Request for Comments
The Autry National Center's Griffith Park Campus Improvements

ASNC NOTE: Relates to Southwest Museum

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING
DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT NO. RP-013-07
STATE CLEARINGHOUSE NO. 2007051084

PROJECT NAME: The Autry National Center's Griffith Park Campus Improvements
PROJECT ADDRESS: 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027
COMMUNITY PLAN AREA: Hollywood Community Plan
COUNCIL DISTRICT: 4
EIR Number: RP-013-07
COMMENT DUE DATE: October 1, 2007

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT

The attached Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) has been prepared to examine and disclose the potential environmental impacts of the Autry National Center's Griffith Park Campus Improvement project. The Department of Recreation and Parks will be the Lead City Agency for the proposed project.

Project Description: The Autry National Center proposes to renovate and modernize portions of its Griffith Park Campus located at 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, in Council District 4. The Griffith Park Campus contains the Museum of the American West and the Institute for the Study of the American West. The proposed project would be implemented in two phases over an estimated six year period (anticipated to end in 2014) the key features of which are as follows:

Phase 1: Expansion of the existing Campus Building by 79,000 square feet to provide new and reconfigured galleries, exhibition and collection storage areas and education classrooms, a new community room; rearrangement of the surface parking facilities; and pedestrian access and landscape improvements;

Phase 2: Construction of a 50,000 square foot Institute Building that would contain a reading room, collection storage rooms, and staff offices; and construction of a semi-subterranean parking facility beneath the Institute Building. The parking improvements in both phases would result in a total of 476 spaces being available for visitors and staff.

We request your comments on the environmental aspects of the attached Draft EIR Comments should be submitted to this office in writing and must be submitted by October 1, 2007. Hard copies of the Draft EIR are available for review at the following locations in Los Angeles:

The document will also be available for review on the internet at http://www.laparks.org/environmental/environmental.htm. If you wish to obtain a hard copy of the Draft EIR for a fee, you may do so at the City of Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks at the address provided above.

Please direct your comments to:

David Attaway,
Environmental Supervisor, City of Los Angeles
Department of Recreation and Parks
1200 W. 7th Street, Suite 700
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Facsimiles sent to (213) 928-9180 will also be accepted no later than October 1, 2007 (please mail the original).

PUBLIC MEETING:
In addition, a public meeting will be held to solicit comments on the Draft EIR on September 18, 2007, at 6:30 p.m. at the Autry National Center in Griffith Park located at 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles.

For further information, contact David Attaway at (213) 928-9130.

David Attaway
Environmental Supervisor, Environmental Management Section
City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks