-28 10-29 10-30

Comment Letter No. A10 10-31 10-32 10-33 10-34 10-35 10-36

Comment Letter No. A10 10-37 10-38 10-39 10-40

Comment Letter No. A10 10-40 10-41 10-42 10-43

Comment Letter No. A10 10-43 10-44 10-45 10-46 10-47 10-48

Comment Letter No. A10 10-46 10-49 10-50 10-51 10-52

Comment Letter No. A10 10-52 10-53 10-54 10-55 10-56 10-57

Comment Letter No. A10 10-58 10-59 10-60 10-61 10-62

Comment Letter No. A10 10-61 10-63 10-64 10-65

Comment Letter No. A10 10-65 10-66 10-67 10-68 10-69 10-70

Comment Letter No. A10 10-69 10-71 10-72 10-73

Comment Letter No. A10 10-74 10-75 10-76 10-77 10-78 10-79 10-80 10-81 10-82 10-83

Comment Letter No. A10 10-84 10-85 10-86 10-87 10-88 10-89 10-90 10-91

Comment Letter No. A10 10-91 10-92 10-93 10-94 10-95

Comment Letter No. A10 10-93 10-94 10-95 10-96 10-97 10-98 10-99 10-100 10-101 10-102 10-103

Comment Letter No. A10 10-106 10-107 10-108 10-109 10-110 10-111 10-112 10-113 10-114 10-115

Comment Letter No. A10 10-116 10-117 10-118 10-119 10-120 10-121 10-122 10-123

Comment Letter No. A10 10-124 10-125 10-126 10-127 10-128 10-129 10-130 10-131

Comment Letter No. A10 10-132 10-133 10-134 10-135 10-136 10-137

Comment Letter No. A10 10-138 10-139 10-140 10-141

Comment Letter No. A10 10-141 10-142 10-143 10-144 10-145 10-146

Comment Letter No. A10 10-147 10-148 10-149 10-150 10-151 10-152

Comment Letter No. A10 10-153 10-154 10-155 10-156 10-157 10-158

Comment Letter No. A10 10-159 10-160 10-161 10-162

Comment Letter No. A10 10-163 10-164 10-165 10-166 10-167

Comment Letter No. A10 10-168 10-169 10-170 10-171 10-172

Comment Letter No. A10 10-173 10-174 10-175 10-176 10-177

Comment Letter No. A10 10-178 10-179 10-180 10-181 10-182 10-183 10-184

Comment Letter No. A10 10-185 10-186 10-187 10-188 10-189 10-190

Comment Letter No. A10 10-190 10-191 10-192 10-193 10-194

Comment Letter No. A10 10-195 10-196 10-197 10-198 10-199 10-200 10-201 10-202 10-203 10-204

