Agenda packet — Santee City Council, January 22, 2025 (part 1 of 5)

MEETING INFORMATION
Wednesday, January 22, 2025
6:30 p.m.

Council Chamber | Building 2
10601 Magnolia Ave • Santee, CA 92071
TO WATCH LIVE:

AT&T U-verse channel 99 (SD Market) | Cox channel 117 (SD County) www.cityofsanteeca.gov

IN-PERSON ATTENDANCE
Members of the public who wish to view the Council Meeting live, can watch the live taping of the Council meeting in the Council Chamber on the meeting date and time listed above.

LIVE PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public who wish to comment on matters on the City Council agenda or during Non-Agenda Public Comment may appear in person and submit a speaker slip, before the item is called. Your name will be called when it is time to speak.

PLEASE NOTE: Public Comment will be limited to 3 minutes and speaker slips will only be accepted until the item is called. The timer will begin when the participant begins speaking.

January 22, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
2 ROLL CALL: Mayor John W. Minto
Vice Mayor Rob McNelis – District 1
Councilmember Ronn Hall – District 2
Councilmember Laura Koval – District 3
Councilmember Dustin Trotter – District 4
LEGISLATIVE INVOCATION: Sonrise Church – Jerry Phillips

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
PROCLAMATION: Shen Yun Performing Arts Day
CONSENT CALENDAR:

PLEASE NOTE: Consent Calendar items are considered routine and will be approved by one motion, with no separate discussion prior to voting. The public, staff or Council Members may request specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion or action. Speaker slips for this category must be presented to the City Clerk at the start of the meeting. Speakers are limited to 3 minutes.
(1) Approval of Reading by Title Only and Waiver of Reading in Full of Ordinances and Resolutions on the Agenda. (City Clerk – Jeffries)

(2) Approval of Payment of Demands as Presented. (Finance – Jennings) (3) Approval of the Expenditure of $83,472.40 for December 2024 Legal Services. (Finance – Jennings)
(4) Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Certain Sections of the Santee Municipal Code Title 12 “Subdivision of Land, Development Fees, and Dedications” and Chapter 12.30 “Development Impact Fees” and Finding that the Actions are Exempt from Environmental Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act. (City Clerk – Jeffries)
(5) Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Submittal of a Grant Application to the County of San Diego for the Community Enhancement Program for FY 2024-2025 to Enhance Arts and Culture in Santee, Committing to Provide Matching Funds, and Approving the Partnership Between the City of Santee and County of San Diego. (Community Services – Chavez)
(6) Adoption of a Resolution Accepting the Citywide Pavement Repair and Rehabilitation Program 2024 (CIP 2024-01) Project as Complete and Finding the Action is Not a Project Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) per State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378. (Engineering – Schmitz) January 22, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
3 (7) Adoption of a Resolution Authorizing the Submittal of a Grant Application to the Federal RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) Grant Program for State Route 52 (SR 52) Improvements. (Engineering – Schmitz)
NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT (15 minutes):

Persons wishing to address the City Council regarding items not on the posted agenda may do so at this time. In accordance with State law, Council may not take action on an item not scheduled on the Agenda. If appropriate, the item will be referred to the City Manager or placed on a future agenda. This first Non-Agenda Public Comment period is limited to a total of 15 minutes. Additional Non-Agenda Public Comment is received prior to Council Reports.

PUBLIC HEARING:
(8) Public Hearing and Resolution for General Plan Amendment (GPA2019-4) to Update the Safety Element of the Santee General Plan and Adoption of a Negative Declaration (AEIS2019-8) Under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). (Planning and Building – Sawa)
Recommendation:

1. Open and close the Public Hearing; and

2. Adopt the Resolution adopting the Negative Declaration (AEIS2019-6) pursuant to CEQA and adopting the Safety and Environmental Justice Element. (9) Public Hearing and Introduction and First Reading of an Amendment to an Urgency Ordinance Enacting an Essential Housing Program to Boost Housing Production and Improve Housing Affordability in Order to Achieve the Goals Set Forth in the City’s Housing Element (Sixth Cycle: 2-21-2029) and Determining the Amendment Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act. (City Attorney – Hagerty)
Recommendation:

1. Open and conduct the Public Hearing; and

2. Introduce and conduct the First Reading of an Amendment to Urgency Ordinance 592; and

3. Set and conduct the Second Reading of the Amendment for February 12, 2025.

NEW BUSINESS:
(10) City Council Policy on Annexation Policy Direction. (Planning and Building – Sawa)
Recommendation:

Provide direction to staff on specified policy directions.

January 22, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
4 (11) Pavement Maintenance Workshop FY 2025-26 and Finding the Action is Not a Project Subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). (Engineering – Schmitz)
Recommendation:

1. Approve neighborhood Zone BH, Fanita Drive, Cuyamaca Street to be resurfaced using available funding; and

2. Provide direction to staff on recommendations for future street repairs with additional funding allocated to street paving.
(12) Proposal to Consider Transitioning Contract Landscaping and Custodial Services in Area 1 to Services Supported by City Employees. (Community Services – Chavez)
Recommendation:

Receive report and provide comments.
(13) First Reading of an Ordinance Adding Chapter 7.19 to Title 7 of the Santee Municipal Code to Prohibit Trespass on Private Property and Business Premises. (City Attorney – Hagerty)
Recommendation:

1. Introduce and conduct the First Reading of an Ordinance; and

2. Set and conduct the Second Reading of the Ordinance for February 12, 2025. (14) Report on New Laws Enacted in 2024 Relevant to Santee. (City Attorney – Hagerty)
Recommendation:

Receive Report.

NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT (Continued):

All public comment not presented within the first Non-Agenda Public Comment period above will be heard at this time.

CITY COUNCIL REPORTS:

CITY MANAGER REPORTS:

CITY ATTORNEY REPORTS:

CLOSED SESSION:

ADJOURNMENT:

January 22, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
5 Jan 02 SPARC Cancelled Council Chamber
Jan 08 Council Meeting Council Chamber
Jan 13 Community Oriented Policing Committee Council Chamber Jan 22 Council Meeting Council Chamber
Feb 06 SPARC Council Chamber
Feb 10 Community Oriented Policing Committee Council Chamber Feb 12 Council Meeting Council Chamber
Feb 26 Council Meeting Council Chamber
The Santee City Council welcomes you and encourages your continued interest and involvement in the City’s decision-making process.

For your convenience, a complete Agenda Packet is
available for public review at City Hall and on the
City’s website at www.CityofSanteeCA.gov.

The City of Santee complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative formats to persons with disabilities, as required by Section 12132 of the American with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC § 12132). Any person with a disability who requires a modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting should direct such request to the City Clerk’s Office at (619) 258-4100, ext. 114 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible.

BOARDS, COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES

JANUARY AND FEBRUARY MEETINGS

|Proclamation
WHEREAS, more than ever, our world needs something that promotes peace, hope and the upliftment of spirit. Shen Yun does just that, through its high-caliber artistic performance of beautiful dance music; and
WHEREAS, Shen Yun was established in New York in 2006 by artists who practice Falun Dafa, a mind and body meditation that is practiced around the world, though it is banned in China. In fact, some Chinese artists who practice Falun Dafa fled persecution by the Chinese Communist Party. Those who came to the United States of America created a new performing arts company in their new land, with their passion, hard work, and dedication; and
WHEREAS, Shen Yun has grown substantially from one performance group to eight, with hundreds of elite artists. This makes it yet another great American success story; and
WHEREAS, the San Diego Falun Dafa Association is the presenter of Shen Yun Performing Arts’ 2025 World Tour in the greater San Diego region. Shen Yun performances entertain, enrich and uplift audiences in our region, including the city of Santee.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, John W. Minto, Mayor of the City of Santee, on behalf of the City Council, do hereby proclaim January 23, 2025, to be “Shen Yun Performing Arts Day”
in the city of Santee and encourage all citizens to support arts and entertainment such as Shen Yun for enjoyment, fun, relaxation, and for a family bonding opportunity.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand this 22nd day of January, two thousand
twenty-five, and have caused the Official Seal of
the City of Santee to be affixed.
_________________________________
Mayor John W. Minto

PyBatch
12/16/2024
Type
Grand Totals
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ctkn
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stkn
went
Grand
Totals
10:04:49AM

EARNINGS SECTION
Hours/units Rate
-206.75
-75.75
-112.00
-101.50
496.00

0.00 Amount Src Plan
Employees:
-10,172.14 catax
-3,789.30 fedtax
-5,602.66 medtax
-5,062.98 pers 24,627.09 rhsa2%
st1cs3

0.01 Payroll Processing Report

CITY OF SANTEE
8/29/2024 to 9/11/2024-S Cycle b

DEDUCTIONS SECTION
Base Wages
-24,627.08
-24,627.08
-24,627.08

0.01 5,602.66

0.01 Deduction
-357.09
-357.09
Benefit/Cont
-357.09
-357.09
LvPlan
a-fire
c-fire
s-fire

LEAVE SECTION
Accrued Taken Banked
Gross:

Net:
-206.75
-75.75
-101.50

0.01 357.10
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01/02/2025 11 :32:33AM
Bank code: ub!,':len
Voucher
31696
31731
Date Vendor
12/23/2024 10955 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
12/23/2024 10956 FRANCHISE TAX BOARD
2 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
2 Vouchers in this report
Pre
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Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
PPE 12/18/24
PPE 12/18/24
PO# Description/Account

FEDERAL WITHHOLDING & MEDIC,
Total:

CA STATE TAX WITHHELD
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
120,287.58
120,287.58
39,197.40
39,197.40
159,484.98
159,484.98

Page 2 ends

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01/02/2025 3:35:57PM
Bank code : ubqen
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account
125674 12/24/2024 10482 TRI STAR RISK MANAGEMENT
1 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
1 Vouchers in this report
Prepared by: -,� -...., _,, • ,,.- -
Date: 1 _ ? '? c;
Approved by:

Date:-------------
121528 WORKERS OCMP LOSSES; NOV24
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers :

Amount
18,920.40
18,920.40
18,920.40
18,920.40

Page 3 ends

PyBatch
12/20/2024 12:48:53PM

EARNINGS SECTION
Type Hours/units
Grand
Totals
16,945.88
Rate Amount Src
816,505.58
Plan
rhsabc
roth
sb-1
sb-3
sffa
sffapc
st1 cs3
st2cs3
texlif
vaccpr
vaccpt
vcanpr
vcanpt
vgcipt
vghipr
vision
voladd
voldis
vollif
vollpb
Payroll Processing Report

CIJY/OF SANTEE
12/5/2024 to 12/18/2024-2 Cycle b

DEDUCTIONS SECTION
Base Wages Deduction Benefit/Cont LvPlan
41,304.33
112,111.86
91,984.27
15,855.73
826.09
10,070.58

93.93 72.08
3,639.68
1,037.29
2,759.53
475.67
249.64
574.45
204.75
318.41

90.25 88.70

15.56 15,620.70 561.47

17.50 218.13
155.27
288,496.35
-2,759.53
-475.67
-155.27
95,003.33

LEAVE SECTION
Accrued
Gross:

Net:

Taken
816,505.58
528,009.23
Banked Lost
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01/02/2025 11 :43:40AM
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher
6925445
6987813
Date Vendor
12/27/2024 14704 457 MISSIONSQUARE
12/27/2024 14705 RHS MISSIONSQUARE
2 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
2 Vouchers in this report
Prepared by: ...........,. §6 -...,.._, .,_ ,,,......-
Date l � Appm,ed by �: =
Date: 1,t,.l 5
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
PPE 12/18/24
PPE 12/18/24
------- PO# Description/Account
ICMA-457
Total:

RETIREE HSA
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
41,171.15
41,171.15
5,273.74
5,273.74
46,444.89
46,444.89

Page 5 ends

vchlist
01/02/2025 11 :49:50AM
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code:

Voucher
12244
ubqen
Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description/Account
12/31/2024 10353 PERS 12 24 4 RETIREMENT PAYMENT
Total:
1 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen Bank total :
1 Vouchers in this report Total vouchers
Prepared by: �� ...

Date:
.
l . "1,.: • 7,,{!;.,.

Apprn,ed by� Date: I ... - <;'
Amount
170,367.66
170,367.66
170,367.66
170,367.66

Page 6 ends

PyBatch
01/09/2025 8:50:43AM

EARNINGS SECTION
Type Hours/units
Grand Totals
reth
Grand
Totals

0.00 Rate
Payroll Processing Report

CITY OF SANTEE
1/1/2025 to 1/31/2025-1 Cycle m

DEDUCTIONS SECTION
Amount Src Plan Base Wages Deduction Benefit/Cont LvPlan 5,460.00
5,460.00
Employees: 30
catax 5,460.00
fedtax 5,460.00

46.00 211.00
257.00 0.00

LEAVE SECTION
Accrued Taken Banked
Gross:

Net:
5,460.00
5,203.00
<< No Errors/ No Warnings >>
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01/02/2025 4:35:0SPM
Bank code : ubqen
Voucher
138202
138203
138204
138205
138206
Date ------------------ Vendor
1/2/2025 10412 AT&T
1/2/2025 10333 COX COMMUNICATIONS
1/2/2025 10251 FEDERAL EXPRESS
1/2/2025 10490 HARRIS & ASSOCIATES INC
1/2/2025 10407 SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC
5 Vouchers for bank code: ubgen
5 Vouchers in this report
Appcoeed
P
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Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
301053963; JAN25
063453006; DEC24
112256001; DEC24
8-717-85340
8-724-77031
65580
34223805628;DEC24
43940205509;DEC24
79900685777;DEC24
85097421694; DEC24
PO#
54461
Description/Account

MAST PARK
Total:
9534 VIA ZAPADOR
9130 CARLTON OAKS DR
Total:

FEDEX SHIPPING CHARGES

FEDEX SHIPPING CHARGES
Total:

COMPREHENSIVE DEV IMPACT FE
Total:

ROW/ MEDIANS (GAS)
LMD
BALLFIELDS; FACILITIES; PARKS

CITY HALL GROUP BILL
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
159.79
159.79

97.80 96.88
194.68

24.15 30.69

54.84 607.50
607.50
385.84
2,185.80
20,946.27
8,866.45
32,384.36
33,401.17
33,401.17

Page 8 ends

vchlist Voucher List
01/08/2025 12:38:41PM CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice
138207 1/8/2025 14650 A GARAGE DOOR AND GATE STORE 119061511 164152079
138208 1/8/2025 14954 ADVANCED ELECTRICAL INNOVATION 435 436
437
438
138209 1/8/2025 11399 CABLE PIPE & LEAK DETECTION 933216-1 138210 1/8/2025 12328 CINTAS CORP. #2 5245079702
138211 1/8/2025 15152 COAR DESIGN GROUP 22607
138212 1/8/2025 10161 CORE SERVICES INC 91184
138213 1/8/2025 10046 D MAX ENGINEERING INC 8958
138214 1/8/2025 14446 ENTERPRISE FM TRUST 282938A-O 10525 FOT0178411-NRC
138215 1/8/2025 12638 GEORGE HILLS COMPANY, INC. INV1030731 138216 1/8/2025 10065 GLOBAL POWER GROUP INC 98787
138217 1/8/2025 11196 HD SUPPLY FM 2024 02
PO# Description/Account
54824 APPARATUS DOOR AND GATE REP
54824 APPARATUS DOOR AND GATE REP
Total:
54873 ELECTRICAL REPAIRS & MAINT
54873 ELECTRICAL REPAIRS & MAINT
54873 ELECTRICAL REPAIRS & MAINT
54873 ELECTRICAL REPAIRS & MAINT
Total:
54951 LEAK DETECTION
Total:
55039 FIRST-AID KIT SERVICE
Total:
54666 NEW FIRE STATION AT CITY OPERI
Total:
54916 CUSTODIAL SERVICES - OFFICES
Total:
54849 STORMWATER PROGRAM ASSIST/l
Total:

VEHICLE LEASING PROGRAM
55040 FLEET MAINTENANCE SERVICES
Total:
55094 ADMIN-LIABILITY CLAIMS
Total:
54920 GENERATOR MAINT & REPAIRS - 91
Total:

LOCATION AGMT PYMT 2024 Q3
Amount
487.34
314.90
802.24
1,727.20
142.12
119.82
563.08
2,552.22
700.00
700.00
828.41
828.41
153,125.00
153,125.00
5,043.39
5,043.39
20,335.20
20,335.20
81,576.34
405.81
81,982.15
1,500.00
1,500.00
1,244.70
1,244.70
629,739.37

Page 9 ends

vchlist Voucher List
01/08/2025 12:38:41PM CITY OF SANTEE
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice
138217 1/8/2025 11196 11196 HD SUPPLY FM (Continued)
138218 1/8/2025 11196 HD SUPPLY FACILITIES 9231489237
9231535628
9232263261
138219 1/8/2025 11807 IMPERIAL SPRINKLER SUPPLY 0018812889-001 138220 1/8/2025 15316 JD ANIMAL REMOVAL INC 1801
138221 1/8/2025 12991 NATIONAL LIGHTING SUPPLY LLC 157369 138222 1/8/2025 10095 RASA 5844
138223 1/8/2025 10585 SHARP REES-STEALY MEDICAL 101803
101837
138224 1/8/2025 10119 STEVEN SMITH LANDSCAPE INC 3071
138225 1/8/2025 10121 SUPERIOR READY MIX LP 468200
138226 1/8/2025 10482 TRI STAR RISK MANAGEMENT 120438
20 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
20 Vouchers in this report
PO# Description/Account
Total:
55060 FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SUPPLI
55060 FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SUPPLI
55060 FACILITIES MAINTENANCE SUPPLI
Total:
54804 IRRIGATION SUPPLIES
Total:
54805 DEAD ANIMAL REMOVAL SERVICE
Total:
54931 LIGHTING/ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
Total:
54976 MAP CHECK - FANITA DR
Total:

PRE EMPLOYMENT PHYSICALS

PRE EMPLOYMENT PHYSICALS
Total:
54812 A 1 LANDSCAPE SERVICES
Total:
55010 ASPHALT MATERIALS & SUPPLIES
Total:
55095 WORKERS COMP LOSSES
Total :

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
629,739.37

43.96 214.94
178.39
437.29
132.75
132.75
1,440.00
1,440.00
283.45
283.45
1,400.00
1,400.00
1,000.00
378.00
1,378.00
13,932.00
13,932.00
583.01
583.01
11,287.50
11,287.50
928,726.68
928,726.68

Page 10 ends

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01/08/2025 12:38:41PM
Bank code: ubqen
Voucher Date Vendor
Prepared by: � 1 -""' d/1 _
Date: ��-9).'Jt.:;
Approved by:
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Date:
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Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice -------- PO# Description/Account Amount

Page 11 ends

vchlist
01/09/2025 4:27:22PM
Bank code : ubqen
Voucher
81487
81500
Date Vendor
1/8/2025 10956 FRANCHISE TAX BOARD
1/8/2025 10955 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
2 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
2 Vouchers in this report
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
PPE 1/1/25
PPE 1/1/25
--------
PO# Description/ Account

CA STATE TAX WITHHELD
Total:

FEDERAL WITHHOLDING & MEDIC1
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
38,141.91
38,141.91
118,568.17
118,568.17
156,710.08
156,710.08

Page 12 ends

vchlist
01/09/2025 1 :46:27PM
Bank code:

Voucher
138227
138228
ubQen
Date Vendor
1/9/2025 12724 AMERICAN FIDELITY ASSURANCE
1/9/2025 10334 CHUC
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Invoice
0794246
3471307
138229 1/9/2025 14793 CONTROLLING INS COST IN CA, SCHOOL 2025-01 138230
138231
138232
138233
138234
138235
1/9/2025 10785 RELIANCE STANDARD LIFE
1/9/2025 10424 SANTEE FIREFIGHTERS
1/9/2025 10776 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
1/9/2025 10776 STATE OF CALIFORNIA
1/9/2025 10001 US BANK
1/9/2025 14600 WASHINGTON STATE SUPPORT
9 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen
9 Vouchers in this report
Prepared by: ...,..,.... -.-= - re _..

January 2025
PPE 1/1/25
PPE 1/1/25
PPE 1/1/25
PPE 1/1/25
PPE 1/1/25
PO# Description/Account

VOLUNTARY LIFE INS-AM FIDELITY
Total:

HEALTH AND DENTAL INSURANCE
Total:

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAI
Total:

VOLUNTARY LIFE INSURANCE
Total:

DUES/PEC/BENEVOLENT/BC EXP
Total:

WITHHOLDING ORDER
Total:

PARS RETIREMENT
Total:

WITHHOLDING ORDER
Total:

Bank total:

Total vouchers
Amount
4,262.88
4,262.88
280,808.63
280,808.63
425.52
425.52
319.91
319.91
4,818.86
4,818.86
449.53
449.53
260.30
260.30
622.72
622.72
751.84
751.84
292,720.19
292,720.19

Page 13 ends

PyBatch
01/07/2025
Type
Grand
Totals
2:24:54PM

EARNINGS SECTION
Hours/units --
Rate Amount Src
---
16,501.39 801,467.68
--
Plan
sb-3
sffa
sffapc
st1cs3
st2cs3
texlif
vaccpr
vaccpt
vcanpr
vcanpt
vgcipt
vghipr
vision
voladd
voldis
vollad
vollif
Payroll Processing Report

CITY OF SANTEE
12/19/2024 to 1/1/2025-1 Cycle b

DEDUCTIONS SECTION
Base Wages
92,525.27
15,855.73
16,963.19
Deduction

72.08 3,639.68
1,037.29
2,775.76
475.67
249.71
791.40
204.75
452.64
149.65

71.76 31.12
583.19

17.55 424.01
159.97
306,690.73
Benefit/Cont
-2,775.76
-475.67
159.94
344,076.76

LEAVE SECTION
LvPlan ----
Accrued Taken Banked
Gross:

Net:
801,467.68
494,776.95
<< No Errors I 21 Warnings >>
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vchlist
01/14/2025 8:05:53AM
Bank code : ubqen
Voucher List

CITY OF SANTEE
Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO# Description/Account
6587332 1/10/2025 14705 RHS MISSIONSQUARE PPE 1/1/25 RETIREE HSA 6739247 1/10/2025 14704 457 MISSIONSQUARE PPE 1/1/25 ICMA-457 Total:

Total:
2 Vouchers for bank code : ubgen Bank total:
2 Vouchers in this report Total vouchers
Amount
5,201.04
5,201.04
62,336.14
62,336.14
67,537.18
67,537.18

Page 15 ends

vchlist
01/14/2025 8:11:21AM
Bank code : ubqen
Voucher
1253
Date Vendor
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LEGAL SERVICES BILLING SUMMARY Attachment 1
DECEMBER 2024

CURRENT INVOICE

DESCRIPTION AMOUNT NUMBER NOTES
Retainer $ 17,877.00 1017438
1001.00.1201.51020 17,877.00
Labor & Employment:

Labor & Employment 5,895.60 1017439
1001.00.1201.51020 5,895.60
Litigation & Claims:

Litigation & Claims 1,069.30 1017440
Schaeffer Receivership 1,837.30 1017457
Hope for the Homeless Lakeside Inc. 231.20 1017458
1001.00.1201.51020 3,137.80
Special Projects (General Fund):

Community Oriented Policing 5,081.70 1017441
Annual Municipal Code Update 144.50
CEQA Special Advice 606.90 1017459
Water Quality 1,040.40 1017442
General Elections 317.90 1017443
Entertainment District 4,421.70 1017444
Advanced Records Center Services for PRA 3,316.30 1017451 Cannabis 578.00 1017452
Records Management Policy 549.10 1017453
Development Impact Fee Study 4,017.10 1017454
Surplus Land Act/Real Property Special Advice 57.80 1017456 Housing and Planning Legal Support 1,473.90 1017445
1001.00.1201.51020 21,605.30
Cuyamaca Street Right-of-Way Acquisition 501.30 1017449 cip71402.30.05 SLEMSA JPA 289.00 1017455 5505.00.1901.51020
790.30
Third-Party Reimbursable:

Redevelopment of Carlton Oaks Golf Course 30,913.60 1017460 cup1906a.10.05 Summit Townhomes 3,167.20 1017463 tm23003a.10.05
Extra Space Storage 42.80 1017462 cup2401a.10.05
Aubrey Glen Design Review 42.80 1017464 tm24003a.10.05
34,166.40
Total $ 83,472.40
LEGAL SERVICES BILLING RECAP Attachment 2
FY 2024-25
Adopted Revised Previously Spent Available Current Request Category Budget Budget Year to Date Balance Mo./Yr. Amount General Fund:

General / Retainer $ 216,530.00 $ 216,530.00 $ 89,775.58 $ 126,754.42 Dec-24 $ 17,877.00 Labor & Employment 80,000.00 80,000.00 42,214.72 37,785.28 Dec-24 5,895.60 Litigation & Claims 75,000.00 75,000.00 94,195.41 (19,195.41) Dec-24 3,137.80 Special Projects 520,000.00 520,000.00 188,657.24 331,342.76 Dec-24 21,605.30 Total $ 891,530.00 $ 891,530.00 $ 414,842.95 $ 476,687.05 $ 48,515.70 Other City Funds:

MHFP Commission $ 10,000.00 $ 10,000.00 $ 3,217.11 $ 6,782.89 Dec-24 $ - Capital Projects 5,000.00 5,000.00 1,794.70 3,205.30 Dec-24 501.30 SLEMSA JPA 10,000.00 10,000.00 693.60 9,306.40 Dec-24 289.00 Total $ 25,000.00 $ 25,000.00 $ 5,705.41 $ 19,294.59 $ 790.30 Third-Party Reimbursable:

Total $ 34,882.00 $ 34,166.40
Total Previously Spent to Date
Total Proposed for Payment
General Fund $ 414,842.95 General Fund $ 48,515.70
Other City Funds 5,705.41 Other City Funds 790.30
Applicant Deposits or Grants 34,882.00 Applicant Deposits or Grants 34,166.40 Total $ 455,430.36 Total $ 83,472.40
FY 2024-25

ORDINANCE NO.
1 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE SANTEE MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE 12 “SUBDIVISION OF LAND, DEVELOPMENT FEES, AND DEDICATIONS” AND CHAPTER 12.30 “DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES” AND FINDING THAT THE ACTIONS ARE

EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT
WHEREAS, the City of Santee, California (the “City”) is a charter city, duly organized under the California Constitution and laws of the State of California; and WHEREAS, pursuant to article XI, section 5 of the California Constitution and Government Code section 37100, the legislative body of a city may pass ordinances not in conflict with the Constitution and laws of the State of California or the United States; and WHEREAS, pursuant to the police powers delegated to it by the California Constitution, the City has the authority to enact laws which promote the public health, safety, and general welfare of its citizens; and
WHEREAS, the City currently imposes Development Impact Fees (the “Fees”) and administers a Fee program applicable to all new development within the City to recover the costs of capital facilities, infrastructure, vehicles, and equipment to mitigate the demands placed upon the City caused by new development; and WHEREAS, pursuant to California Government Code, section 66000, et seq. (also known as the “Mitigation Fee Act” or the “Act”) the City is required to complete certain procedural and substantive requirements prior to imposing the Fees; and WHEREAS, the City retained an independent consultant to conduct and prepare an impact fee nexus study, the Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study dated December 2024, (the “Study”), attached hereto as Exhibit “B” and incorporated herein by this reference; and
WHEREAS, based upon the findings of the Study, the City wishes to increase existing development impact fee category amounts; implement new categories of development impact fees for fire facilities, long range planning and program administration; and change the methodology how the Fees are imposed on residential projects requiring the City Council to update the City’s Municipal Code (the “Code”) to account for these actions and other necessary updates thereto; and WHEREAS, all legal prerequisites to the adoption of this Ordinance have occurred.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE, CALIFORNIA DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Recitals. The foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.

ORDINANCE NO.
2 Section 2. Findings. The City Council hereby makes the following findings. The evidence supporting such findings, including a complete description of such findings, can be found in the Study, which is incorporated herein by this reference. The Study:

A. Identifies the purpose of the Fees;
B. Identifies the use to which the Fees will be put;
C. Shows a reasonable relationship between the use of the Fees and the type of development project on which the Fees are imposed;
D. Demonstrates a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facilities and the type of development projects on which the Fees are imposed; and
E. Demonstrates a reasonable relationship between the amount of the Fees and the cost of the public facilities or portion of the public facilities attributable to the development on which the Fees are imposed.

Section 3. Fee Uses. The City Council hereby determines that the Fees collected shall be used to finance the public facilities described or identified in the Study or other such facility plans as may be proposed, modified, or amended from time to time by the City Council.

Section 4. Adoption of the Study and Fees. Pursuant to Section 12.30.050, the City Council shall adopt the Fees established by the Study by resolution to be adopted concurrently with the adoption of this Ordinance.

Section 5. Determination of the Fees. The Fees as set forth in Exhibit “A” to this Ordinance, attached hereto and incorporated herein by this reference shall be determined and imposed on the following basis:

A. For residential property – Fees for residential property (i.e., single-family and multifamily property) are calculated by multiplying the total square footage included in the building permit multiplied by the Fee rate per square foot (dollars per square foot per unit) for each residential unit of property.

B. For non-residential property (excluding Drainage Fees) – Fees for nonresidential property (i.e., any land use other than residential property) are calculated by multiplying the total square footage of structures included in the building permit, divided by 1,000, and multiplied by the Fee rate (dollars per 1,000 square feet per unit) for the respective non-residential land uses. a. Drainage Fees for Non-residential property – Drainage Fees for nonresidential property are the product of the total square footage, divided by 1,000, of impermeable surface to be constructed, including, but not limited to, roof area of structures, parking lots, driveways, patios, streets, and sidewalks, and the Fee rate (dollars per 1,000 square feet per unit) for the respective non-residential land uses.

ORDINANCE NO.
3 Section 6. Municipal Code. Chapter 12.30 of the City’s Code shall be updated and amended as follows. All other provisions of Chapter 12.30 not expressly amended by this Ordinance as set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect:

A. Section 12.30.020, subdivision B shall be amended to read: “B. The purpose of the fees established by this chapter is to impose upon new development the costs of constructing public facilities which are reasonably related to the impacts of the new development. New development in the City will require the construction of new public facilities, including, without limitation, drainage improvements, traffic improvements, traffic signals, public park facilities, community facilities and other public improvements, fire facilities, facilities identified as part of the City’s long range planning, and program administration. The City Council finds that it is in the interest of the public's health, safety and welfare for new development to pay the costs of constructing the public facilities reasonably related to the impacts of the new development.”
B. Section 12.30.020, subdivision D shall be amended to read: “D. The City Council finds that there is a reasonable relationship between the use of the fees established by this chapter and the types of development on which the fees are imposed. The public facilities, include, without limitation, drainage improvements, traffic improvements, traffic signals, public park facilities, community facilities and other public improvements, fire facilities, facilities identified as part of the City’s long range planning, and program administration for which the fees are collected are reasonably related to the types of development to which they apply.”
C. Section 12.30.020, subdivision E shall be amended to read: “E. The City Council finds that there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facilities and the types of development projects to which the fees apply. The public facilities, drainage improvements, traffic improvements, traffic signals, fire facilities, facilities identified as part of the City’s long range planning, and program administration that the fees are to be used for, are needed because of the impacts caused by the type of development projects to which they apply.”
D. Section 12.30.040, shall have the following subdivision added to read: “E.

Park-in-lieu fee is for the acquisition and development of park facilities.” E. Section 12.30.040, shall have the following subdivision added to read: “F.

Fire facilities fee is to fund the construction of new fire stations and procurement of apparatus and equipment.”
F. Section 12.30.040, shall have the following subdivision added to read: “G.

Long range planning fee is for the purpose of funding updates to the City’s General Plan Elements and Sustainable Santee Plan as amended.” ORDINANCE NO.
4 G. Section 12.30.040, shall have the following subdivision added to read: “H.

Program administration fee is a two percent (2%) fee to be added to the amount of the development impact fees due for a project to fund the costs of the City’s management and ongoing program administration, collection, and reporting costs necessary to carry out the City’s development impact fee program.”
H. Section 12.30.050, subdivision C shall be amended to read: “C. The development impact fees, exclusive of the RTCIP mitigation fee, are automatically adjusted for inflation on July 1 of each year. The inflation adjustment is the greater of two percent (2%) or based on the Construction Cost Index (CCI) for the 20-City Average as reported by the Engineering News Record for a twelve-month period, or a similar published index if the CCI is no longer available.”
I. Section 12.30.060, subdivision A shall be amended to read: “A. Subject to California Government Code section 66007, developers must pay the applicable development impact fees to the City at issuance of the building permit for the purpose of defraying the actual or estimated cost of the installation of any public facilities.”
J. Section 12.30.070, subdivision A shall be amended to read: “A. All development impact fees collection pursuant to this chapter must be placed into separate accounts for each fee type. All such revenue must be expended solely for land acquisition, construction or engineering, and other related costs necessary for the installation of the public facility, or reimbursement for land acquisition, construction or engineering of the public facility for which the fee was collected.”
K. Section 12.30.150 is to be deleted in its entirety and replaced as follows:
“§ 12.30.150 Determination of fees.

A. With exception of the RTCIP mitigation fee, all other City development impact fees shall be calculated in accordance to the methodology provided in the authorizing ordinance and/or resolution imposing such fees adopted by the City Council, as may be amended.”
L. Sections 12.30.160, 12.30.180, and 12.30.190 are to be deleted in their entirety. Except section 12.30.160 shall remain in the Code and amended to read a title only: “§ 12.30.160 Reserved.”
Section 7. CEQA. The City Council has reviewed the matter and hereby finds that this Ordinance will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment nor have a significant impact on the environment and is therefore not subject to California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3) and/or 15061(b)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3.

ORDINANCE NO.
5 Section 8. Prior Fees. Pursuant to section 12.30.050 of the City’s Code, Fees are to be adopted by a resolution of the City Council. Except as provided herein and a subsequent resolution to be adopted concurrently with this Ordinance, any previous action, including any previously adopted ordinance, resolution, fee or charge, is hereby superseded and replaced by this Ordinance and resolution to be adopted concurrently approving the Fees, to the extent such previous action(s) conflict with the provisions herein.

Section 9. Severability. If any section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance or any part thereof is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portion of this Ordinance or any part thereof. The City Council of the City of Santee hereby declares that it would have passed each section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more section, subsection, subdivision, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrases be declared unconstitutional.

Section 10. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall become effective thirty (30) days after its adoption.

Section 11. Certification. The City Clerk is hereby directed to certify the adoption of this Ordinance and cause the same to be published as required by law.

INTRODUCED AND FIRST READ at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Santee, California, on the 8th day of January 2025, and thereafter ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council held on this 22nd day of January 2025, by the following vote to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:
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JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:
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JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK
60139.00162\43019068.1
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EXHIBIT “A”
2025 DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE
60139.00162\43019068.1
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EXHIBIT “B”

DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE NEXUS STUDY
Final Comprehensive Development
Impact Fee Nexus Study
City of Santee
December 2024
Prepared For: Prepared By:
101 Progress #250
Irvine, CA 92618
(949) 655-3900

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Table of Contents
Section 1 Executive Summary ............................................................................................... 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 Program Administration Fee ..................................................................................... 5 Fee Adjustment Procedures ..................................................................................... 6 Timing of Fee Payment ............................................................................................ 7 Section 2 Legal Context and Methodology ........................................................................... 8 Nexus Requirement Summary ................................................................................. 8 AB602 ...................................................................................................................... 8 Methodology ........................................................................................................... 10 Section 3 Population and Land Use Assumptions ............................................................ 11 Land Use Types ..................................................................................................... 11 Growth Forecasts ................................................................................................... 11 Average Unit Sizes ................................................................................................. 14 Section 4 Public Facilities Fee ............................................................................................. 15 Background ............................................................................................................ 15 Service Population ................................................................................................. 15 Current Level of Service ......................................................................................... 15 Planned Level of Service........................................................................................ 17 Fee Methodology.................................................................................................... 18 Fee Summary ......................................................................................................... 20 Capital Improvement Projects and Revenue Projections ....................................... 20 Nexus Requirement Summary ............................................................................... 22 Section 5 Traffic Signal Fee ................................................................................................. 24 Background ............................................................................................................ 24 Trips ..................................................................................................................... 26 Service Population ................................................................................................. 29 Cost Summary ....................................................................................................... 29 Fee Methodology.................................................................................................... 29 Fee Summary ......................................................................................................... 31 Reduced Traffic Fee ............................................................................................... 31 Revenue Projections .............................................................................................. 32 Current Level of Service ......................................................................................... 33 Nexus Requirement Summary ............................................................................... 33 Section 6 Traffic Mitigation Fee ........................................................................................... 35 Background ............................................................................................................ 35 Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study ii December 2024 City of Santee
Service Population ................................................................................................. 36 Cost Summary ....................................................................................................... 36 Fee Methodology.................................................................................................... 37 Fee Summary ......................................................................................................... 39 Reduced Traffic Fee ............................................................................................... 39 Revenue Projections .............................................................................................. 40 Nexus Requirement Summary ............................................................................... 41 Section 7 Drainage Fee ......................................................................................................... 43 Background ............................................................................................................ 43 Current Level of Service ......................................................................................... 43 Planned Level of Service........................................................................................ 45 Fee Methodology.................................................................................................... 45 Fee Summary ......................................................................................................... 46 Capital Improvement Projects and Revenue Projections ....................................... 46 Nexus Requirement Summary ............................................................................... 47 Section 8 Parks-in-Lieu Fee ................................................................................................. 50 Background ............................................................................................................ 50 Parkland ................................................................................................................. 50 Service Population ................................................................................................. 51 Current Level of Service ......................................................................................... 51 Planned Level of Service........................................................................................ 52 Fee Credits ............................................................................................................. 53 Fee Methodology.................................................................................................... 54 Fee Summary ......................................................................................................... 54 Nexus Requirement Summary ............................................................................... 55 Section 9 Fire Facilities Fee ................................................................................................. 57 Background ............................................................................................................ 57 Service Population ................................................................................................. 57 Cost Summary ....................................................................................................... 57 Fee Methodology.................................................................................................... 60 Fee Summary ......................................................................................................... 61 Current Level of Service ......................................................................................... 62 Capital Improvements and Revenue Projections ................................................... 63 Nexus Requirement Summary ............................................................................... 64 Section 10 Long Range Planning Fee ................................................................................... 67 Background ............................................................................................................ 67 Current Level of Service ......................................................................................... 67 Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study iii December 2024 City of Santee
Planned Level of Service........................................................................................ 68 Fee Methodology.................................................................................................... 69 Capital Improvement Projects and Revenue Projections ....................................... 69 Nexus Requirement Summary ............................................................................... 70 Section 11 Program Administration Fee ............................................................................... 72 Background ............................................................................................................ 72 Nexus Requirement Summary ............................................................................... 74 Section 12 Implementation and Administration ................................................................... 76 Implementation ....................................................................................................... 76 Fee Program Administrative Requirements ........................................................... 76 Fee Adjustment Procedures ................................................................................... 78 Timing of Fee Payment .......................................................................................... 78 Credits and Reimbursement Policies ..................................................................... 78 Administrative Fee.................................................................................................. 78 Programming Revenues with the CIP .................................................................... 79 Fee Reporting ........................................................................................................ 79 Accessory Dwelling Units ....................................................................................... 79 Specialized Development Projects ......................................................................... 80 Rebuild or Expansion Projects ............................................................................... 80 Appendix A Capital Improvement Program………………………………………………………..81 Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study iv December 2024 City of Santee
Tables
Table 1-1: Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees ...................................................... 3 Table 1-2: Comparison of Proposed and Existing Development Impact and In-Lieu Fees (Residential) ...................................................................................................................... 4 Table 1-3: Comparison of Proposed and Existing Development Impact and In-Lieu Fees (NonResidential) ...................................................................................................................... 5 Table 3-1: Existing and Future Land Uses .................................................................................. 12 Table 3-2: Existing Service Population ....................................................................................... 12 Table 3-3: Estimated Service Population at Buildout .................................................................. 13 Table 3-4: Persons per Household & Employment Density ........................................................ 13 Table 3-5: Residential Land Use Average Unit Size ................................................................... 14 Table 4-1: Existing Public Facilities ............................................................................................ 16 Table 4-2: Existing Level of Service per Resident ...................................................................... 17 Table 4-3: Existing Level of Service for Parkland ....................................................................... 18 Table 4-4: Population Allocation for Recreation Facilities ........................................................... 19 Table 4-5: Planned New Public Facilities .................................................................................... 19 Table 4-6: Park Facilities Construction Costs per Resident ........................................................ 20 Table 4-7: Public Facility Cost per Resident ............................................................................... 20 Table 4-8: Public Facilities Fee Cost Summary .......................................................................... 20 Table 4-9: Public Facilities Fee Estimated Revenue at Buildout ................................................ 21 Table 5-1: Traffic Signal Facilities – Planned Facilities ............................................................... 24 Table 5-2: Existing Traffic Signal Facilities (page 1 of 2) ............................................................ 25 Table 5-3: Trip Rates per Land Use ............................................................................................ 27 Table 5-4: Existing Vehicle Trips ................................................................................................ 27 Table 5-5: New Vehicle Trips ...................................................................................................... 28 Table 5-6: Total Vehicle Trips ..................................................................................................... 28 Table 5-7: Traffic Signal Facilities Cost per Vehicle Trip ............................................................ 30 Table 5-8: Traffic Signal Existing Facilities Cost per Vehicle Trip ............................................... 31 Table 5-9: Traffic Signal Fee Summary ...................................................................................... 31 Table 5-10: Anticipated Traffic Signal Fee Collection at Buildout ............................................... 32 Table 5-11: Existing Level of Service per Vehicle Trip ............................................................... 33 Table 6-1: Traffic Mitigation Facilities – Planned Facilities ......................................................... 35 Table 6-2: Future Additional Trips ............................................................................................... 36 Table 6-3: Existing Trips ............................................................................................................. 38 Table 6-4: Traffic Mitigation Facilities Cost per Vehicle Trip ....................................................... 39 Table 6-5: Traffic Mitigation Fee Summary ................................................................................. 39 Table 6-6: Anticipated Traffic Mitigation Fee Collection at Buildout ............................................ 41 Table 7-1: Existing Drainage Facilities ........................................................................................ 44 Table 7-2: Drainage Facilities Cost per Impervious Acre ............................................................ 45 Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study v December 2024 City of Santee
Table 7-3: Drainage Fee Summary ............................................................................................. 46 Table 7-4: Anticipated Future Drainage Projects ........................................................................ 47 Table 7-5: Drainage Fee Estimated Revenue at Buildout ........................................................... 47 Table 8-1: Parkland Inventory List .............................................................................................. 51 Table 8-2: Existing Level of Service per Resident ...................................................................... 52 Table 8-3: Parkland Cost per Resident ....................................................................................... 54 Table 8-4: Parks-in-Lieu Fee Cost Summary .............................................................................. 55 Table 9-1: Fire Facilities Inventory List ....................................................................................... 58 Table 9-2: Fire Facilities Planned Facilities ................................................................................ 59 Table 9-3: Fire Facilities Level of Service per Capita ................................................................. 61 Table 9-4: Fire Facilities Fee Summary ...................................................................................... 62 Table 9-5: Fire Facilities Existing Level of Service ..................................................................... 63 Table 9-6: Costs of Future Fire Facilities .................................................................................... 64 Table 9-7: Anticipated Fire Facilities Estimated Revenue at Buildout......................................... 64 Table 10-1: Long Range Planning Elements Cost ...................................................................... 67 Table 10-2: Long Range Planning Cost per Resident/Worker .................................................... 68 Table 10-3: Long Range Planning Fee Summary ....................................................................... 69 Table 10-4: Anticipated Long Range Planning Fee Estimated Revenue at Buildout .................. 70 Table 11-1: Program Administration Fee .................................................................................... 73 Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study 1 December 2024 City of Santee
Section 1 Executive Summary
Introduction
The City of Santee (City) is a suburban city located in San Diego County (County). Located in the eastern part of the San Diego metropolitan area, Santee is bordered by El Cajon on the south and southeast, the City of San Diego on the west and northwest, and the County of San Diego on east and northeast. The City is located just 18 miles from the Pacific Ocean and is bisected by the San Diego river, a large greenbelt that includes parks, trails, and over 1,100 acres of natural riparian habitat. Santee is connected to the coastline by State Route 52, a six-lane freeway that connects Interstate 5 in La Jolla to State Route 67. State Route 125 also intersects with State Route 52, forming a transportation hub in the heart of the City.

The City was incorporated in 1980 after beginning as a community of ranches originally named Cowleston after founder George A. Cowles. The City was renamed Santee in 1893 after Milton Santee, a local civil engineer and real estate developer. The City features extensive hiking and mountain biking trails, and the 700-acre Town Center district forms a downtown core comprised of business parks, high-density residential and retail businesses. The Town Center Community Park, located along the San Diego River, features a 15-acre sports field complex and an aquatics center.

As of January 1, 2023, the California Department of Finance (DOF) estimates that the City population is 59,227. As the resident population and non-resident employment in the City increase, there exists a correlating rise in the demand for public infrastructure and services to support growth within the City. California’s Assembly Bill 1600 (AB1600) adopted in 1987 and codified as California Government Code Section 66000 et. seq., allows the City to impose Development Impact Fees on new development within the City. Development Impact Fees (DIFs) are a one-time charge on new development that is collected and used by the City to cover the cost of capital facilities, vehicles, and equipment that are required to serve new growth.

The City of Santee General Plan 2020 (General Plan) was adopted on August 23, 2003, and is comprised of the following nine elements: Land Use; Housing; Mobility; Recreation; Trails; Conservation; Noise; Safety; and Community Enhancement. The City’s Housing Element was adopted in May 2022 in conformance with the 2021-2029 update cycle for jurisdictions in the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) region and was reviewed with the rest of the General Plan to ensure internal consistency. The City’s General Plan and updated Housing Element form the basis of the City’s current development impact fee program along with land use projections and service population derived from the City Planning Department’s land use analysis.

As stated in the Housing Element, most of the City's residentially zoned land has already been developed with a diversity of housing types, including single-family homes, mobile home parks, Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study 2 December 2024 City of Santee
townhomes, condominiums and apartments. However, several hundred acres within the Specific Plan District and the Town Center District remain undeveloped and available for future housing development.

The Nexus Study is based on the General Plan Buildout, based on the land use projects derived from the Housing Element and City Planning Department’s land use analysis. As stated in the Land Use chapter of the General Plan, the City's future is tied to the type and amount of new development it can accommodate at General Plan Buildout. Projecting future buildout capacity requires consideration of several variables and is based on assumed densities (dwelling units per acre) and intensity factors that include allowed lot coverage and floor-to-area ratios (FAR), parking requirements, etc. While some of today's developed lands may change in the coming years, most of the assumed City buildout is on remaining vacant lands planned for residential and employmentgenerating uses.

The City’s Housing Element was adopted May 11, 2022. The Housing Element was updated in conformance with the 2021-2029 update cycle for jurisdictions in the SANDAG region and has been reviewed with the rest of the General Plan to ensure internal consistency. As portions of the General Plan are amended in the future, the Plan (including the Housing Element) will be reviewed to ensure that internal consistency is maintained.

The goal of the City is to develop a fee program that achieves the objectives laid out in the General Plan and associated Master Plans, balances fee levels with desired economic growth, and complies with the legal requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act (AB1600/Government Code Section 66000 et seq.), Assembly Bill 602 (AB602), and the standards established by Nollan v. California Coastal Commission (1987) and Dolan v City of Tigard (1994) which require that impact fees have an “essential nexus” to each development project they are charged on and must be charged in “rough proportionality” to the impact caused by the new development.

Nexus Study
Purpose
As development occurs in the City, new backbone infrastructure and capital facilities are required to mitigate the increased demand created by new residents and workers. Revenues from DIFs fund the construction of new backbone infrastructure and capital facilities as well as the related administrative costs through the City’s fee program. The fee program contains separate fee categories for each type of infrastructure and capital facilities. Incorporated in this Nexus Study (Nexus Study, Study or Report) are the following fees:
• Public Facilities
• Traffic Signal
• Traffic Mitigation
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• Drainage
• Parks-in-Lieu
• Fire Facilities
• Long Range Planning
• Program Administration
This Report is designed to satisfy the AB1600 Nexus requirements, AB602 requirements, and provide the necessary technical analysis to support the adoption of the updated fees. The fees will be effective 60 days after the City’s final action establishing and authorizing the collection of the fees.

Results
Updated Fees
Pursuant to AB602 guidance, residential development fees are proposed to be assessed on a per square foot basis. To yield consistency across fees assessed on non-residential land uses, nonresidential development fees will be assessed per 1,000 building square foot. The Public Facilities Fee, which funds park and recreation facilities and the Park-in-Lieu, which funds park land acquisition will continue to not be assessed on non-residential development based on the assumption that non-residential development does not generate demand for park facilities. Fees on Accessory Dwelling Units, specialized projects, and rebuild projects are detailed further in Section 12: Implementation and Administration. Table 1-1 shows a summary of the proposed fees.

Table 1-1: Summary of Proposed Development Impact Fees
Proposed Fees Comparison with Existing Fees
Table 1-2 compares the Proposed Fees against the Existing Fees for Residential Land Uses.

Existing residential fees were converted from a fee per dwelling unit to per square foot. Fees for Fire Facilities, General Plan, and Program Administration are new proposed fees so there are no existing fees to compare to.

