UBLIC HEARING: Director of Development ... - City of Glendale

REDEVELOPMENT PLAN
2. PROJECT OVERVIEW
The Redevelopment Plan which is analyzed in the Program EIR contains land use and
infrastructure policies and regulations intended to eliminate conditions of blight in the area and
revitalize and upgrade the commercial, industrial, and public properties within the project area.
As identified in Figure 1 on page 4, the 727-acre Redevelopment Plan Area (hereafter,
Redevelopment Area) extends along the entire length of the San Fernando Road corridor within
the City of Glendale, and also includes areas west to the Golden State Freeway in the northern
half and to the Southern Pacific Railroad right-of-way in the southern half, and up to one-half
east of the corridor along major streets, including Broadway Boulevard and Colorado
Boulevard. The Redevelopment Plan provides for existing and future development of an
estimated 2.3 million square feet of commercial and related space, 11.48 million square feet of
industrial space and 548 residential units. 1
THE PROJECT SITE
As shown on Figures 2 and 3 on pages 5 and 6, respectively, the DreamWorks
Animation Campus site is located northeast of the Golden State (1-5) and Ventura (SR-134)
Freeway Interchange in the City of Glendale, approximately 500 feet north of Griffith Park
within the northerly third of the Redevelopment Area. The triangularly shaped property is
proposed to include the unimproved right-of-way for Victory Truck Boulevard and encompasses
approximately 13.4 acres at 1000 Flower Street, of which an engineering survey established that
11.06 acres are in the primary parcel and 2.34 acres are in the Victory Truck Boulevard rightof-way.
The site adjoins the Los Angeles River on the south, Flower Street on the northeast,
and private industrial property to the northwest. Surrounding land uses include an array of light
industrial activities to the east, north and northwest, all in the Redevelopment Area, and, across
the Los Angeles River, Griffith Park to the southwest in the City of Los Angeles.
Fonnerly owned by the City of Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, the
project site served as a field headquarters for the operation of reservoirs, pumping stations,
tanks and wells, and as a storage yard for related equipment and materials. Since 1958, the site
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Program EIR, Final EIR Volume. page 1-9.
Planning Consultants Research
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DreamWorks Animation Campus AddendlBJl EIR
June 1996