Comment Letter No. A10 10-205 10-206 10-207 10-208 10-209 10-210 10-211 10-212

Comment Letter No. A10 10-213 10-214 10-215 10-216

Comment Letter No. A10 10-217 10-218 10-219 10-220 10-221 10-222 10-223 10-224

Comment Letter No. A10 10-225 10-226 10-227 10-228 10-229 10-230 10-231

Comment Letter No. A10 10-232 10-233 10-234 10-235 10-236

Comment Letter No. A10 10-237 10-238 10-239 10-240 10-241 10-242 10-243

Comment Letter No. A10 10-244 10-245 10-246 10-247 10-248

Comment Letter No. A10 10-249 10-250 10-251 10-252 10-253 10-254

Comment Letter No. A10 10-254 10-255 10-256 10-257 10-258

Comment Letter No. A10 10-259 10-260 10-261 10-262

Comment Letter No. A10 10-263 10-264 10-265

Comment Letter No. A10 10-266 10-267

Comment Letter No. A10 10-268 10-269

Comment Letter No. A10 10-269

Comment Letter No. A10 10-270

Comment Letter No. A10

Comment Letter No. A11 11-1 11-2 11-3

Comment Letter No. A12 From: To: Date: Subject: LOS ANGELES Jimmy Liao Suk Chong 1/30/2007 5:02:03 PM Re: PONTE VISTA - DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT - CITY OF Dear Mr. Chong: Comments received. Thank you. Your comments will be taken into consideration in the preparation of the Final EIR. Have a great day. Jimmy Liao >>> "Chong, Suk" <SCHONG@dpw.lacounty.gov> 1/30/2007 3:54 PM >>> PONTE VISTA DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT CITY OF LOS ANGELES The proposed project, located at 26900 South Western Avenue on the east side of Western Avenue, generally between Green Hills Drive and Avenida Aprenda in the Wilmington-Harbor City area of the City of Los Angeles, consists of the development of 2,300 residential dwelling units, including 1,725 condominium units and 575 senior housing units. The project also proposes to accommodate vehicular access to Mary Star of the Sea High School, which is located immediately east of the project. As a result, the traffic from the 600-student high school, which was previously approved by the City, is included with the traffic from the proposed project in the Draft Environmental Impact Report. The proposed project is estimated to generate approximately 9,355 vehicle trips daily, with 636 and 760 vehicle trips during the a.m. and p.m. peak hours, respectively. We generally agree with the study that the traffic generated by the project alone would not have a significant impact to any County or County/City roadways or intersections. However, the cumulative traffic generated by the project and other related projects will significantly impact the following County intersections. We request that the City condition the project to pay the County for its proportionate share of the cost for the following mitigation measures prior to the City issuing any building permit for the project. 12-1 12-2 These mitigation measures should also be included in Table 1-1, Executive Summary of Project Impacts Mitigation Measures and Impacts after Mitigations of the Environmental Impact Report. * Normandie Avenue at Sepulveda Boulevard North approach: One left-turn lane, three through lanes, and one exclusive right-turn lane (add one through lane). 12-3 South approach: One left-turn lane, two through lanes, and one shared through/right-turn lane (add one through lane). The project's proportionate share is 2.7 percent.

Comment Letter No. A12 * Normandie Avenue at Lomita Boulevard South approach: Two left-turn lanes, one through lane, and one shared through/right-turn lane (add one left-turn lane). 12-4 The project's proportionate share is 11.8 percent. * Vermont Avenue at Sepulveda Boulevard East approach: Two left-turn lanes, two through lanes, and one shared through/right-turn lane (add one left-turn lane). South approach: One left-turn lane, two through lanes, and two exclusive right-turn lanes (add one exclusive right-turn lane). 12-5 The project's proportionate share is 3.7 percent. * Vermont Avenue at Lomita Boulevard North approach: One left-turn lane, two through lanes, and one exclusive right-turn lane (add one exclusive right-turn lane). South approach: One left-turn lane, two through lanes, and one exclusive right-turn lane (add one exclusive right-turn lane). 12-6 The project's proportionate share is 16.4 percent. We further request that the City condition the project to submit conceptual drawings and cost estimates to Matthew Dubiel of our Traffic and Lighting Division for the proposed mitigation measures noted above. He can be reached at (626) 300-4862. 12-7 Suk Chong Senior Civil Engineer County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works Land Development Division (626) 458-7150 CC: David Somers

Comment Letter No. A13 13-1 13-2 13-3

Comment Letter No. A13 13-4 13-5 13-6 13-7 13-8 13-9 13-10

Comment Letter No. A13 13-9 13-11 13-12 13-13 13-14 13-15 13-16 13-17 13-18

Comment Letter No. A13 13-19 13-20 13-21 13-22 13-23

Comment Letter No. A13 13-24 13-25 13-26 13-27 13-28 13-29 13-30 13-31 13-32 13-33 13-34 13-35 13-36

Comment Letter No. A13 13-37 13-38 13-39 13-40 13-41 13-42 13-43 13-44 13-45

Comment Letter No. A13 13-45 13-46 13-47 13-48 13-49 13-50 13-15 13-52

Comment Letter No. A13 13-52 13-53 13-54 13-55 13-56

Comment Letter No. A13 13-56 13-57 13-58 13-59 13-60 13-61

Comment Letter No. A13 13-61 13-62 13-63 13-64 13-65 13-66

Comment Letter No. A13 13-66 13-67 13-68 13-69 13-70 13-71

Comment Letter No. A13 13-71 13-72 13-73 13-74 13-75 13-76 13-77 13-78

Comment Letter No. A13 13-76 13-79 13-80 13-81 13-82 13-83

Comment Letter No. A13 13-84 13-85 13-86 13-87 13-88 13-89 13-90 13-91 13-92

Comment Letter No. A13 13-93 13-94 13-95 13-96 13-97 13-98

Comment Letter No. A13 13-99 13-100 13-101 13-102 13-103 13-104

Comment Letter No. A13 13-105 13-106 13-107 13-108 13-109 13-110 13-111 13-112 13-113 13-114 13-115 13-116 13-117 13-118

Comment Letter No. A13 13-118 13-119 13-120 13-121 13-122 13-123 13-124 13-125