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COUNCIL AGENDA STATEMENT
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Item 12
Meeting Date 9/20/88
ITEM TITLE:
Report on the request of Vista Hill Foundation for the
reducti on of Development Impact Fees for Hospital Expansi on at
730 Medical Center Court and
Resolution/--.?7.f7 Aut hOilr. izing the refund of excess
Development Impact Fees
Director of Publ ic wor~.
City Manager~h(l>' (4/5ths Vote: Yes_No~J
SUBMITTED BY:
REVIEWED BY:
On July 15, 1988 the Vista Hill Foundation paid $113,454.00 for Development
Impact Fees in conjunction with the issuance of a building permit for their
hospital expansion. The Foundation has requested a reduction in fees based on
their engineer's study. Chula Vista Ordinance 2251 (Section 5) requires that
the waiver or reduction of such fees be approved by the City Council.
RECOMMENDATION: That Council approve the resolution authorizing the
reduction of Development Impact Fees to $62,399.70 as requested and directing
. sta ff to refund fees in excess of that amount whi ch have been collected from
the applicant.
BOARDS/ COMMISSIONS RECOMMENDATION: Not Applicable.
DISCUSSION:
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The application for waiver or reduction is required to contain a statement of
the factual basis for such a request. In this instance the factual basis is a
study prepared by Linscott, Law & Greenspan, Engineers, for the applicant.
This study shows that the volume of traffic generated by facilities which are
similar to those covered by the Vista Hill building permit is substantially
lower than the volume considered in Ordinance 2251. The measured traffic is
11.0 trips per day per occupied bed in the Psychiatric Hospital and 6 trips
per day per occupied bed in the Residential Treatment Center. Ordinance 2251
specified 20 trips per day per occupied bed for hospitals with no distinction
as to type of hospital.
For the Psychiatric Hospital expansion of 27 beds this ratio would result in
fees of $62,399.70. The fees which were collected on the basis of the SANDAG
generation factors amounted to $ 113,454. A refund of $51,054.30 is therefore
i ndi cated and proposed. The vol ume of tri ps generated by thi s use accordi ng
to the SANDAG factors seemed obviously high. Because we were not in
possession of information indicating a more appropriate factor, staff agreed
with Vista Hill that a specific study should be used to determine the
.Development Impact Fees for this use.
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The Engineering Division has reviewed the submitted study and concurs in its
conclusions. On the basis of the information contained therein we anticipate
that we will collect additional Development Impact Fees of $37,818 in
conjunction with the 30 bed Residential Center expansion and $44,121 in
conjunction with their 35 bed Chemical Dependency Center.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Development Impact Fees received from the initial Vista
Hills expansion project is $113,454. These fees were placed into the overall
Development Impact Fee Fund for the provision of transportation facilities in
the eastern portion of the City. Vista Hills Hospital would receive an
immediate refund of $51,059.30 from this fund. As the future expansions take
place the hospital would pay additional fees.
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