UBLIC HEARING: Director of Development ... - City of Glendale

4. 10. 3. Schools
classrooms at District schools, it was concluded that potentially significant impacts would occur
at all grade levels as a result of redevelopment activities. Because of the gradual rate of
increase in enrollment of 24 students per year, implementation of the Redevelopment Plan
should not result in any unique or unusual demands on the District. In addition, nonresidential
and residential development would result in the District receiving approximately $3,099,000 in
developer fees from Redevelopment Plan activities. 77 The 468 new students generated by the
Redevelopment Plan would, at $10,000 per student, require $4,680,000 in construction costs
over the lifetime of the plan. While the developer fees would not be sufficient to cover all
construction costs related to the new students, and the District would require additional State
funds, the fees would substantially mitigate the effect of the additional students. Therefore, the
Program Em concluded that the Redevelopment Plan would have an adverse, but less than
significant, impact on schools.
PROJECT IMPACTS
The Campus is expected to generate 1,400 new employees, and approximately 140 new
residents, in the City of Glendale at project buildout, as discussed in Section 4.8, Population!
Housing, of this Addendum. Using the regional housing ratio of 1.22 jobs per housing unit in
the year 2010, these employees would create a demand for 115 housing units in the City. This
total housing demand is a worst-case scenario based on average City trends. 78 The Animation
Campus is being proposed at this location in part because of the existing employee pool of
animators, managers, and other staff living within the City and in the surrounding communities.
It is likely that many of the future employees will be drawn from this existing work force
already living within a close conunuting distance to the project site and that these employees
would find it uIlllecessary to relocate to the City of Glendale. The actual increase in City
housing units would likely be less than the 115 projected..
In the worse-case scenario, utilizing the student generation rate established by the
District of 0.4 students per unit, the 115 total housing units resulting from the proposed project
would increase the student population Districtwide by 46. To accommodate 46 new students,
construction of new facilities may be necessary, resulting in an average total construction cost
of $460,000. The proposed project would be responsible for development fees on the 495.000
77 The total is based on the District's developer fees of$1.65per squarefeet ofresidential, and $0. 27persquare
foot ofnon-residential development as indicated in the Program EIR. An average 1,000 square feet per unit
is assumed for residential development.
78 Program EIR, Final EIR Volume, page 3.8-3. states that 10percent ofnew employees in Glendale are expected
to reside in the City.
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DreamWorks Animation Campus Addendmn EIR
June 1996