RFP: Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Malibu Canyon Resort Project
| Location: | California |
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| Posted: | Mar 10, 2026 |
| Due: | Apr 9, 2026 |
| Agency: | City of Malibu |
| Type of Government: | State & Local |
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RFP: Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report for the Malibu Canyon Resort Project
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| Category: | Professional Consulting |
| Status: | Open |
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City of Malibu
Request for Proposal
Preparation of an
Environmental Impact Report for the
Malibu Canyon Resort Project
Date Issued: March 9, 2026
Date Due: April 9, 2026
Proposals must be received no later than 4:00 PM on Thursday, April 9,
2026, via email at the following email address:
City of Malibu Community Development Department
Attn: Rebecca Nelson-Brown, Senior Management Analyst
rnelson@malibucity.org
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INTRODUCTION
The City of Malibu (City) seeks consultant services for preparation of an Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) (Consultant) under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
for the proposed Malibu Canyon Resort (Project). The Project is located on vacant
property at 4000 Malibu Canyon Road, Malibu, CA 90265.
The Project applicant is Green Acres, LLC (Applicant). Preparation of the EIR will be
managed by the City via a Professional Services Agreement (Agreement) between the
City and Consultant. Under the Agreement, Consultant will perform the required services
under the direction of the City. For purposes of this RFP, Consultant includes the prime
consultant and subcontractors, if proposed. A sample Agreement is attached for
reference (Attachment 1). The selected Consultant shall be prepared to accept the terms
and conditions as stated in this RFP and the sample Agreement.
CITY BACKGROUND
The City is in the northwestern portion of Los Angeles County (County) and covers
approximately 21 miles along the coast. The City is a general law city incorporated under
California law in 1991. It operates under the Council/Manager form of government. The
five members of the City Council are elected at-large and serve staggered four-year
terms, with the Mayor being selected from among the Councilmembers. Land use
decisions are made by the Planning Commission comprising five members, each of which
is appointed by a Councilmember individually.
The City is administered by various departments, with the Community Development
Department managing services related to Planning, Building Safety, Environmental
Health, Geology, Biology, Coastal Engineering, Code Enforcement, and Environmental
Programs, including Clean Water, Energy, and Solid Waste Management. The Planning
Division is the steward of the City’s General Plan, Malibu Municipal Code (MMC) Title 17
(Zoning), and the Local Coastal Program (LCP). The City’s LCP was certified by the
California Coastal Commission (CCC) in 2002 and is comprised of a Land Use Plan (LUP)
and Local Implementation Plan (LIP). The entire City is in the California Coastal Zone
(Coastal Zone) and subject to the LCP.
The City contracts with the County for law enforcement, fire, and water. Law enforcement
is provided by the County Sheriff’s Department operating from the Lost Hills Sheriff’s
Station. Fire services within the City and the unincorporated County areas around Malibu
are provided by the County Fire Department (LACFD) through four local fire stations.
Water service is provided by the County Waterworks District 29 (WD29). Certain other
services are provided by contract, such as the City Attorney and garbage collection
services.
In addition to the County, the City interacts with numerous other government agencies
such as the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Monica Mountains
Conservancy (SMMC), Mountains Recreation Conservation Authority (MRCA), California
Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans),
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California State Water Resources Control Board, California Department of Fish and
Wildlife, and the CCC as the City is located entirely within the Coastal Zone.
PROJECT OVERVIEW AND STATUS
Property Detail
The Project is proposed on three vacant parcels that would be merged as part of the
Project to create an approximate 28.2-acre parcel (1,288,908 square feet (sf) gross or
1,211,376 sf net with street easements removed) (Property). Vicinity aerials and site plans
are provided as Attachment 2.
Address:
APNs:
Zoning & Land Use:
Overlay Zone:
4000 Malibu Canyon Road
4458-030-007, 4458-028-015, 4458-028-019
Commercial Visitor Serving 2 (CV-2)
Civic Center Overlay
Proposed Project
The Project is a 146-room resort hotel with restaurants, meeting rooms, ballroom, health
club, swimming pool, tennis courts, parking garage with valet tunnel, landscaping, grading
and associated development on three vacant parcels. A main resort building would
include 60 hotel rooms with facilities, with the remaining 86 hotel rooms within 45
independent buildings around the Property. Total gross square footage of building
construction is approximately 579,396 sf of which 181,560 sf is proposed to meet the
LCP’s allowable floor-area-ratio (FAR) limit of 181,706 sf for the Property. Buildings would
range from 1 to 3 stories above grade with 1 additional story below grade. Building heights
would range from 14 feet to 40 feet. The Project includes a parking structure that would
be 70 feet tall with 5 stories above grade and 1 additional story below grade.
