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The Academy Charter High School MND I City of Santa Ana Planning Division
<br />new high school facilities on the approximately 25-acre RFCPS, which accommodated an enrollment of
<br />approximately 1,960 students in grades 6 through 11 (both middle school and high school). Specifically, the
<br />project consisted of constructing 30 new high school classrooms with 810 seats to serve new and existing
<br />students, grades 9 through 12, as well as a new gymnasium, a new library, a career center, administration
<br />offices, plant manager facilities, additional parking facilities, and removal of 16 portable classrooms. Key
<br />environmental issues addressed in the EIR included aesthetics, traffic, air quality and health risks, noise,
<br />cultural resources, and infrastructure and public services. Special consideration in conducting the impact
<br />analysis and developing mitigation was focused on minimizing the impact to existing students at the RFCPS
<br />during construction of the new school facilities.
<br />Year Completed: September 2007.
<br />Reference: John Anderson, Consulting Program Manager, Los Angeles Unified School District, Facilities
<br />Services Division, 333 South Beaudry Avenue, 20th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017, (213) 893-7424
<br />Charter High School EIR-Port of Los Angeles
<br />ICF prepared an EIR to evaluate environmental impacts associated with redeveloping a 3.5-acre property for
<br />three buildings: a charter high school, police headquarters, and California Maritime Studies Center. The charter
<br />school portion of the project involved modifications to a 72,774-square-foot, two-story building to be used for the
<br />school to provide 36 classrooms, two research/technical labs, a cafeteria, six offices, two conference rooms, two
<br />teachers' lounges/workrooms, a textbook/media storage room, a library, four restroom complexes, and a fitness
<br />room. Environmental concerns related to this project included traffic, air quality, and noise.
<br />Reference: Dennis Hagner, Environmental Specialist, Port of Los Angeles, 425 South Palos Verdes Street, San
<br />Pedro, California, (310) 732-3682 Year Completed: 2006
<br />Fehr & Peers Projects Within the Last Five Years
<br />Fehr & Peers brings extensive experience preparing traffic analysis for school projects. We have selected a few
<br />projects to highlight.
<br />Turning Point School Traffic and Parking Review-Culver City
<br />Turning Point School is a private school with an enrollment of 480 elementary students. The school moved from
<br />West Los Angeles into a former industrial building in the City of Culver City. Fehr & Peers conducted traffic and
<br />parking analysis for the new site, specifically concentrating on the impact of school traffic on the adjacent
<br />residential neighborhood and on the adequacy of pickup and drop-off areas for the school. To make the project
<br />work successfully from the city's standpoint, the school developed a transportation demand management
<br />program that established a target carpool program and a subscription bus program. In addition, offsite parking
<br />with a shuttle bus service for special events at the school was developed. Fehr & Peers also assisted the traffic
<br />review for the physical expansion of the school into an adjacent building in 2006.
<br />Valley Region Fulton Span School Addition Traffic and Parking Study--LAUSD
<br />Fehr & Peers prepared traffic and parking studies as part of the preparation of an environmental impact report
<br />for the proposed expansion of the existing Fulton Middle School in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles.
<br />The studies were prepared in accordance with the methodologies and standards used by the LAUSD in
<br />consultation with the City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation. The project proposed to eliminate 14
<br />existing middle school classrooms and add 30 high school classrooms on the site. Because the expanded
<br />school would be used by adult continuing education students in the evening hours, weekday p.m. peak hour
<br />impact analysis was performed to supplement the typical a.m. peak hour impact analysis. Estimates of net trip
<br />generation were prepared, and potentially significant traffic impacts identified. Future parking demand was
<br />estimated and compared to the proposed parking supply. Specific recommendations were made on how to
<br />address issues that were identified regarding access to the on-site parking supply. Vehicular and pedestrian
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