Land Use
Public
Facilities Traffic Signal
Traffic
Mitigation Drainage Park in-Lieu Fire Facilities
Long Range
Planning Administration (1) Total
Residential
Single Family 5.21$ $ 0.37 $ 2.68 $ 0.35 $ 6.66 $ 1.75 $ 0.08 $ 0.34 17.44$ Multi-Family 5.79$ $ 0.29 $ 2.07 $ 0.43 $ 7.41 $ 1.95 $ 0.09 $ 0.36 18.39$ Non-Residential
Commercial Exempt $ 1,884.95 $ 13,462.20 $ 1,689.92 Exempt 887.29 $ $ 39.84 $ 359.28 18,323.48$ Office Exempt $ 1,040.14 $ 7,428.64 $ 631.53 Exempt 1,950.08 $ $ 87.56 $ 222.76 11,360.71$ Industrial Exempt $ 240.67 $ 1,718.83 $ 1,295.13 Exempt 195.01 $ $ 8.76 $ 69.17 3,527.57$ Notes:
1 An administrative fee (2% of each fee) is collected for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) development impact fee program administration costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analysis. (Fee per Square Foot)
(Fee per 1,000 Building Square Foot)
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Table 1-2: Comparison of Proposed and Existing Development Impact and In-Lieu Fees (Residential)
Table 1-3 compares the Proposed Fees against the Existing Fees for Non-Residential Land Uses.

Office and Commercial land uses experience a large increase (126% and 39% respectively), mainly due to the Traffic Signal and Traffic Mitigation fees. The existing fees collected on these two land uses were abnormally low. Furthermore, the assumptions for non-residential development have changed significantly since the prior fee update, which greatly impacted the analysis.

Single Family Existing Fee (1) Proposed Fee Percentage Change Public Facilities $ 3.81 $ 5.21 37%
Traffic Signal $ 0.22 $ 0.37 68%
Traffic Mitigation $ 2.15 $ 2.68 25%
Drainage (2) $ 2.07 $ 0.35 -83%
Park in-lieu $ 4.59 $ 6.66 45%
Fire Facilities $ - $ 1.75 N/A
General Plan $ - $ 0.08 N/A
Administration $ - $ 0.34 N/A
TOTAL $ 12.84 $ 17.44 36%
Multi Family Existing Fee (1) Proposed Fee Percentage Change Public Facilities $ 4.73 $ 5.79 22%
Traffic Signal $ 0.19 $ 0.29 52%
Traffic Mitigation $ 1.84 $ 2.07 12%
Drainage $ 1.60 $ 0.43 -73%
Park in-lieu $ 5.76 $ 7.41 29%
Fire Facilities $ - $ 1.95 N/A
General Plan $ - $ 0.09 N/A
Administration $ - $ 0.36 N/A
TOTAL $ 14.12 $ 18.39 30%
Notes:
1 2
Ex isting fees w ere conv erted from a fee per dw elling unit to per square foot using the same residential size assumptions in this study to prov ide a more accurate comparison to the new fee structure.

Drainage Fee for ex isting Single Family takes the av erage of Land Uses: HL, R1, R1A, and R2.

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Table 1-3: Comparison of Proposed and Existing Development Impact and In-Lieu Fees (Non-Residential)
Program Administration Fee
The City oversees the implementation and administration of the DIF Program, consistent with the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act. A two percent (2%) Program Administration Fee of the Commercial Existing Fee Proposed Fee Percentage Change
Public Facilities Exempt Exempt Exempt
Traffic Signal $ 1,627.00 $ 1,884.95 16%
Traffic Mitigation $ 10,090.00 $ 13,462.20 33%
Drainage $ 1,507.00 $ 1,689.92 12%
Park in-lieu Exempt Exempt Exempt
Fire Facilities $ - $ 887.29 N/A
General Plan $ - $ 39.84 N/A
Administration $ - $ 359.28 N/A
TOTAL $ 13,224.00 $ 18,323.48 39%
Office Existing Fee Proposed Fee Percentage Change
Public Facilities Exempt Exempt Exempt
Traffic Signal $ 487.00 $ 1,040.14 114%
Traffic Mitigation $ 3,023.00 $ 7,428.64 146%
Drainage $ 1,507.00 $ 631.53 -58%
Park in-lieu Exempt Exempt Exempt
Fire Facilities $ - $ 1,950.08 N/A
General Plan $ - $ 87.56 N/A
Administration $ - $ 222.76 N/A
TOTAL $ 5,017.00 $ 11,360.71 126%
Industrial Existing Fee Proposed Fee Percentage Change
Public Facilities Exempt Exempt Exempt
Traffic Signal $ 204.00 $ 240.67 18%
Traffic Mitigation $ 1,262.00 $ 1,718.83 36%
Drainage $ 1,507.00 $ 1,295.13 -14%
Park in-lieu Exempt Exempt Exempt
Fire Facilities $ - $ 195.01 N/A
General Plan $ - $ 8.76 N/A
Administration $ - $ 69.17 N/A
TOTAL $ 2,973.00 $ 3,527.57 19%
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overall Program costs is added to fund the costs of the City’s management and ongoing fee program administration, collection, and reporting. This includes costs associated with City staff and consultant time, studies, and administration to support the program. Industry standard ranges from three to six percent (3-6%) of the fee for the administrative component of a development fee program. The administrative functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Annual fee adjustments
• Annual fee reporting
• Additional fee reporting every five years
• Posting of nexus studies and fee schedules on the City’s website • Nexus study updates every eight years (an AB602 requirement) • Master Plans necessary to support the Nexus study updates • Staff and consultant time related to fee preparation, collection, tracking, and administration
• Staff and consultant time needed to track credits and reimbursements for improvements constructed in the fee program
In addition to the aforementioned administrative activities, the City is responsible for both (i) using fee revenues to plan for and construct required capital facilities and (ii) pursue other funding sources, as required, to bridge financial gaps between what is collected and the actual cost to construct needed facilities. Furthermore, given the additional fee reporting requirements of AB516, posting of information per AB1483, Nexus Study updates every eight years per AB602, and additional staff time to administer this fee program and the potential for a Master Plan in the future to support a Nexus Study update, a two percent (2%) Program Administration Fee is necessary to fund these additional requirements.

Fee Adjustment Procedures
The DIFs may be adjusted periodically to reflect revised facility requirements, receipt of funding from alternative sources (i.e., State or Federal grants), revised facilities or costs, changes in demographics, changes in the average unit square footage, or changes in the land use plan. In accordance with Santee Municipal Code section 12.30.050, Santee Development Impact Fees are automatically adjusted for inflation on July 1 of each year. The inflation adjustment is two percent or based on the previous calendar years increase in the San Diego Consumer Price Index (CPI-U:

All Items) as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whichever is higher. The City will amend the current municipal code to reflect adjusting the fees annually on July 1st of each year using the Construction Cost Index (CCI) for the 20-City Average, as reported by Engineering News Record (ENR), for a twelve-month period or a similar published index if the CCI Index is no longer available.

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Timing of Fee Payment
Fees will be collected at the time the building permit for the project is issued. All residential projects will pay a fee based on the livable square footage of the residential unit(s). For highdensity residential projects (defined in the General Plan as high-density residential development with multi-family dwellings, including apartments and condominiums), the fees will be due at the time of the building permit for each building. For high-density residential projects with communal space, the non-residential communal portion (i.e., clubhouse, maintenance facility, gym, etc.) will not be assessed impact fees as the impact is assumed to be captured in the residential fees. Areas that are accessible by the public (i.e., leasing office) will be charged impact fees according to use.

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Section 2 Legal Context and Methodology
Nexus Requirement Summary
AB1600 was enacted by the State of California in 1987 creating the Mitigation Fee Act - Section 66000 et seq. of the Government Code. The Mitigation Fee Act requires that all public agencies satisfy the following requirements when establishing, increasing, or imposing a fee as a condition of approval of a development project:

1. Identify the purpose of the fee.

2. Identify the use to which the fee is to be put. If the use is financing public facilities, the facilities shall be identified.

3. Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fees use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

4. Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

5. Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fee and the cost of the public facility or portion of the public facility attributable to the development on which the fee is imposed.

The purpose of this report is to demonstrate that all fee components comply with the Mitigation Fee Act. The assumptions, methodologies, facility standards, costs, and cost allocation factors that were used to establish the nexus between the fees and the development on which the fees will be charged are summarized in subsequent sections of this Report.

AB602
AB602, which was enacted by the State of California in 2021, amended Sections 65940.1 and 66019 of, and added Section 66016.5 to the Government Code. AB602 requires that if a local agency conducts and adopts an impact fee nexus study after January 1, 2022, the local agency shall follow all of the following standards and practices:

1. Before the adoption of an associated development fee, an impact fee nexus study shall be adopted.

2. When applicable, the nexus study shall identify the existing level of service for each public facility, identify the proposed new level of service, and include an explanation of why the new level of service is appropriate.

3. A nexus study shall include information that supports the local agency’s actions, as required by subdivision (a) of Section 66001 of the Government Code.

4. If a nexus study supports the increase of an existing fee, the local agency shall review the assumptions of the nexus study supporting the original fee and evaluate the amount of fees collected under the original fee.

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5. A nexus study adopted after July 1, 2022, shall calculate a fee imposed on a housing development project proportionately to the square footage of proposed units of the development. A local agency that imposes a fee proportionately to the square footage of the proposed units of the development shall be deemed to have used a valid method to establish a reasonable relationship between the fee charged and the burden posed by the development. A nexus study is not required to comply with the requirements to calculate a fee imposed on a housing development project proportionally to the square footage of the proposed units if the local agency makes the following findings:
• An explanation as to why square footage is not appropriate metric to calculate fees imposed on housing development project.
• An explanation that an alternative basis of calculating the fee bears a reasonable relationship between the fee charged and the burden posed by the development. • That other policies in the fee structure support smaller developments, or otherwise ensure that smaller developments are not charged disproportionate fees.

6. Large jurisdictions shall adopt a capital improvement plan as a part of the nexus study.

7. All studies shall be adopted at a public hearing with at least 30 days’ notice, and the local agency shall notify any member of the public that requests notice of intent to begin an impact fee nexus study of the date of the hearing.

8. Studies shall be updated at least every eight years, from the period beginning on January 1, 2022.

9. The local agency may use the impact fee nexus study template developed by the Department of Housing and Community Development pursuant to Section 50466.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

This report demonstrates that all fee components comply with AB602. An analysis of level of service for each applicable fee component is summarized in subsequent sections of this report. The methodologies performed to calculate the updated fees ensure that the costs for facilities are proportionately spread between existing and future users. Any existing deficiencies were removed and are not charged to new development.

Capital Improvement Plan
AB602 states that large jurisdictions shall adopt a capital improvement plan (CIP) as part of the nexus study. This report includes the facilities to be adopted as the City’s CIP for the DIF program in Appendix A.

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Methodology
Imposed fees require various findings to ensure that a reasonable relationship exists between the fee amount and the cost of the facility or portion of the facility attributable to the new development.

Several methodologies are available to determine fee amounts. The most common methodologies are defined by the “Impact Fee Nexus Study Template” prepared for the California Department of Housing and Community Development by Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.

Choosing the appropriate methodology depends on the type of facility for which the fee is calculated and the availability of documentation to support the fee calculation. Following is a discussion of the methodologies available to calculate the separate fee components in this report.

Existing Inventory Method
The existing inventory method, also known as the “incremental method” uses a facility standard based on the ratio of existing facilities to the demand on the facilities by the existing service population on a cost per unit or cost per square foot basis. Under this approach, new development funds the expansion of facilities at the same standard currently serving existing development. By definition, the existing inventory method ensures that no facility deficiencies are spread to future development. This method is often used when a long range plan for new facilities is not available.

Planned Facilities Method
The planned facilities method calculates the proposed fee based on the ratio of planned facilities to the increase in demand associated with new development. This method is appropriate when planned facilities have been defined by a long range master plan or expenditure plan which includes specific facilities and cost estimates. As the Planned Facilities Method relies on a long range master plan that may change as the plan is implemented, fees based on this methodology need to be regularly updated to remain consistent with the project lists and current plans.

System Plan Method
The system plan method utilizes an integrated approach to allocate the cost of existing facilities and the costs of planned facilities to the total development in the study area. This method is appropriate when calculating a systemwide fee in which new development will fund an integrated system of facilities at the future standard attributable to new development. By spreading the costs of an integrated system incorporating the existing facilities and planned facilities costs to the total development in the study area, this ensures that new development only pays their proportional share of the total system costs and is not responsible for rectifying any existing deficiencies.

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Section 3 Population and Land Use Assumptions
Land Use Types
To ensure a reasonable relationship between each fee and the type of development paying the fee, different land use types must be distinguished. The land use categories used in this analysis are defined below.
• Single Family Residential (SFR): Detached single-family dwelling units. Includes very low density, low density, and age-restricted units. • Multi-Family Residential (MFR): Attached residential projects. • Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU): A second unit, attached or detached from a SFR. • Commercial: All commercial, retail, educational, hotel/motel development, and mixed-use development.
• Office: All general, professional, and medical office development. • Industrial: All manufacturing and warehouse development.

Some developments may include more than one land use type, such as an industrial warehouse with living quarters (a live-work designation) or a planned unit development with both single and multi-family uses. In these cases, the fees will be calculated separately for each land use type.

Growth Forecasts
Growth projections are used as indicators of demand and projected revenue to fund the infrastructure identified in Appendix A. The City’s existing population and Buildout population projections are critical assumptions used throughout the fee sections that follow in this report. The following resources were used as part of this analysis:
• Estimates of total development through Buildout were based on the City’s land use plan from the City’s Housing Element Cycle 2021-2029 and the City’s Planning Department’s land use analysis.
• Population projections were based on the land use projections and the estimated persons per household taken from the US Census American Community Survey. • Existing population estimates are based on the existing land uses and persons per household taken from the US Census American Community Survey. Existing nonresidential worker populations are based on non-residential land use data from the City’s Planning Department and the corresponding employment densities. • Worker projections are based on estimated buildout square footage and the employees per square feet assumption from the USGBC LEED BD+C: New Construction | v4 – Default Occupancy Counts.

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Table 3-1 identifies the existing and future residential units and non-residential square feet. The land use information is based on the City’s General Plan, City of Santee Housing Element Cycle 2021-2029, and City planning staff. The Office land use is treated as commercial use in the General Plan and Zoning Ordinance. For purpose of this analysis, 7.6% of Commercial / Office Land growth use is assumed as office space based on current GIS land use office and commercial acres.

Table 3-1: Existing and Future Land Uses
Table 3-2 identifies the existing service population. Non-residential buildings are typically occupied less than dwelling units, so it is reasonable to assume that average per-worker demand for services is less than average per-resident demand. The 0.37-weighting factor for workers is based upon a 45-hour work week (40 hours of work plus 1 hour lunch break) relative to a resident’s non-working time of 123 hours (168 hours per week less 45 work hours).

Table 3-2: Existing Service Population
Land Use Existing Projected Growth (1) Total (Buildout) Residential (Units)
Single Family 13,801 1,444 15,245
Multi Family 7,447 4,466 11,913
Subtotal Residential 21,248 5,910 27,158
Non-Residential (SF) (1)
Commercial 2,309,312 1,020,343 3,329,654
Office 189,943 83,924 273,868
Industrial 2,683,296 1,266,299 3,949,595
Subtotal Non-Residential 5,182,551 2,370,566 7,553,117
Notes
1 Office land use is treated as commercial use in General Plan and Zoning Ordinance. For purpose of this analy sis,

7.6% of Commercial/Office Land grow th use is assumed as office space based on current GIS land use office and commercial acres.

Category Total Persons
Weighting
Factor (3)
Service
Population
Residents (1) 58,086 1.00 58,086
Workers (2) 21,968 0.37 8,128
Total 80,054 66,214
Notes:
1 2
densities (Commercial: 1.82, Office: 4.0, Industrial: 0.4). 3 Based on the ex isting number of units and persons per household assumptions.

Employ ment data based on ex isting non-residential land use and the corresponding employ ment Workers are w eighted at 0.37 based on a 45 hour w ork w eek relativ e to a resident's time of 123 hours (168 hours per w eek less 45 w ork hours).

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Table 3-3 shows the estimated service population at Buildout.

Table 3-3: Estimated Service Population at Buildout

Occupant Density
Occupant densities ensure a reasonable relationship between the increase in service population and the amount of the fee. Developers pay the fee based on the square footage of additional housing units or building square feet of non-residential development, so the fee schedule must convert service population estimates to these measurements of project size. This conversion is done using the average occupant density factors by land use type shown in Table 3-4. The residential density factors were derived from the US Census American Community Survey while the non-residential densities were derived from the U.S. Green Building Council Default Occupancy Counts.