Approximately 588 parking stalls would be provided in the Project, comprised of 22
spaces in a surface lot and 566 spaces in an all-valet parking garage. Approximately
263,923 cubic yards (cy) of total grading would result, of which 183,499 cy would be
exported from the Property. Approximately 488,260 sf of the Property would be devoted
to landscaped area and approximately 319,855 sf of the Property would be devoted to
additional open space area. Storm water improvements onsite would ensure no increase
in peak flow from existing conditions and would rely on green infrastructure, storm drain
collection system, and detention basins. The Project would connect to the City’s Civic
Center Wastewater Treatment Facility (CCWTF).
Gross Square Footage Breakdown
Operational space: 286,715 sf
o Parking garage: 179,023 sf
o Valet tunnel: 27,414 sf
o Circulation (corridors, egress, stairs, elevators): 42,454 sf
o MEP (HVAC space): 31,753 sf
o Storage: 6,071 sf
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Hotel: 172,149 sf
o Main building (hotel portion): 36,149 sf
o Independent hotel suites: 136,000 sf
Unenclosed covered areas: 42,471 sf
o Loggias and breezeways: 29,631 sf
o Hotel room terraces: 12,840 sf
Restaurant: 36,426 sf
o Food and beverage: 29,367 sf
o Back of house: 7,059 sf
Retail / Stores: 24,650 sf
o Retail: 287 sf
o Guest Amenity (meeting rooms, ballroom, indoor driving range, movie
screening room, spa/salon, gym, studios, pools): 19,094 sf
o Restrooms (primarily serving Guest Amenity): 5,269 sf
Office: 16,985 sf
Staff Breakdown Average Count per Shift
Food and beverage: 22
Recreational amenities: 10
Guest services, laundry, and cleaning: 6
Resort administration: 3
Maintenance and grounds: 3
Security: 3
Guest arrival and valet: 3
Requested Entitlements
Coastal Development Permit (CDP) for development in the Coastal Zone
Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for a hotel use in the CV-2 zone
Minor Modification (MM) for reduced front, side, and rear setbacks
Site Plan Review (SPR) for height above 18 feet, up to 24 feet
Variances (VAR) anticipated for an increase in height above 24 feet, more than 2
stories, retaining wall heights, and/or structures on slopes steeper than 2.5 to 1
Current Processing Status
The Project application is currently incomplete. Three incomplete review letters have
been provided by the Planning Division to the Applicant. The Project application was
originally submitted by the Applicant on 1/5/2024 and Planning Incomplete Letter 1 was
issued on 2/2/2024. A resubmittal package was provided by the Applicant on 6/28/2024
and Planning Incomplete Letter 2 was issued on 7/26/2024. The most recent resubmittal
package was provided by the Applicant on 4/10/2025 and Planning Incomplete Letter 3
was issued on 5/12/2025. Additional review letters have been provided to the Applicant
by other City reviewers including Biology, Building Safety, Geology, and Public Works,
and the Applicant has provided additional submission responses in June and July 2025.
Reviews are pending from the LACFD and WD29.
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SCOPE OF WORK & TASKS
The City seeks the preparation of an EIR under CEQA. The EIR must include sufficient
analysis of the direct and indirect project-level and cumulative environmental impacts
associated with the Project, including construction and operation, in accordance with the
requirements of CEQA.
The selected Consultant shall prepare an Initial Study (IS) to be included with the Notice
of Preparation (NOP) for review by public agencies and the public during the Scoping
process. The IS will be used to assess the potential of the Project to result in significant
impacts on the environment and to determine if certain issue areas can be screened out
in the EIR in accordance with the checklist under Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines.
Significant impacts to be addressed in the EIR may include, but are not limited to, the
following: aesthetics, air quality and health risk, biological resources, cultural resources,
energy, geology and soils, greenhouse gas emissions, hazards and hazardous materials,
hydrology and water quality, land use and planning, noise, population and housing, public
services, recreation, transportation, tribal cultural resources, utilities and service systems,
and wildfire. Additional impacts to be addressed would include any identified by the
selected Consultant as part of the IS or from comments resulting from the NOP process.
The Project’s consistency with various regulatory and guiding documents will need to be
analyzed in the EIR to evaluate, among other potential laws, regulations, and standards
relevant to individual CEQA topics required to be analyzed, the Project’s consistency with
the LCP, Malibu Municipal Code (MMC) Title 17 (Zoning), and the General Plan.
The selected Consultant will be responsible for the following specific tasks and
deliverables associated with the preparation of the EIR.
Consultants shall list the tasks as described below and an estimated cost for each task.
Consultants may add additional detail to the tasks as needed. Costs shall be based on
Time and Materials invoiced via hourly rates, not to exceed overall proposed contract
amount. As such, Consultants shall provide estimated costs for each task in the cost table
and breakdown the estimated costs by each position and hourly rate anticipated. The
same breakdown requirement applies to any subcontractors, if proposed.
The following tasks are the minimum required in each proposal. Consultants may expand
on any task(s) to add value to the Consultant’s individual proposal but must also include
an explanation of the expanded task(s).
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