Attachment #1 / 6(a) SMCBC Substitute Resolution Draft 12-14-04

RESOLUTION OF THE MAR VISTA COMMUNITY COUNCIL REQUESTING THAT CERTAIN ASSURANCES BE GIVEN BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE SANTA MONICA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUNDY CAMPUS OF SANTA MONICA COLLEGE.

Whereas, MVCC recognizes the important role Santa Monica Community College District (SMCCD) has to higher educational in the region, and therefore wishes to work with SMCCD in order to meet the educational needs of the Westside, but not to the determent to MVCC Stakeholders,

Whereas, the Santa Monica Community College District has purchased 10.2 acres of land in Mar Vista for use as a satellite campus (Bundy Campus) for Santa Monica College (SMC) and for remote parking for students and college personnel who will be bused to and from its other campuses,

Whereas, the Bundy Campus, which is situated in Mar Vista (Los Angeles) is bounded by The City of Santa Monica on the North, Bundy Drive on the East, Stewart Avenue and a residential neighborhood on the West and a residential neighborhood on the South,

Whereas, the Bundy Campus has been annexed into the SMCCD,

Whereas, the Bundy Drive driveway on the east is presently the only open means of ingress and egress to the Bundy Campus, while two gates onto Airport Avenue which were used previously by BAE Systems (the Bundy Campus site's former occupant) and the Stewart Avenue Gate remain closed,

Whereas, SMC has repeatedly promised that the Stewart Avenue Gate will remain permanently closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic, except for use by emergency vehicles for emergency purposes only and that there will be no other access to the Bundy Campus from or to Stewart Avenue,

Let it therefore be resolved by the Board of the Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC) to request that the Board of Trustees of SMCCD adopt the following resolutions:

1. SMCCD shall by legally binding and enforceable deed restriction ensure that Stewart Avenue and the Stewart Avenue Gate remain permanently closed for all ingress and egress to and from the Bundy Campus, except for use by government emergency vehicles for emergency purposes only.

2. SMCCD shall not establish the Bundy Campus as an offsite parking facility for the main SMC Campus and actively support efforts to prohibit overflow parking in the MVCC Neighborhoods.

3. SMCCD shall complete a "Site Access Plan" acceptable to MVCC, Santa Monica Airport and other stakeholders. SMCCD shall enter into an "Access Agreement" with MVCC, Santa Monica Airport and other stakeholders to ensure long-term planning goals are understood and agreed to by all parties.

Let it therefore also be resolved by the Mar Vista Community Council Board that:

A. The MVCC opposes any issuance of a Certification of Occupancy for any building on the Bundy Campus Site to the Board of Trustees of Santa Monica College until a full Environmental Impact Report of the project is completed.

B. The MVCC rejects the findings and conclusions of the current Mitigated Negative Declaration of the Renovation Project of West Building #4.

C. The MVCC rejects any proposed alternatives outlined by Kaku Associates for the SMC Bundy Campus site that includes any parking structures, additional parking lots, or additional parking because of negative environmental impacts.

D. The MVCC supports the position of LADoT that no traffic signal shall be installed at the Bundy Driveway access of the SMC Bundy Campus. Further, MVCC supports the limitation of the driveway access to the 14-car parking lot in the front of building #2.

E. The MVCC will not consider approval of the project until all of the following are completed:

1) A Master Plan for the Bundy Campus,

2) Full CEQA requirements are met, and

3) A full EIR for the project, consistent with 1) and 2) above.

F. The MVCC supports Airport Avenue as the primary access for all vehicles to the SMC Bundy Campus, and a prohibition of the use of driveways and other areas adjacent to residential neighborhoods.