Table 3-4: Persons per Household & Employment Density
Category
Total
Existing
Persons
Total Futue
Growth
Total
Persons
Weighting
Factor (3)
Service
Population
Residents (1) 58,086 14,815 72,901 1.00 72,901
Workers (2) 21,968 2,700 24,668 0.37 9,127
Total 80,054 17,515 97,569 82,028
Notes:
1 2
3 Workers are w eighted at 0.37 based on a 45 hour w ork w eek relativ e to a resident's time of 123 hours (168 hours per w eek less 45 w ork hours).

Based on projected grow th in 1,000 SF of non-residential land use and the corresponding employ ment densities (Commercial: 1.82, Office: 4.0, Industrial: 0.4).

Based on projected grow th in units and the resident per unit assumption (2.93 per single family and 2.37 for multi-family ).

Land Use
Residential (1)
Single Family 2.93 Residents per dwelling unit
Multi-Family 2.37 Residents per dwelling unit
Non-Residential (2)
Commercial 1.82 Employees per 1,000 square feet
Office 4.00 Employees per 1,000 square feet
Industrial 0.40 Employees per 1,000 square feet
Notes:
1 2 Non-Residential employ ment density 's deriv ed from the USGBC LEED BD+C: New Construction | v 4 - Default Occupancy Counts.

Residential residents per dw elling unit ex trapolated from American Community Surv ey 2020 5-Year Density Assumptions
Estimates for the City of Santee: Table B25032 & B25033.

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Average Unit Sizes
To meet AB602 requirement five (5), this Report calculated the average unit size for single family residential and multi-family units based on the estimated average size of planned new development within each land use category in the City. The average unit size is based on the livable square footage of the residential unit for all residential land uses. This Report derived the unit sizes from the City of Santee building permit records.

Basing the average unit size on livable square footage for all residential units is not only consistent with industry standard for fee calculations, it also provides a strong nexus between the impact of the unit and the fee amount. A good example of this industry standard are school fees in California. In California school fees are based on assessable space, which means a quantity equal to the area (expressed in square feet) within the perimeter of a residential structure, not including the carport, walkway, garage, overhang, patio, enclosed patio, detached accessory structure or similar structure.

As stated previously, to accurately capture the impact of a residential project on capital facilities for high-density multi-family residential projects with communal spaces, the communal spaces (i.e., clubhouse, maintenance facility, gym, etc.) will not be assessed impact fees as the impact is assumed to be captured in the residential fees. Areas that contain employees and are accessible by the public (i.e., leasing office) will be charged impact fees according to use. The non-residential area accessible by the public (i.e., leasing office) will be based on the useable size of that area. The usable square footage is the actual area of a space as measured within the demising exterior walls of that space. Including areas that contain employees that are accessible by the public captures the additional impact these new facilities will have on the backbone facilities in the City.

Table 3-5 summarizes the estimated average size of planned new development within each residential land use category utilized for this study.

Table 3-5: Residential Land Use Average Unit Size
The City will monitor the average size of housing units in the City based on new developments on an annual basis and if the size of units on average are significantly different than anticipated, the fees will be updated as part of the annual update for the fee adjustment to reflect this change in order to ensure the fee program collects the anticipated level of funding.

Land Use
Average SF
Assumption
Residential (Units) (1)
Single Family 2,200
Multi-Family 1,600
Sources:
1 City of Santee Building Permit records.

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Section 4 Public Facilities Fee
Background
This section presents an analysis of the need for additional passive and active park facilities and recreational community buildings to accommodate new development in the City and the fees that are necessary in order to ensure that new development provides adequate funding to meet those needs. This Nexus Study updates the methodology of the existing Public Facilities Fee and recommends updated fees.

The Public Facilities Fee is made up of two components, Park Construction and Recreation Facilities such as community centers. Residential development in the City will pay the Public Facilities Fee at building permit issuance.

For the Park Construction Component, the park cost was estimated based on the existing City adopted standard of five (5) acres of developed parkland per 1,000 residents. The Public Facilities Fee is for facility development cost only and does not include parkland acquisition costs, which is acquired through the Quimby Act which requires developers to either dedicate land to satisfy their parkland requirement or pay an in-lieu fee. Please see Chapter 8 of this study for further detail on the Parks-in-Lieu Fee. The Public Facilities Fee applies only to new residential development.

The Public Facilities Fee also includes the cost of recreation facilities. The Public Facilities Fee recreation component is calculated using the Planned Facilities Methodology taking into account the cost of future recreation facilities.

Service Population
The Public Facilities Fee is not applied to non-residential development because workers typically do not use park and community recreation facilities.

Current Level of Service
Per AB602, when applicable, the nexus study shall identify the existing level of service for each facility, identify the proposed new level of service, and include an explanation of why the new level of service is appropriate. Table 4-1 describes the existing Public Facilities provided by the City using facility information and valuation based upon Property Insurance valuation.

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Table 4-1: Existing Public Facilities
Table 4-2 calculates the existing level of service per resident by dividing the total cost of the existing Public Facilities by the existing resident population. The existing level of service exceeds the proposed fee level.

Facility Address Size Cost Per Unit Total Cost
Recreation Centers SF
Santee Teen Center @ Big Rock Park 8125 Arlette St. 1,648 $ 204,387 City Hall - Building 7 10601 - 10629 Magnolia Ave. 6,222 $ 1,333,423 City Hall - Building 8A & 8P 10601 - 10629 Magnolia Ave. 6,222 $ 1,307,487 Subtotal Recreation Centers $ 2,845,297
Recreation Facilities SF
City of Santee Aquatic Center (operated by YMCA) 10123 Riverwalk Drive 25,116 $ 3,621,546 Town Center Community Park, Sports Complex
(operated by Sportsplex USA) 9951 Riverwalk Drive 7,527 $ 3,320,484 Subtotal Recreation Facilities $ 6,942,030
Park Facilities Acre
Big Rock Park 8125 Arlette St. 5.00 $ 725,000 $ 3,625,000 Deputy Ken Collier Park 9206 Via De Cristina 0.51 $ 725,000 $ 369,750 Mast Park 9125 Carlton Hills Blvd. 61.16 $ 725,000 $ 44,341,000 Mast Park West Trail 9200 Carlton Hiulls Blvd. 43.26 $ 725,000 $ 31,363,500 Shadow Hill Park 9161 Shadow Hill Rd. 5.69 $ 725,000 $ 4,125,250 Sky Ranch Park 5850 Cala Lily St. 1.36 $ 725,000 $ 986,000 Town Center Park - East 550 Park Center Dr. 55.00 $ 725,000 $ 39,875,000 Town Center Park - West 9545 Cuyamaca St. 10.20 $ 725,000 $ 7,395,000 Walker Preserve 9500 Magnolia Ave 105.08 $ 725,000 $ 76,183,000 West Hills Park 8790 Mast Blvd. 8.41 $ 725,000 $ 6,097,250 Woodglen Vista Park 10250 Woodglen Vista Dr. 15.00 $ 725,000 $ 10,875,000 Weston Park 9050 Trailmark Way 4.47 $ 725,000 $ 3,240,750 Subtotal Park Facilities $ 228,476,500
Total Facilities $ 238,263,827
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Table 4-2: Existing Level of Service per Resident
Planned Level of Service
The City has established a goal for parks at five (5) acres of developed public parkland per 1,000 residents, per the General Plan and Parks and Recreation Master Plan. This analysis is based on the existing City standard of five (5) acres of parkland per 1,000 residents, where new development will contribute and develop five (5) acres of developed public parkland per 1,000 residents. New development will be required to meet the standard of five (5) acres of developed public parkland per 1,000 residents with this fee. Applying the General Plan standard to new development is consistent with the Mitigation Fee Act, as outlined in Government Code Section 66001, “A fee shall not include the costs attributable to existing deficiencies in public facilities, but may include the costs attributable to the increased demand for public facilities reasonably related to the development project in order to (1) refurbish existing facilities to maintain the existing level of service or (2) achieve an adopted level of service that is consistent with the general plan”.

As detailed in Table 4-3, the existing level of service is identified and exceeds this City Standard.

In compliance with Government Code Section 66001, the City Standard is utilized for the Park Facilities Fee as it is a City Standard set by the adopted General Plan. New development is expected to pay the fee that results in meeting the City Standard and will not be used to fund existing deficiencies.

The recreation component is new developments’ fair share of planned recreation facilities in the City.

Description Value
Existing Facilities
Recreation Centers $ 2,845,297
Recreation Facilities $ 6,942,030
Park Facilities(1) $ 228,476,500
Subtotal Facilities $ 238,263,827
Soft Costs (2) $ 95,305,531
Existing Fund Balance $ 8,921,073
Total Costs $ 342,490,431
Existing Service Population (3)
58,086
Total Existing Level of Service per Resident $ 5,896.26 Notes:
1 2
3 Ex isting Facilities v alues deriv ed from insurance v aluation of ex isting Recreation buildings and Park Facilities Costs v alued at $725,000/acre.

Soft Costs include: 10% - Construction Contingency , 15% - Design/Env ironmental, and 15% - Construction Admin/Inspection.

Ex isting Serv ice population comprises of City resident population and w orker population (w eighted at 0.37 based on a 45 hour w ork w eek).

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Table 4-3: Existing Level of Service for Parkland
Fee Methodology
The Public Facilities Fee is calculated using the Planned Facilities Methodology taking into account the future recreation facilities and the General Plan Standard taking into account City established park acreage standard new development contributes towards. As stated in the “Impact Fee Nexus Study Template” prepared for the California Department of Housing and Community Development by Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, the Planned Facility Method “Estimates the costs for future facilities needed to serve new development based on a long range expenditure plan for these future facility costs.” This method is appropriate when planned facilities are mostly for the benefit of new development. Per the “Impact Fee Nexus Template”, the Planned Facilities Methodology estimates the costs for future facilities needed to serve new development based on a long range expenditure plan for these future facility costs. This should include identifying what types of public facilities will be needed in the future to serve new development and their associated costs, which may include refurbishment of existing facilities to maintain the existing level of service or achieving an adopted level of service that is consistent with the General Plan.

The park facilities component uses the Planned Facility Methodology based on the General Plan Standard methodology for calculating the fee. The fees are based on the future developed public parkland needed to maintain the adopted General Plan standard of five (5) acres of parkland per 1,000 residents.

Table 4-4 calculates new developments fair share of recreation facilities based on new future residents as a percentage of the total residents at Buildout.

Description Acres
Existing Parkland (1)
Park Acreages 315.14
Existing Service Population (2)
58,086
Total Existing Level of Service per Resident 5.43
Notes:
1 2
Ex isting parkland data from the City of Santee.

Ex isting Serv ice population comprises of just residents and does not factor in non-residential.

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Table 4-4: Population Allocation for Recreation Facilities Table 4-5 calculates the Recreation Cost per resident by summing up future planned facilities costs attributable to the fee program, allocates the cost to new development based on population, and divides by the future service population. Planned Recreation Facilities were sourced from the City of Santee’s AB1600 Annual and Five-Year Report (2023).

Table 4-5 shows the percent attributable to new development.

Table 4-5: Planned New Public Facilities
Table 4-6 calculates the Park Facilities cost per resident by dividing the cost of park construction per acre by the City standard of 5.0 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Fee revenues may be used to construct park improvements and facilities on land dedicated by developers in accordance with the City’s Quimby Ordinance or though land purchased through the payment of the proposed Parks-in-Lieu Fee (see Chapter 8).

Description Value
Population
Existing Service Population (Residents) 58,086
Total Buildout Service Population (Residents) 72,901
Net Future Population 14,815
Population Allocation
Existing Service Population 80%
Future Additional Population 20%
Total Population 100%
Description Construction Cost Size (SF)
Attributable to
Fee Program3
Cost Attributable to
Fee Program
Recreation Facilities
Santee Community Center (1) $ 21,000,000 12,500 20% $ 4,200,000 Total Recreation Facilities Cost $ 4,200,000
Future Service Population (2)
14,815
Recreation Cost per Resident $ 283.50
Notes:
1 2
3 Costs attributable to the fee program are based on population grow th.

Other funding sources for this community center, including ex isting fund balance, are show n in the adopted Santee CIP 2024.

Future Serv ice Population does not include w orkers.

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Table 4-6: Park Facilities Construction Costs per Resident Table 4-7 identifies the public facilities cost per capita by taking the future cost of public facilities improvements and dividing by the future service population.

Table 4-7: Public Facility Cost per Resident
Fee Summary
The Public Facilities Fee per unit is calculated by multiplying the cost per capita by the average number of residents per unit type (density). The fee per unit must then be converted to a fee per square foot by taking the total fee per unit and dividing by the estimated average unit size for each land use to arrive at the fee per square foot. These calculations are shown in Table 4-8.

Table 4-8: Public Facilities Fee Cost Summary
Capital Improvement Projects and Revenue Projections
Based upon the projected new population growth, new development will contribute roughly 74 acres to the City’s park system. Given the nature of new development and the fact that neighborhood parks are typically built and dedicated by the developer, the exact identification of future parks are difficult to predict.

Park Construction
Park Construction Cost per Acre (1) $ 725,000
Required Acres/1,000 Residents (2) 5.0
Park Facilities Cost per Resident $ 3,625.00
Notes:
1 2
Park Construction Cost per acre estimated based on last City Neighborhood park construction cost (Weston Park).

The City 's Parks and Recreation Master Plan set's the City 's standard of public parkland at 5 acres for ev ery 1,000 people.

Public Facilities Cost per Resident
Recreation Cost per Resident $ 283.50
Park Facilities Cost per Resident $ 3,625.00
Total Cost per Resident $ 3,908.50
Land Use Cost Per Resident Density Fee
Average Unit
Size (SF) Fee
Residential (per Unit) (per SF)
Single Family $ 3,908.50 2.93 11,451.91 $ 2,200 5.21$
Multi Family $ 3,908.50 2.37 9,263.15 $ 1,600 5.79$
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Santee Municipal Code (SMC) Chapter 12.40, Park Lands Dedication establishes the provisions for dedication of land, payment of in-lieu fee or a combination of both for the purpose of providing park and recreation facilities to serve future residents of a subdivision development. In most cases, developers build new neighborhood parks on behalf of the City as a condition of residential subdivision construction and to fulfill their Quimby park acreage dedication requirements.

Developer-built parks can often be delivered faster than City-built park projects due to economies of scale as developers are already building within their subdivisions and the constraint in City staff resources. Developers who build and dedicate parks, will be given credits against their park component of the Public Facilities Fee. Due to this requirement, it is not possible nor necessary to include a CIP list for neighborhood parks. Should the park construction component of the Public Facilities Fee be collected, the City will allocate these to new parks through the City’s CIP process.

As for Community Parks, developers typically pay the fee instead of building the community park due to the large size and advanced planning community parks require, however in some cases community parks are built by developers. The Fanita Ranch Specific Plan includes 31.2 acres for a community park, which includes 19.7 active acres and 11.5 passive community park. Per the public park credit provisions set forth in City’s Municipal Code Section 12.40.110, developed park land dedicated to and maintained by the City of Santee will receive up to 100 percent park credit.

Developed park land maintained by an HOA and trail systems will receive up to 50 percent credit per the private park credit provisions in SMC Section 12.40.100. Per the Fanita Ranch Specific Plan, the developer plans to dedicate this land. The Community Park is included in the CIP, which is Table A-1 in Appendix A.

Table 4-9 summarizes the anticipated Public Facilities Fee revenue. The revenue will be available to expand the City’s Park and Recreation facilities to meet the needs of new residents. Based on the population estimates in this Nexus Study and using the City General Plan standard of 5 acres per 1,000 residents, it is anticipated that approximately 74.08 additional acres of parks facilities are needed to meet the needs of the City, plus recreation facilities, at Buildout at a cost of approximately $58 million.

Table 4-9: Public Facilities Fee Estimated Revenue at Buildout Land Use
Proposed
Fee (1)
Anticipated
Growth
SF
Assumptions
Anticipated Fee
Collection at
Buildout (2)
Residential (per SF) (units)
Single Family 5.21$ 1,444 2,200 16,551,128 $
Multi Family 5.79$ 4,466 1,600 41,373,024 $
Total $ 57,924,152
Notes:
1 The proposed fee does not include the administrativ e portion of the fee. 2 Total anticipated fee rev enue may differ slightly from cost attributable to fee program due to rounding.

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Nexus Requirement Summary
The Public Facilities Fee component of the DIF program meets the Mitigation Fee Act Requirements, as described in this section.

Requirement 1: Identify the purpose of the fee.

The purpose of the Public Facilities Fee is to fund the park and recreation facility needs generated by new development in the City. Each new resident creates a demand for additional park and recreation facilities. The City’s adopted standard is to provide 5 acres of parkland for each 1,000 residents. In order to accommodate these needs, new park facilities will be built and/or existing park facilities will be expanded. The City has planned future recreation facilities and each new resident creates a demand for additional recreation facilities. In order to accommodate these needs, new recreation facilities will be built or existing recreation facilities will be expanded. Table 4-6 and Table 4-7 calculate the parks and recreation cost per capita based on the City standard for parks and the estimated construction cost and planned recreation facilities.

