Chula Vista City Council
January 25, 2022
EASTLAKE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL
1 EASTLAKE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL
• Expand behavioral health services to meet overwhelming need • Partnership of two premiere healthcare organizations
• High quality and compassionate patient care
• Economic and community benefits
2 DID YOU KNOW …?
An estimated 1 in 4 adults has a mental health need. In South County, this represents nearly 90,000 people.
(Source: CA Hospital Association)
3 DID YOU KNOW …?
More than 1 out of every 11 young people in California stated that they had attempted suicide one or more times in the past twelve months. When applied to Sweetwater Union High School District, this equates to 3,854 students.
(Source: Centers for Disease Control)
4 BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEED IS GROWING
San Diego County is more than 800 beds short of meeting our region’s behavioral health care needs. Based on population, South County should have 246 beds but currently has only 103 beds available.
(Source: California Hospital Association)
5 SCRIPPS/ACADIA PARTNERSHIP
• Scripps Health has served San Diego
County for nearly 100 years
• Partnerships for specialized care beneficial
for Scripps and patients
• Acadia Healthcare partnership for
behavioral health announced in early 2019
• Acadia is a national leader in behavioral
health treatment
• Will honor Scripps’ charity policy and
commitment to being a strong community
partners
6 PROJECT
SITE
7 • Met all criteria
• Zoned for hospital use
• Centrally located in service
area
• Connected to major
roadway network
• Large enough to construct
single-story facility
Cost/Seismic Requirements
Low visual impact
Best for patient care
• Public health asset for
South County
8 BENEFIT FOR POLICE
SERVICE
• Police need to leave the city
for most 5150 commits
• Can take them out of
service for several hours
• More beds in Chula Vista
means police are back in
service quickly
9 STATE LAW
California Welfare & Institutions Code 5120
“Health facilities for inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care and treatment shall be permitted in any area zoned for hospitals or nursing homes, or in which hospitals and nursing homes are permitted by conditional use permit.”
10 FEDERAL LAW
Americans with Disabilities Act
“Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, disability discrimination is prohibited in prohibited in all activities of local government entities, including zoning decisions. This decisions. This nondiscrimination mandate requires the City to provide equal services, services, programs, and activities to entities that serve individuals with disabilities and disabilities and to ensure that the City’s zoning decisions do not discriminate against against individuals with disabilities and entities associated with them. The City is further prohibited from utilizing criteria that have the effect of discriminating against against individuals with disabilities or applying eligibility criteria that screen out or tend or tend to screen out individuals with disabilities.”
11 • Site zoning allows for hospital
with a CUP
• Environmentally cleared with
FEIR certified in mid-1990s
• EIR was not required
Applicant chose to prepare EIR in
anticipation of opposition
No significant unmitigable impacts
EASTLAKE PLANNING HISTORY
12 APPEAL ISSUE #1:
EIR STUDIED APPROPRIATE NUMBER OF ALTERNATIVES
• CEQA requires a “reasonable
range of alternatives” be
studied
Proposed project
Reduced project alternative
Medical office alternative
• CEQA does not require that
alternate sites be studied
Reduced project
Medical office
13 APPEAL ISSUE #2:
ECONOMIC IMPACT - NO FACTUAL
ERRORS PRESENTED
• Project cost estimated at nearly $74M
• Local property tax rate is 1.6287%
• Property Valuation Services estimated
annual property tax revenue will be
approximately $1.2 million
County
City of Chula Vista
School Districts
Other local districts
14 APPEAL ISSUE #3:
EX-PARTE COMMUNICATIONS WERE DISCLOSED
• Met with Mayor Salas and Councilmember McCann at their request • All communications were disclosed appropriately
15 APPEAL ISSUE #4:
ALL COMMENTS WERE RESPONSED TO APPROPRIATELY
• Received more than 400 comments on the draft EIR
• Responses to every comment included as part of the Final EIR • Few comments raised environmental issues
• Non-environmental comments also addressed in Operational Plan 16 APPEAL ISSUE #5:
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT IS UP TO DATE
• Disclosure statement needs to be updated only if information has changed
• Statement has been reviewed – no changes to information • Statement was resubmitted after review with updated date
ECONOMIC AND
COMMUNITY BENEFITS
• Nearly $74M capital investment
• $20M+ annual operating budget
Approximately 80% of vendors for
facilities are local
• Approximately $1M annually in
local tax revenue
• 150 permanent, well-paying jobs
• Teaching hospital
• Community education and
outreach
17 ENDORSEMENTS INCLUDE …
• Supervisor Nora Vargas
• Chula Vista Chamber of Commerce
• South County Economic Development Council
• South Bay Community Services
• San Ysidro Chamber of Commerce
• NAMI, San Diego
• San Diego Healthcare Underwriters Association
• Family Health Centers of San Diego
• MANA San Diego
• Asian Business Association
18 THIS PROJECT IS FOR ALL OF US
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