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deputies to be consistent with the station’s ideal officer to population ratio of 1 deputy per 1,000
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residents.

Project residents would increase emergency calls and the demand for other law
enforcement services in the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station service area. The Sheriff’s
Department has indicated that project demand for law enforcement services would overextend
existing personnel and support facilities (i.e., patrol vehicles, equipment, and station). As
described above, the project would be subject to the payment of developer fees under Chapter
22.74 of the Los Angeles County Code. Under the current provisions of the Law Enforcement
Facilities Fee, a payment of $593,090 would be assessed at the time building permits are issued.
The payment of fees would fully fund the project’s share of capital improvements and reduce the
project’s impacts on law enforcement infrastructure to a less-than-significant level.

Once residential units are occupied, the project would generate annually-recurring
revenue in the form of taxes and other miscellaneous charges (e.g., sales tax, property tax, utility
users tax, library fees, etc.). Project-generated revenue would be deposited in the County’s
General Fund, a portion of which is used to address costs associated with other demands for
Sheriff’s services (i.e., new deputies). The allocation of such revenue to a specific municipal
service is determined through the County’s budgeting process by the County Board of
Supervisors. While general fund revenues have historically supported adequate levels of law
enforcement services in the area, if sufficient funding for Sheriff’s services is not maintained by
the County, a potentially significant and unavoidable impact could occur. To address this
potential impact and help reduce demand for law enforcement services associated with the
project, mitigation measures focused on crime prevention are proposed below for incorporation
into the project.

Emergency access to the project site would be provided via the off-site extension of
White Canyon Road, which would connect from Plum Canyon on the west (through Tract Map
No. 46018) to the southeast and through the project site as Skyline Ranch Road, ultimately
connecting to Sierra Highway at its existing intersection north of Adon Avenue. Internal access
within the project site would be provided via the project’s internal residential streets. All on-site
roadways and emergency access provisions would be subject to review and approval by the Los
Angles County Department of Public Works, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, and the
Sheriff’s Department. Therefore, no impacts to emergency access and/or emergency evacuation
plans would occur.

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Written correspondence, Patti Minutello, Captain, Santa Clarita Valley Station, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s
Department, November 3, 2004.

County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning Skyline Ranch Project
PCR Services Corporation July 2009

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