Requirement 2: Identify the use of the fee.

The Public Facilities Fee will be used to fund new park and recreation development in order to meet the City’s General Plan and Parks and Recreation Master Plan standards discussed in this chapter. Park expansion is necessary to meet the City’s adopted standards of five acres of parkland for each 1,000 new residents. In most cases, developers build new neighborhood parks on behalf of the City as a condition of residential subdivision construction and to fulfill their Quimby park acreage dedication requirements. The location of the neighborhood parks will be determined based on the location of the new development project, as they are typically located within each development. The recreation component of the fee will be used to fund new or expand existing recreation facilities, such as the planned Community Center. The City has 31.2 acres of community park planned in Fanita Ranch, and it is anticipated that the developer will dedicate this acreage for the City to develop. As future developments come online and the Public Facilities Fee is collected, the City will identify future community park sites to program the remaining acres. The anticipated fee revenue to fund these facilities at Buildout is shown on Table 4-9.

Requirement 3: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

The fee will be used to fund new parks and recreation facilities that are necessary to serve the increased residents in the City. New residential development generates additional residents which increases the demand for park and recreation facilities. The Public Facilities Fee is calculated using the City’s General Plan standard of five (5) acres of park per 1,000 residents and planned recreation facilities. Residential development is responsible for paying its fair share to meet the City’s standard and the cost of recreation facilities attributable to new development. Non-residential uses do not pay the fee since they do not generate additional residents and workers have minimal impact on the City’s park and recreation system.

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Table 4-6 and Table 4-7 calculate the cost per capita and then allocates the cost to each development type based on the estimated persons per household. Table 4-8 then calculates the cost per square foot for the residential units based on the estimated average unit size. By basing the fee on the size of the unit and the estimated number of new residents that is anticipated to be generated by the addition of that square footage, the fee is directly correlated to the increased need for new parks.

Requirement 4: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

Each new residential development is anticipated to generate new residents. The addition of new residents creates the need for new parks and recreation facilities to meet the City’s General Plan park standard of five (5) acres per 1,000 residents and planned recreation facilities. The fee is directly correlated to the number of new residents expected to be generated by each type of development. Non-residential development does not pay for parks as non-residential developments do not generate a significant demand for park and recreation facilities. Residential development pays its fair share based on the estimated persons the new unit is expected to generate.

Requirement 5: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the amount of the fee and the cost of the public facility or portion of the public facility attributable to the development on which the fee is imposed.

As new residential units are constructed, new park facilities are necessary to meet the City’s General Plan standard of 5 acres of park per 1,000 residents. New recreation facilities are necessary based on new developments fair share of the planned facilities. The Public Facilities Fee is calculated by totaling the Recreation (Table 4-6) and Park Facilities (Table 4-7) costs per resident.

The cost per capita is then allocated to each residential land use based on the persons per household each unit is expected to generate and divided by the average unit size in square feet to determine the fee per square foot as shown in Table 4-8. Since the need for park and recreation facilities is based on the number of new residents, calculating the fee based on the number of persons each unit is expected to generate and converting to a fee per square feet, ensures that each new residential unit is paying only its fair share of the required facilities.

By determining the fee based on the estimated new residents that would be generated by new development, each new residential unit is paying only its fair share of the facilities required. Nonresidential land uses are not assessed a Public Facilities Fee as non-residential development will not generate an increase in park and recreation facility demand.

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Section 5 Traffic Signal Fee
Background
This section presents an analysis of the City’s Traffic Signal Fee. The proposed Citywide Traffic Signal Fee covers the costs of maintaining existing traffic signals and construction of new traffic signals to meet the needs of new development. The Traffic Signal Fee uses the System Plan Method to calculate the fee. The System Plan Method utilizes an integrated approach to allocate the cost of existing facilities and the costs of planned facilities to the total development in the study area.

As shown in Table 5-1, the future traffic signal facilities costs were developed by the City based on facilities necessary to serve new development.

Table 5-1: Traffic Signal Facilities – Planned Facilities Facility/Project Major Street Minor Street Unit Unit Cost Total Cost Traffic Signal Phases
New Signal - 6 Phase Signal Magnolia Ave Princess Joann Rd 6 415,000 415,000.00 $ New Signal - 6 Phase Signal Cottonwood Ave Riverview Pkwy 6 415,000 415,000.00 $ New Signal - 8 Phase Signal Woodside Ave Mission Del Magnolia / Riderwood Terrace 8 450,000 450,000.00 $ New Signal - 8 Phase Signal Mission Gorge Rd Marrokal Ln 6 415,000 415,000.00 $ New Pedestrian Signal - Hawk Mission Gorge Rd Forester Creek n/a 220,000 220,000.00 $ New Pedestrian Signal - Hawk Cuyamaca St South River Trail n/a 220,000 220,000.00 $ New Pedestrian Signal - Hawk Prospect Ave Forester Creek n/a 220,000 220,000.00 $ Subtotal Traffic Signal $ 2,355,000.00
Traffic Signal Modifications QTY
Update/replace traffic signal cabinet and controllers Various - 4 49,000$ $ 196,000.00 Pedestrian Ramp Upgrades Various - 11 9,800$ $ 107,800.00 Audible Pedestrian Signal Button Installation Various - 28 14,000$ $ 392,000.00 Smart Signals and Controller/Detection Upgrades Various Arterials - 21 80,000$ $ 1,680,000.00 Signal Modification Carlton Oaks Dr Wethersfield Rd n/a $ 439,000.00 Signal Modification Mast Blvd Carlton Hills Blvd n/a $ 203,900.00 Subtotal Traffic Signal Modifications $ 3,018,700.00
Communications QTY
Install new fiberoptic communication Magnolia Ave Park Center to Riverview Pkwy 2,000 108$ $ 56,000.00 Install new fiberoptic communication Mission Gorge Rd Fanita to Father Junipero 10,500 108$ $ 504,000.00 Subtotal Communications $ 560,000.00
Total Traffic Signal Facilities Costs(1) $ 5,933,700.00 1 Item costs include markup for design (15%), construction admin (15%), Contingency (10%).

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Table 5-2 describes the existing Traffic Signal Facilities provided by the City using facility information and valuation based upon Property Insurance valuation.

Table 5-2: Existing Traffic Signal Facilities (page 1 of 2) Facility Major Street Minor Street Unit Total Cost
Traffic Signal Phases
Traffic Signal City ID #1 Mast Boulevard West Hills High School 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #2 Mast Boulevard Weston Drive 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #3 Mast Boulevard Medina Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #4 Mast Boulevard Pebble Beach Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #5 Mast Boulevard Fanita Parkway 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #6 Mast Boulevard Carlton Hills Boulevard 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #7 Mast Boulevard Halberns Boulevard 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #8 Mast Boulevard Cuyamaca Street 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #9 Mast Boulevard Bilteer Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #10 Mast Boulevard Park Center Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #11 Mast Boulevard Magnolia Avenue 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #12 Mission Gorge Road Father Junipero Serra Trail 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #13 Mission Gorge Road West Hills Parkway 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #14 Mission Gorge Road Rancho Fanita Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #15 Mission Gorge Road Big Rock Road 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #16 Mission Gorge Road Mesa Road 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #17 Mission Gorge Road Fanita Drive 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #18 Mission Gorge Road Carlton Hills Boulevard 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #19 Mission Gorge Road Marketplace / Kohls 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #20 Mission Gorge Road Post Office / Lowes 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #21 Mission Gorge Road Town Center Parkway / Olive Lane 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #22 Mission Gorge Road Cuyamaca Street 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #23 Mission Gorge Road Mission Greens Road 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #24 Mission Gorge Road Riverview Parkway / Tamberly Way 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #25 Mission Gorge Road Cottonwood Avenue 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #26 Mission Gorge Road Edgemoor Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #27 Mission Gorge Road Magnolia Avenue / Woodside Avenue 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #28 Cuyamaca Street Prospect Avenue 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #29 Cuyamaca Street Buena Vista Avenue 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #30 Cuyamaca Street Trolley Square 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #31 Cuyamaca Street Town Center Parkway 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #32 Cuyamaca Street Riverpark Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #33 Cuyamaca Street Riverwalk Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #34 Magnolia Avenue Prospect Avenue 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #35 Magnolia Avenue Alexander Way 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #36 Magnolia Avenue Rockvill Street 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #37 Magnolia Avenue Riverview Parkway / New Frontier 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #38 Magnolia Avenue Park Center Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #39 Magnolia Avenue Braverman Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #40 Magnolia Avenue Carefree Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #41 Magnolia Avenue 2nd Street 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #42 Magnolia Avenue El Nopal 8 $ 410,000.00 Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study 26 December 2024 City of Santee
Table 5-2: Existing Traffic Signal Facilities (page 2 of 2) Trips
To calculate the Traffic Signal Fee and the Traffic Mitigation Fee, this study uses Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) common Trip Generation Rates sourced from the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition as the base for trip generation assumptions. It is based on the average daily trips which means the total of all one-direction vehicle movements with either the origin or destination inside the study site that includes existing, primary, pass by, and diverted linked trips and is calculated in accordance with the procedures contained in Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition published by the ITE. For the Traffic Signal Fee, these assumptions are used to calculate the total cost per capita. For the Traffic Mitigation Fee, these assumptions are also used to calculate the proportion of planned facilities that are attributable to new development.

Table 5-3 identifies the Trip Rates per land use. The trip rates are multiplied against the land uses from Table 3-1 in Section 3 to calculate the vehicle trips.

Facility Major Street Minor Street Unit Total Cost
Traffic Signal Phases
Traffic Signal City ID #43 Magnolia Avenue Woodglen Vista / Len Street 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #44 Prospect Avenue Fanita Drive 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #45 Prospect Avenue Ellsworth Lane 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #46 Prospect Avenue Atlas View Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #47 Prospect Avenue Olive Lane 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #48 Prospect Avenue Cottonwood Avenue 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #49 Prospect Avenue Graves Avenue 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #50 Carlton Hills Boulevard Willowgrove Avenue 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #51 Carlton Hills Boulevard Carlton Oaks Drive 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #52 Carlton Hills Boulevard Stoyer Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #53 Carlton Oaks Drive Fanita Parkway 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #54 Carlton Oaks Drive Pebble Beach Drive 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #55 Carlton Oaks Drive Wethersfield Road 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #56 Town Center Parkway Costco / Walmart 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #57 Town Center Parkway Buffalo Wild Wings 6 $ 375,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #58 Town Center Parkway Riverview Parkway 8 $ 410,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #59 Post Office Lowes 4 $ 345,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #60 Trolley Square South 4 $ 345,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #61 Trolley Square North 4 $ 345,000.00 Traffic Signal City ID #62 Woodside Avenue Davidann Road 6 $ 375,000.00 Subtotal Traffic Signal $ 24,105,000.00
Communications LF
Interconnect Citywide Citywide 74,500 10,430,000.00 $
Wireless Citywide Citywide 12 $ 46,800.00
Subtotal Communications $ 10,476,800.00
Total Facilities $ 34,581,800.00
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Table 5-3: Trip Rates per Land Use
To calculate the Existing Trips per land use (as shown in Table 5-4), existing residential units and existing non-residential building square footage (per 1,000 SF) is multiplied by the Trips per Unit or Trips per 1,000 square feet assumptions respectively from Table 5-3.

Table 5-4: Existing Vehicle Trips
Land Use Unit
Trip
Generation
Rate
Residential
Single Family Per Dwelling Unit 10.00
Multi Family(1) Per Dwelling Unit 5.64
Non-Residential
Commercial(2) Per 1,000 Building SF 22.87
Office Per 1,000 Building SF 12.62
Industrial(3)
Per 1,000 Building SF 2.92
Notes:
1 2
3 Trip Generation for Multi-Family uses the av erage of the trip generation assumption for multifamily low -rise and mid-rise housing.

ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition notes all Retail and Serv ices land uses are entitled to a "pass-by " trip reduction betw een 40%-60%. This study assumes a 50% trip reduction for commercial/retail center (shop center and strip retail plaza).

Industrial assumption is the av erage of general light industrial, industrial park, manufacturing, and w arehousing.

Land Use
Existing
Units / SF
Trips per
Unit /
1,000 Bldg. SF
Total Trips
(Rounded)
Residential Units per Unit
Single Family 13,801 10.00 138,010
Multi Family 7,447 5.64 42,001
Non-Residential 1,000 Building SF per 1,000 Building SF Commercial1
2,309 22.87 52,807
Office 190 12.62 2,398
Industrial 2,683 2.92 7,834
Total 243,050
Notes:
1 ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition notes all Retail and Serv ices land uses are entitled to a "pass-by " trip reduction betw een 40%-60%. This study assumes a 50% trip reduction for commercial/retail center (strip commercial).

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To calculate the New Trips per land use (as shown in Table 5-5), projected new residential units and projected new non-residential building square footage (per 1,000 SF) is multiplied by the Trips per Unit or Trips per 1,000 square feet assumptions respectively from Table 5-3.

Table 5-5: New Vehicle Trips
Table 5-6 calculates the buildout trips using the buildout land uses multiplied by the Trips per Unit or Trips per 1,000 square feet assumptions respectively from Table 5-3.

Table 5-6: Total Vehicle Trips
Land Use
Additional
Units / SF
Trips per
Unit /
1,000 Bldg. SF
Total Trips
(Rounded)
Residential Units per Unit
Single Family 1,444 10.00 14,440
Multi Family 4,466 5.64 25,188
Non-Residential 1,000 Building SF per 1,000 Building SF Commercial1
1,020 22.87 23,327
Office 84 12.62 1,060
Industrial 1,266 2.92 3,697
Total 67,712
Notes:
1 ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition notes all Retail and Serv ices land uses are entitled to a "pass-by " trip reduction betw een 40%-60%. This study assumes a 50% trip reduction for commercial/retail center (strip commercial).

Land Use
Total
Units / SF
Trips per
Unit /
1,000 Bldg. SF
Total Trips
(Rounded)
Residential Units per Unit
Single Family 15,245 10.00 152,450
Multi Family 11,913 5.64 67,189
Non-Residential 1,000 Building SF per 1,000 Building SF Commercial1
3,329 22.87 76,134
Office 274 12.62 3,458
Industrial 3,949 2.92 11,531
Total 310,762
Notes:
1 ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition notes all Retail and Serv ices land uses are entitled to a "pass-by " trip reduction betw een 40%-60%. This study assumes a 50% trip reduction for commercial/retail center (strip commercial).

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Service Population
Demand for traffic signal facilities is based on the total trips generated at Buildout conditions. The Traffic Signal Fee utilizes the land use trip generation assumptions presented in Table 5-6 for the various residential and non-residential land uses based on Institute of Transportation Engineers common Trip Generation Rates (average daily trips) sourced from the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition.

Cost Summary
The Traffic Signal Fee will fund the expansion and construction of new traffic signal facilities necessary to serve new growth. These facilities will be necessary to meet the demands of the growth of the City at Buildout. The cost for the Traffic Signal Fee is based on the integrated cost of the current and future facilities. As new development occurs, there are additional trips associated with the new development, which correlates to a need for additional traffic signal improvements.

The Nexus Study acknowledges that the existing development will also benefit from these transportation improvements once they are constructed and therefore existing development has a fair share of these improvements. New development also benefits from the existing network of traffic signals and improvements and therefore new development will fund the integrated system of facilities at the existing standard attributable to new development.

The City will review the potential funding sources for traffic signal projects to determine the appropriate funding mechanisms as projects move forward as well as identify funding sources through the CIP process and identify action plans in updates to the City's Strategic Plan. It is important for new development to fund their fair share of their impact on transportation facilities.

Fee Methodology
The Traffic Signal Fee uses the System Plan Method to calculate the fee. As stated in the “Impact Fee Nexus Study Template” prepared for the California Department of Housing and Community Development by Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, the System Plan Method utilizes an integrated approach to allocate the cost of existing facilities and the costs of planned facilities to the total development in the study area. This method is appropriate when calculating a systemwide fee in which new development will fund an integrated system of facilities at the future standard attributable to new development. By spreading the costs of an integrated system incorporating the existing facilities and planned facilities costs to the total development in the study area, this ensures that new development only pays their proportional share of the total system costs and is not responsible for rectifying any existing deficiencies.

