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

60 Ibid. page 3.8-6.
61 Ibid. Table 9 page 3.8-4.
4. 8. Population/Housing
City, demanding a total of 1,031 housing units, which can be accommodated by the total
housing growth anticipated by the City's General Plan.59
Because growth projections are consistent with local plans and because the
Redevelopment Plan results in an overall increase in housing units for the City and is therefore
consistent with regional plans, it was concluded in the Program EIR that popUlation and housing
impacts from redevelopment activities would be considered less than significant.60
PROJECT IM:PACTS
The DreamWorks Animation Campus consists of 495,000 square feet of development,
on land zoned for Restricted Industrial uses. The project is expected to employ 1,400
employees at build-out, corresponding to the employee generation rate of 2.8 employees per
1,000 square feet established in the Program EIR for Research and Development Restricted
Industrial uses (which represents 55 percent of the Restricted Industrial uses proposed in the
Redevelopment Plan).61 Approximately 140 of these new employees are expected to reside
in Glendale, according to City trends discussed in the Program EIR. 62 Using the regional
housing ratio of 1.22 jobs per housing unit in the year 2010 stated in the Program EIR. these
employees would create a demand for 115 housing units in the City.63 The proposed project
does not include development of any residential components; therefore. no housing demand will
be accommodated on-site. Because the projected population growth is consistent with the City's
General Plan, and the additional housing units demanded from employees of the project can be
accommodated with the General Plan's housing projections, the proposed project is considered
consistent with local plans. Furthermore, because the proposed project adds additional
employment to a "housing rich" area, and does not result in demolition of any housing units,
the proposed project is also consistent with regional plans. Therefore, the proposed project
would result in a less than significant impact overall.
In order to provide a comparison with the Redevelopment Plan, this evaluation ofproject
population and housing impacts fIrst estimates the population and housing units that would be
generated on the project site using the Program EIR's average intensity assumptions (FAR) for
59 Program EIR, Final EIR Volume, Table 1, page 1-9.
62 Ibid. page 3.8-3, slares that 10% ofnew employees in Glendale are expected to also reside in Ihe Cil)'.
63 Ibid.
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