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4. MITIGATION MEASURES

Under the provisions of SB 50, the payment of developer fees is “deemed to provide full
and complete school facilities mitigation” for purposes of CEQA. The project would also
include a school site for a 750-student elementary school to be developed, operated, and
maintained by the SSSD.

5. CUMULATIVE PROJECT IMPACTS

a. Sulphur Springs School District

Based on information provided in the School Facilities Needs Analysis, the SSSD is
projecting the construction of 1,965 additional residential units between 2009 and 2013. Of
these dwelling units 15 single-family units have mitigation agreements in place to fund the
construction of new schools. In addition, for the proposed project, payment of developer fees
and the proposed voluntary provision of an 11-acre elementary school site would fully mitigate
the project’s impacts on school facilities. Therefore, impacts from the proposed project would
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not contribute toward cumulative impacts. The projected dwellings units without such
agreements include 1,730 single-family units and 250 multi-family attached units. Based on a
student generation rate of 0.359 per single-family unit, and 0.237 per multi-family attached unit,
675 students are projected within the SSSD over the next four years. The SSSD will construct
two elementary schools with a combined capacity of 1,200 students. However, due to current
overcrowded conditions within the SSSD, a need to fund construction of a new elementary
school is identified in the School Facilities Needs Analysis. The construction of this school is
expected to be funded, part, through the payment of Level II fees by new development, which
would constitute full mitigation under CEQA. Based on the above, cumulative impacts on
school facilities within SSSD would be less than significant.

b. Saugus Union School District

As stated in the School Facilities Needs Analysis for Saugus Union School District, the
SUSD is projecting the construction of 6,203additional residential units within its attendance
boundaries between 2008 and 2012. Of these dwelling units 3,294 single- and multi-family have
formed communities facilities districts (CFDs) or executed mitigation agreements to fund the
construction of new schools. The projected dwellings units without such agreements include
1,642 single-family detached units and 1,267 single-family attached units. Based on a student

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It should be noted that even if the school site were not provided, payment of developer fees would reduce both
direct and cumulative impacts to a less than significant level.

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

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