The Traffic Signal Fee is calculated based on the cost per trip generated by existing and new development. The total cost of the facilities identified in Table 5-1 and Table 5-2 is spread over the anticipated total number of trips at buildout (existing and generated by future development), as shown in Table 5-6, to calculate the cost per trip. The cost per trip is calculated by taking the total cost of traffic signal facilities, calculating the existing trips and future additional trips, dividing the total cost by the total trips to derive at a cost per trip. This calculation is shown in Table 5-7.

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Table 5-7: Traffic Signal Facilities Cost per Vehicle Trip The Traffic Signal Fee calculated on Table 5-7 is the maximum justifiable fee using the System Plan method, but Table 5-8 shows the fee calculation for the fee used in this analysis based on the facilities necessary to serve new development. The Traffic Signal Fee used in this analysis is calculated based on the cost per trip generated by new development. The total cost of the facilities identified in Table 5-1 is spread over the anticipated total number of trips at buildout (generated by future development), as shown in Table 5-5, to calculate the cost per trip. This calculation is shown in Table 5-8.

Value
Existing Facilities (1)
Traffic Signal $ 24,105,000
Communications $ 10,476,800
Subtotal Existing Facilities 34,581,800 $
Soft Costs (2) $ 13,832,720
Existing Fund Balance $ 353,190
Total Existing Costs $ 48,767,710
New Facilities (3)
Traffic Signal $ 2,355,000
Traffic Signal Modifications $ 3,018,700
Communications $ 560,000
Subtotal New Facilities $ 5,933,700
Soft Costs (2) -$
Total New Costs $ 5,933,700
Total Traffic Signal Cost $ 54,701,410
Total Buildout Trip Generation (4)
310,762
Cost per Trip $ 176.02
Notes:
v alue of ex isting facilities.
and 15% - Construction Admin/Inspection.
3 Based on new facilities prov ided by the City .
land use assumptions.
1 Ex isting Facilities v alues deriv ed from City Engineer cost estimate of replacement 2 Soft Costs include 10% - Construction Contingency , 15% - Design and Env ironmental, 4 Total Trip Generation deriv ed using ex isting residential units and non-residential Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study 31 December 2024 City of Santee
Table 5-8: Traffic Signal Existing Facilities Cost per Vehicle Trip Fee Summary
The Traffic Signal Fee for new development is calculated by multiplying the cost per trip identified in Table 5-8 by trip generation rate for each land use. The residential fee per unit is converted to a fee per square foot by dividing the fee per unit by the unit size estimated in Table 3-5. Table 5-9 shows the proposed new Traffic Signal Fees for new development.

Table 5-9: Traffic Signal Fee Summary
Reduced Traffic Fee
Residential developments near transit stations generate fewer trips than traditional land use configurations that rely on vehicles as the primary mode of transportation. According to various transportation studies, measurable trip reductions result for projects that are near transit stations and where there are a diversity of land uses that promote connectivity and walkability. To account for the reduced trip rates generated by projects meeting the above characteristics, an additional trip adjustment factor is applied to new residential land uses meeting the following criteria:

Cost per Trip
Traffic Signal Facilities $ 5,933,700.00
Less Fund Balance (1) $ (353,190.00)
Total Traffic Signal Facilities 5,580,510.00 $
Additional Trip Generation $ 67,712
Cost per Trip $ 82.42
Notes:
1 Fund Balance as of 06/30/2024 and prov ided by the City 's Finance Department.

Land Use Cost Per Trip Trip Generation (1) Fee
Average Unit
Size (SF) Fee
Residential (per Unit) (per SF)
Single Family $ 82.42 10.00 $ 824.20 2,200 0.37$
Multi Family $ 82.42 5.64 $ 464.85 1,600 0.29$
Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF)
Commercial (2) $ 82.42 22.87 $ 1,884.95
Office $ 82.42 12.62 $ 1,040.14
Industrial $ 82.42 2.92 $ 240.67
Notes:
1 Institute of Transportation Engineers common Trip Generation Rates (PM Trip Rate) sourced from the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition. 2 ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition notes all Retail and Serv ices land uses are entitled to a "pass-by " trip reduction betw een 40-60%. This study assumes a 50% trip reduction for commercial.

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1. The housing development is located within one-half mile of a transit station and there is direct access between the project and the transit station along a barrier-free walkable pathway not exceeding one-half mile in length.

2. Convenience retail uses, including a store that sells food, are located within one-half mile of the housing development.

3. The housing development provides either the minimum number of parking spaces required by the local ordinance, or for residential units, no more than one onsite parking space for zero to two bedroom units, and two onsite parking spaces for three or more bedroom units, whichever is less.

For purposes of this reduction, the definition of transit station shall be defined by California Government Code Section 65460.1, “Transit station” means a rail or light-rail station, ferry terminal, bus hub, or bus transfer station. Also, a “housing development” shall be defined by California Government Code Section 66005.1, which is a development project with common ownership and financing consisting of residential use or mixed use where not less than 50 percent of the floorspace is for residential use.

Commercial trips often coincide with other trips (i.e., Person A stops by the store on their way home from work, Person B stops by a restaurant after grocery shopping, etc.) This “pass-by” trip reduction amount is factored into the Commercial trip generation estimates (Table 5-3) as well as the fee for commercial land use in Table 5-9.

Revenue Projections
Table 5-10 summarizes the anticipated Traffic Signal Fee revenue collected at Buildout. The revenue will be used to fund the traffic signal facilities shown on Table 5-1.

Table 5-10: Anticipated Traffic Signal Fee Collection at Buildout Land Use
Proposed
Fee (1)
Anticipated
Growth
SF
Assumptions
Anticipated Fee
Collection at
Buildout (2)
Residential (per SF) (Units) (SF)
Single Family $ 0.37 1,444 2,200 $ 1,175,416
Multi Family $ 0.29 4,466 1,600 $ 2,072,224
Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF) (1,000 SF)
Commercial $ 1,884.95 1,020.34 $ 1,923,290
Office $ 1,040.14 83.92 $ 87,289
Industrial $ 240.67 1,266.30 $ 304,760
Total $ 5,562,979
Notes:
1 The proposed fee does not include the administrativ e portion of the fee. 2 Total anticipated fee rev enue may differ slightly from cost attributable to fee program due to rounding. Rounded to nearest dollar.

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Current Level of Service
Per AB602, when applicable, the nexus study shall identify the existing level of service for each traffic signal facility, identify the proposed new level of service, and include an explanation of why the new level of service is appropriate. As shown on Table 5-11, the proposed Traffic Signal Fee is less than the existing level of service.

Table 5-11: Existing Level of Service per Vehicle Trip
Nexus Requirement Summary
The proposed Traffic Signal Fee meets the Mitigation Fee Act Requirements, as described in this section.

Requirement 1: Identify the purpose of the fee.

The purpose of the Traffic Signal Fee is to fund planned traffic signal facilities included in Table 5-1 to serve future development. In order to accommodate this need, new facilities must be built and/or existing facilities expanded.

Requirement 2: Identify the use of the fee.

The fee will be used to fund the planned traffic signal facilities identified in Table 5-1 that are necessary to serve increased demand. The City identified these future projects as the facilities that are required to mitigate the impact of new development in the City.

Requirement 3: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

The Traffic Signal Fee will be used to fund the new traffic signal facilities and improvements that are necessary to serve the increase in transportation demand due to new development. The cost of Description Value
Existing Facilities (1)
Traffic Signal $ 24,105,000
Communications $ 10,476,800
Subtotal Facilities $ 34,581,800
Soft Costs (2) $ 13,832,720
Existing Fund Balance $ 353,190
Total Costs $ 48,767,710
Existing Trip Generation (3)
243,050
Cost per Trip $ 200.65
Notes:
1 2
3 Ex isting Facilities v alues deriv ed from City Engineer cost estimate of replacement v alue of ex isting facilities.

Soft Costs include 10% - Construction Contingency , 15% - Design and Env ironmental, and 15% - Construction Ex isting Trip Generation deriv ed using ex isting residential units and non-residential land use assumptions.

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the improvements is spread to each land use based on the number of trips generated by each land use. This correlation to trips ensures that each new development pays their fair share of the transportation costs.

The cost per trip calculations is shown in Table 5-8. The fee calculation is shown in Table 5-9.

Requirement 4: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

Each new residential and non-residential development within the City will generate additional trips that incrementally adds to the need for new traffic infrastructure and facilities to serve the increased residents and businesses within the City and ensure that traffic facilities can accommodate the increased demand. These facilities are provided by the City. Each new residential and nonresidential development pays an impact fee based on the additional trips that is expected to be generated by the new development. To accommodate these additional trips, new traffic signal improvements will be needed city-wide. Utilizing trips generated by each development ensures that each type of development pays their fair share of the required new traffic signal facilities. This calculation is shown in Table 5-9.

The Traffic Signal fee is based on the System Plan Method, which estimates the costs for an integrated system of existing and future facilities. The traffic signal facilities that are necessary for the new development are summarized in the planned improvements presented in Table 5-1. The existing traffic signal facilities are shown on Table 5-2. Each land use pays their fair share of costs based on the number of trips generated by that land use as shown in Table 5-7. The Traffic Signal Fee is calculated based on the cost per trip generated by existing and new development divided by the Buildout service population. The total cost of the facilities identified in Table 5-1 and Table 5-2 is spread over the anticipated total number of trips at buildout (existing and generated by future development), as shown in Table 5-6, to calculate the cost per trip. Utilizing trips ensures that each development pays their fair share of the cost.

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Section 6 Traffic Mitigation Fee
Background
This section presents an analysis of the City’s Traffic Mitigation Fee. The proposed Citywide Traffic Mitigation Fee covers the construction of new traffic facilities to meet the needs of new development.

As shown in Table 6-1, the future traffic mitigation facilities were developed by the City of Santee based on facilities necessary to serve new development. Facilities are based on the adopted FY 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program Budget. The City does not anticipate any future major Traffic Mitigation improvements beyond the facilities identified in the CIP. If the City does determine future Traffic Mitigation improvements need to be added to the fee program, the fee would need to be updated.

Table 6-1: Traffic Mitigation Facilities – Planned Facilities Facility Description Total Project Cost
Percent Attributable to
New Development (1) Fee Program Cost
Traffic Mitigation Facility
Cottonwood Avenue River Crossing(2)
Extend Cottonwood Avenue from Riverview Parkway to northern end of Cottonwood Avenue $ 20,786,000 100% $ 20,786,000
Cottonwood Avenue Widening and Sidewalk Improvements
Widen Cottonwood Avenue and install street improvements between Mission Gorge Road and Prospect Avenue $ 12,130,000 21.79% $ 2,643,008 Graves Avenue Street Improvements Widen Graves Avenue from Pepper Drive to Prospect Avenue $ 7,544,000 21.79% $ 1,643,764 Magnolia Avenue Widening
Widen the west side of Magnolia Avenue from the San Diego River to Park Avenue $ 21.79% 1,042,823 4,786,000 $
Median Modification - Mission Gorge Road at Marketplace Realign center median on Mission Gorge Road at Marketplace and Post office to accommodate existing traffic volumes on Mission Gorge Road. $ 21.79% 122,019 560,000 $ Olive Lane Improvements
Widen Olive Land from the Forester Creek Bridge to Mission Gorge Road and install street improvements. $ 21.79% 620,987 2,850,000 $ Prospect Avenue Improvements - West
Widen Prospect Avenue from Mesa Road to Fanita Drive. Install street improvements and purchase right-of-way. $ 21,267,000 21.79% $ 4,633,871 Subtotal Traffic Mitigation Facilities $ 69,923,000 $ 31,492,471.65 Soft Cost: Construction Contingency (10%) $ 3,149,247.17 Soft Cost: Design and Environmental (15%) $ 4,723,870.75 Soft Cost: Construction Administration and Inspection (15%) $ 4,723,870.75 Total Traffic Mitigation Facilities Costs $ 44,089,460.32 Notes:
1 Percent attributable to new dev elopment based upon additional trips generated by new dev elopment ov er total ex isting and new trips. 2 Cottonw ood Av enue Riv er Crossing project is fully attributable to new dev elopment based on conv ersations w ith the City and the project is in a fully undev eloped area.

Source:

Adopted FY 2024-2028 Capital Improv ement Program Budget.

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Service Population
Demand for traffic mitigation facilities is based on the additional trips that will be generated by new development through Buildout conditions. The Traffic Mitigation Fee utilizes the land use trip generation assumptions presented in Table 6-2 for the various residential and non-residential land uses based on Institute of Transportation Engineers common Trip Generation Rates (PM Trip Rate) sourced from the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition.

Table 6-2: Future Additional Trips
Cost Summary
The Traffic Mitigation Fee will fund the expansion and construction of new traffic mitigation facilities necessary to serve new growth. These facilities will be necessary to meet the demands of the growth of the City at Buildout. The percent attributable to new development is calculated as the proportion of new vehicle trips that will be generated by new growth in the City over the total trips at buildout, which is shown below. The cost attributable to the Cottonwood Avenue River Crossing project is 100 percent as this improvement is surrounded by undeveloped land and it is necessary to support new development.

Land Use
Additional
Units / SF
Trips per
Unit /
1,000 Bldg. SF
Total Trips
(Rounded)
Residential Units per Unit
Single Family 1,444 10.00 14,440
Multi Family 4,466 5.64 25,188
Non-Residential 1,000 Building SF per 1,000 Building SF Commercial1
1,020 22.87 23,327
Office 84 12.62 1,060
Industrial 1,266 2.92 3,697
Total 67,712
Notes:
1 ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition notes all Retail and Serv ices land uses are entitled to a "pass-by " trip reduction betw een 40%-60%. This study assumes a 50% trip reduction for commercial/retail center (strip commercial).

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As new development occurs, there are additional trips associated with the new development, which correlates to a need for additional traffic mitigation improvements. The Nexus Study acknowledges that the existing development will benefit from these transportation improvements once they are constructed and therefore existing developments’ fair share of the improvements (based on trip generation rates) is allocated to existing development and is not spread to new development.

The City will review the potential funding sources for transportation projects to determine the appropriate funding mechanisms as transportation projects move forward as well as identify funding sources through the CIP process and identify action plans in updates to the City's Strategic Plan. It is important for new development to fund their fair share of their impact on transportation facilities. As new development will impact the existing transportation infrastructure, this is a conservative approach that does not burden new development with any existing deficiencies.

Fee Methodology
The Traffic Mitigation Fee uses the Planned Facilities Method to calculate the fee. As stated in the “Impact Fee Nexus Study Template” prepared for the California Department of Housing and Community Development by Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, the Planned Facilities Method calculates the proposed fee based on the ratio of planned facilities to the increase in demand associated with new development. This method is appropriate when planned facilities have been define by a long range master plan or expenditure plan which includes specific facilities and cost estimates. As the Planned Facilities Method relies on a long range master plan that may change as the plan is implemented, fees based on this methodology need to be regularly updated to remain consistent with the project lists and current plans.

In order to distribute the share of project costs to each land use type, the total trips generated by new development must be calculated. To calculate the total number of new trips attributable to new development within the City Buildout, the growth projections, detailed in Chapter 3, are multiplied by the corresponding trip generation rates as derived from the Institute of Transportation Description Source Value
Trips
Existing Trips Table 5-4 243,050
Total Buildout Trips Table 5-6 310,762
Net Future Trips 67,712
Trips Allocation
Existing Trips 78.21%
Future Trips 21.79%
Total Trips 100.00%
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Engineers (ITE). The Traffic Mitigation Fee is calculated based on the cost per trip generated by new development. The total cost of the facilities attributed to new development identified in Table 6-1 is spread over the anticipated number of trips that will be generated by future development (as shown in Table 6-2) to calculate the cost per trip.

Residential trips are calculated by multiplying the anticipated growth in residential units by the corresponding density’s trip generation rates. Non-residential trips were calculated by multiplying the anticipated growth in 1,000 building square feet with the corresponding trip generation rates.

Commercial trips often coincide with other trips (i.e., Person A stops by the store on their way home from work, Person B stops by a restaurant after grocery shopping, etc.). Pass-by trips are a subset of trips traveling on a road that stops by a near-by commercial development. They are not new trips. The ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition notes all Retail and Services land uses are entitled to a "pass-by" trip reduction between forty to sixty percent (40-60%). This study assumes a fifty percent (50%) trip reduction for commercial.

To calculate the total number of new trips attributable to new development through Buildout, the growth projections, detailed in Chapter 3, are multiplied by the corresponding trip generation rates identified in Table 6-2.

Table 6-3 calculates the total number of existing trips attributable to existing development. The existing land uses and employees, detailed within Chapter 3, are multiplied by the corresponding trip generation rates identified in Table 6-3. Table 6-3 displays the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition trip generation rates for the land use types within this fee program. The existing trips are calculated to determine future developments responsibility as the total transportation cost is allocated between existing and future trips.

