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However, the schedule of construction for that new theatre building is still to be determined.
Thus, demand currently exceeds capacity at Saugus High School.

3. PROJECT IMPACTS

a. Thresholds of Significance

A significant impact on education facilities would occur if the proposed project causes
direct and indirect changes in the environment that would potentially result in the following
future condition:

• Overcrowding of schools in the absence of funding for construction of new or
expanded school facilities or other strategies for addressing capacity constraints.

b. Methodology

The analysis of potential impacts on public school facilities is based on an assessment of
whether the schools within the serving districts can accommodate additional students generated
as a result of the development of 1,260 single-family residential units. More specifically, the
ability of the districts to accommodate demand is based on existing and projected enrollment,
available capacity, and new school development. The number of students generated from the
proposed project was estimated based on student generation rates provided by each of the school
districts as set forth in their respective school facilities needs analyses. Since the proposed
project includes the applicant’s voluntary provision of an elementary school site that would be
developed by the SSSD with occupancy expected by 2012 to accommodate 750 students, this
analysis also looks at potential interim impacts on existing elementary schools within the SSSD
and SUSD prior to the completion of this facility. Interim impacts are based on a conservative
assumption that 200 units would be built per year for two years (2010 through 2011) for a total
interim impact of 400 units.

c. Impact Analysis

As shown on Figure 4.N-2 on page 4.N-8, the proposed project includes 1,260 single-
family residential units and an 11-acre school site. As described in Chapter 2.0, Project
Description, the site would be voluntarily conveyed to the SSSD who would develop the site
with an elementary school with a capacity to accommodate up to 750 kindergarten through sixth
grade students. As proposed, the SSSD would develop, operate, and maintain the school under a
Mitigation Agreement with the applicant. The construction of the school is projected for 2012
and would be funded under the terms of the proposed Mitigation Agreement with the SSSD.

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

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