Table 6-3: Existing Trips
Land Use
Existing
Units / SF
Trips per
Unit /
1,000 Bldg. SF
Total Trips
(Rounded)
Residential Units per Unit
Single Family 13,801 10.00 138,010
Multi Family 7,447 5.64 42,001
Non-Residential 1,000 Building SF per 1,000 Building SF Commercial1
2,309 22.87 52,807
Office 190 12.62 2,398
Industrial 2,683 2.92 7,834
Total 243,050
Notes:
1 ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition notes all Retail and Serv ices land uses are entitled to a "pass-by " trip reduction betw een 40%-60%. This study assumes a 50% trip reduction for commercial/retail center (strip commercial).

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The cost per trip is calculated by taking the total cost of the improvements identified as attributable to future within the City and dividing it by the future trips to determine the cost per trip. This calculation is shown in Table 6-4.

Table 6-4: Traffic Mitigation Facilities Cost per Vehicle Trip Fee Summary
The Traffic Mitigation Fee for new development is calculated by multiplying the cost per trip identified in Table 6-4 by trip generation rate for each land use. The residential fee per unit is converted to a fee per square foot by dividing the fee per unit by the unit size estimated in Table 3-4. Table 6-5 shows the proposed new Traffic Mitigation Fees for new development.

Table 6-5: Traffic Mitigation Fee Summary
Reduced Traffic Fee
Residential developments near transit stations generate fewer trips than traditional land use configurations that rely on vehicles as the primary mode of transportation. According to various Cost per Trip
Traffic Mitigation Facilities $ 44,089,460.32
Less Fund Balance (1) $ (4,231,223.00)
Total Mitigation Cost $ 39,858,237.32
Trip Generation $ 67,712
Cost per Trip $ 588.64
Notes:
1 Fund Balance as of 06/30/2024 and prov ided by the City 's Finance Department.

Land Use Cost Per Trip Trip Generation (1) Fee
Average Unit
Size (SF) Fee
Residential (per Unit) (per SF)
Single Family $ 588.64 10.00 $ 5,886.40 2,200 2.68$
Multi Family $ 588.64 5.64 $ 3,319.93 1,600 2.07$
Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF)
Commercial (2) $ 588.64 22.87 $ 13,462.20
Office $ 588.64 12.62 $ 7,428.64
Industrial $ 588.64 2.92 $ 1,718.83
Notes:
1 Institute of Transportation Engineers common Trip Generation Rates (PM Trip Rate) sourced from the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition. 2 ITE Trip Generation Manual, 10th Edition notes all Retail and Serv ices land uses are entitled to a "pass-by " trip reduction betw een 40-60%. This study assumes a 50% trip reduction for commercial.

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transportation studies, measurable trip reductions result for projects that are near transit stations and where there are a diversity of land uses that promote connectivity and walkability. To account for the reduced trip rates generated by projects meeting the above characteristics, an additional trip adjustment factor is applied to new residential land uses meeting the following criteria:

4. The housing development is located within one-half mile of a transit station and there is direct access between the project and the transit station along a barrier-free walkable pathway not exceeding one-half mile in length.

5. Convenience retail uses, including a store that sells food, are located within one-half mile of the housing development.

6. The housing development provides either the minimum number of parking spaces required by the local ordinance, or for residential units, no more than one onsite parking space for zero to two bedroom units, and two onsite parking spaces for three or more bedroom units, whichever is less.

Commercial trips often coincide with other trips (i.e., Person A stops by the store on their way home from work, Person B stops by a restaurant after grocery shopping, etc.) This “pass-by” trip reduction amount is factored into the Commercial trip generation estimates (Table 6-2) as well as the fee for commercial land use in Table 6-5.

Revenue Projections
Table 6-6 summarizes the anticipated Traffic Mitigation Fee revenue collected at Buildout. The revenue will be used to fund the traffic mitigation facilities shown on Table 6-1.

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Table 6-6: Anticipated Traffic Mitigation Fee Collection at Buildout Nexus Requirement Summary
The proposed Traffic Mitigation Fee meets the Mitigation Fee Act Requirements, as described in this section.

Requirement 1: Identify the purpose of the fee.

The purpose of the Traffic Mitigation Fee is to fund new developments’ share of planned traffic mitigation facilities included in Table 6-1 to serve future development. In order to accommodate this need, new facilities must be built and/or existing facilities expanded.

Requirement 2: Identify the use of the fee.

The fee will be used to fund the planned traffic mitigation facilities identified in Table 6-1 and detailed in Appendix B, that are necessary to serve increased demand. The improvements were identified through the current City Adopted FY 2024-2028 Capital Improvement Program Budget, City identified projects, and additional City discussions, as the facilities that are required to mitigate the impact of new development in the City.

Requirement 3: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

The Traffic Mitigation Fee will be used to fund new developments’ share of the new traffic mitigation facilities and improvements that are necessary to serve the increase in transportation demand due to new development. The cost of the improvements is spread to each land use based on the number of trips generated by each land use. This correlation to trips ensures that each new development pays their fair share of the transportation costs.

Land Use
Proposed
Fee (1)
Anticipated
Growth
SF
Assumptions
Anticipated Fee
Collection at
Buildout (2)
Residential (per SF) (units)
Single Family 2.68$ 1,444 2,200 $ 8,513,824
Multi Family 2.07$ 4,466 1,600 $ 14,791,392
Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF) (1,000 SF) (1,000 SF)
Commercial 13,462.20$ 1,020.34 $ 13,736,021
Office 7,428.64$ 83.92 $ 623,411
Industrial 1,718.83$ 1,266.30 $ 2,176,554
Total $ 39,841,202
Notes:
1 The proposed fee does not include the administrativ e portion of the fee. 2 Total anticipated fee rev enue may differ slightly from cost attributable to fee program due to rounding.

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The cost per trip calculations is shown in Table 6-4. The fee calculation is shown in Table 6-5.

Requirement 4: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

Each new residential and non-residential development within the City will generate additional trips that incrementally adds to the need for new traffic infrastructure and facilities to serve the increased residents and businesses within the City and ensure that traffic facilities can accommodate the increased demand. These facilities were identified through City discussions based on future growth of the City. Each new residential and non-residential development pays an impact fee based on the additional trips that is expected to be generated by the new development. To accommodate these additional trips, new traffic mitigation improvements will be needed city-wide. Utilizing trips generated by each development ensures that each type of development pays their fair share of the required new traffic mitigation facilities. This calculation is shown in Table 6-4.

The transportation facilities that are necessary for the new development are summarized in the planned improvements presented in Table 6-1. Each land use pays their fair share of costs based on the number of trips generated by that land use as shown in Table 6-2. Existing development is netted out from the analysis based on existing trips (calculated on Table 6-3), to ensure that future land uses only pays their fair share of the traffic improvements, as calculated in Table 6-1. The cost per trip is then spread to each land use based on the Institute of Transportation Engineers common Trip Generation Rates (PM Trip Rate) sourced from the ITE Trip Generation Manual, 11th Edition rates. This calculation is shown in Table 6-4. Utilizing trips ensures that each development pays their fair share of the cost.

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Section 7 Drainage Fee
Background
The Drainage Fee is collected for the purpose of maintaining and servicing the existing drainage facilities in the City. The Drainage Fee is calculated using the Existing Inventory Methodology.

The existing inventory method uses a facility standard based on the ratio of existing facilities to the existing service population on a cost per unit or cost per square foot basis. Under this approach, new development funds the expansion of facilities at the same standard currently serving existing development. By definition, the existing inventory method ensures that no facility deficiencies are spread to future development. This method is often used when a long range plan for new facilities is not available. An inventory of existing drainage facilities was provided by the City using GIS inventory of drainage facilities the City currently operates and maintains.

Current Level of Service
The current level of service is based on the value of the Drainage Facilities as shown below in Table 7-1.

To determine the current level of service, the value of the existing drainage facilities the cost per impervious acre is calculated in Table 7-2 by totaling the costs associated with the existing drainage facilities, adding the existing fund balance, and dividing by the existing developable impervious acres.

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Table 7-1: Existing Drainage Facilities
Facility Quantity Unit Cost Per Unit Total Cost
Inlets
Catch Basin EA 331 $ 10,000 $ 3,310,000
Type A EA 51 $ 10,000 $ 510,000
Type B EA 817 $ 10,000 $ 8,170,000
Type C EA 42 $ 15,000 $ 630,000
Type J EA 16 $ 10,000 $ 160,000
Other EA 286 $ 10,000 $ 2,860,000
Subtotal Inlets $ 15,640,000
Cleanouts
Type A EA 700 $ 8,500 $ 5,950,000
Type B EA 119 $ 10,000 $ 1,190,000
Other EA 116 $ 8,500 $ 986,000
Subtotal Cleanouts $ 8,126,000
Headwalls
Straight (Type A) EA 236 $ 8,000 $ 1,888,000
Wing (Type U) EA 106 $ 8,500 $ 901,000
Type L EA 12 $ 8,000 $ 96,000
Other EA 130 $ 8,000 $ 1,040,000
Subtotal Headwalls $ 3,925,000
Pipelines
36" Diameter Storm Drain LF 32,262 $ 350 $ 11,291,700
39" Diameter Storm Drain LF 1,470 $ 400 $ 588,000
42" Diameter Storm Drain LF 27,720 $ 450 $ 12,474,000
45" Diameter Storm Drain LF 616 $ 475 $ 292,600
48" Diameter Storm Drain LF 17,364 $ 500 $ 8,682,000
54" Diameter Storm Drain LF 17,135 $ 700 $ 11,994,500
60" Diameter Storm Drain LF 6,944 $ 850 $ 5,902,400
66" Diameter Storm Drain LF 5,070 $ 900 $ 4,563,000
69" Diameter Storm Drain LF 487 $ 925 $ 450,475
72" Diameter Storm Drain LF 2,739 $ 950 $ 2,602,050
84" Diameter Storm Drain LF 1,150 $ 1,200 $ 1,380,000
96" Diameter Storm Drain LF 487 $ 1,500 $ 730,500
Subtotal Pipelines $ 60,951,225
Subtotal Facilities $ 88,642,225
Soft Costs
Construction Contingency (10% ) $ 8,864,223
Design and Environmental (15% ) $ 13,296,334
Construction Admin / Inspection (15% ) $ 13,296,334
Total Facilities $ 124,099,115
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Table 7-2: Drainage Facilities Cost per Impervious Acre Planned Level of Service
The City’s drainage facilities serve both residents and businesses. Demand for services and associated facilities, is based on the City’s impervious acres. The City plans to maintain the current level of service cost per impervious acre, as shown on Table 7-2, with appropriate participation from new development. Per AB602, when applicable, the nexus study shall identify the existing level of service for each public facility, identify the proposed new level of service, and include an explanation of why the new level of service is appropriate. This Nexus Study identifies the existing level of service per impervious acre and based on the Nexus Study analysis and discussions with City staff, it has been deemed appropriate to maintain the existing level of service. As described below, this ensures that no facility deficiencies are spread to future development.

Fee Methodology
The Drainage Fee uses the Existing Inventory Method methodology for calculating the fee. As stated in the “Impact Fee Nexus Study Template” prepared for the California Department of Housing and Community Development by Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, with the Existing Inventory Method “New development will fund the expansion of facilities at the same standard as currently used to service existing development.” The fees are calculated based on the value of current facilities divided by existing impervious area. Future development will fund facilities at this same standard, which assumes that future facilities will be needed at the same level as current drainage facilities.

Description Value
Existing Facilities (1)
Inlets $ 15,640,000
Cleanouts $ 8,126,000
Headwalls $ 3,925,000
Pipelines $ 60,951,225
Subtotal Costs $ 88,642,225
Soft Costs $ 35,456,890
Existing Fund Balance $ 1,524,379
Total Costs $ 125,623,494
Existing Impervious Acres (2)
6,044
Existing Cost per Impervious Acre $ 20,784.83
Notes:
1 2
of w ay acres.

Ex isting Facilities v alues deriv ed from City Engineer cost estimate of replacement v alue of ex isting facilities.

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Fee Summary
The Drainage Fee is distributed across the various land uses by multiplying by the impervious factor assumptions to calculate a fee per acre, which is then divided by residential unit density and non-residential floor area ratio assumptions to calculate the fee per unit. This fee per unit is then divided by the average unit assumption for Single Family and Multi-Family to reach a fee per square foot for residential land uses and a fee per 1,000 square feet for non-residential land uses (as shown in Table 7-3).

Table 7-3: Drainage Fee Summary
Capital Improvement Projects and Revenue Projections
Table 7-4 summarizes the anticipated future facilities needed for new development.

Land Use
Impervious
Factor (1)
Cost per
Impervious Acre Fee per Acre
Residential
Unit Density
/ FAR (2) Fee per Unit
Average Unit
Size (SF) / FAR
Conversion (3) Fee
Residential (per Unit) (per SF)
Single Family (4) 26% 20,784.83 $ $ 5,404.06 7.00 772.01 $ 2,200 $ 0.35 Multi Family (5) 73% 20,784.83 $ $ 15,172.93 22.00 689.68 $ 1,600 $ 0.43 Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF)
Commercial 85% 20,784.83 $ $ 17,667.11 0.24 10.45 $ 1,689.92 Office 90% 20,784.83 $ $ 18,706.35 0.68 29.62 $ 631.53
Industrial 95% 20,784.83 $ $ 19,745.59 0.35 15.25 $ 1,295.13 Notes:
1 2
3 Av erage unit size based on planned new dev elopment in the City of Santee. Floor Area Ratios used to conv ert EDU per Acre to per KSF: Commercial (0.24), Office (0.68), and Industrial (0.35). 4 5
Imperv ious Factor identified in the Master Drainage Study Update (2023) Table 3-3. The imperv ious factor represents an estimate of the percentage of surface area that w ill generate storm w ater run-off.

Residential Unit Density assumes the median of the land use zones included in the Single Family and Multi-Family groupings. Floor Area Ratio based off City prov ided Impact Fee Unit Assessments Spreadsheet.

Single Family includes HL, R1, R1-A, R2, and R7 land use data from the Master Drainage Study Update (2023). Imperv ious Factor takes the av erage and Residential Density takes the median of these land use zones.

Multi Family includes R14 and R22 land use data from the Master Drainage Study Update (2023). Imperv ious Factor takes the av erage and Residential Density takes the median of these land use zones.

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Table 7-4: Anticipated Future Drainage Projects
Table 7-5 summarizes the anticipated Drainage Fee revenue that will be utilized to fund the construction and/or expansion of drainage facilities that will serve new development.

Table 7-5: Drainage Fee Estimated Revenue at Buildout
Nexus Requirement Summary
The Drainage Fee component of this DIF Study meets the Mitigation Fee Act Requirements, as described in this section.

Project ID Project Name
Construction
Cost
Construction
Contingency
Subtotal
Construction
Design/
Permitting
Project
Total Cost
Project 1A Las Colinas Channel Culvert and Upsizing $ 2,340,000 710,000$ 3,050,000$ $ 1,220,000 $ 4,270,000 Project 1B Cottonwood Ave to Mission Gorge Storm Drain Upsize $ 430,000 130,000$ 560,000$ $ 230,000 $ 790,000 Project 1C Mission Gorge Culvert Project $ 840,000 260,000$ 1,100,000$ $ 440,000 $ 1,540,000 Project 2 Buena Vista Channel Upsizing $ 1,870,000 570,000$ 2,440,000$ $ 980,000 $ 3,420,000 Project 3.1A Cottonwood Ave - Las Brisas Dr to Mission Gorge Rd Storm Drain Upsize $ 340,000 110,000$ 450,000$ $ 180,000 $ 630,000 Project 3.1B Cottonwood Ave - Happy Ln and Mission Gorge Rd Storm Drain Improvements $ 140,000 50,000$ 190,000$ $ 80,000 $ 270,000 Project 3.2 Cottonwood Ave - El Toro Ln and Buena Vista Ave Storm Drain $ 220,000 70,000$ 290,000$ $ 120,000 $ 410,000 Project 3.3 Cottonwood Ave - Prospect Ave and Hwy 52 Storm Drain $ 280,000 90,000$ 370,000$ $ 150,000 $ 520,000 Project 4.1 South Mission Gorge Rd - Olive Ln and Forester Creek Storm Drain Upsize and Extension $ 1,380,000 420,000$ 1,800,000$ $ 720,000 $ 2,520,000 Project 4.2 North Mission Gorge Rd - Town Center Pkwy and Carlton Hills Storm Drain Extension $ 200,000 60,000$ 260,000$ $ 110,000 $ 370,000 Project 5.1 Shadow Hill Rd and Woodside Ave Drainage Improvements $ 1,440,000 440,000$ 1,880,000$ $ 760,000 $ 2,640,000 Project 5.2 Northcote Rd and Woodside Ave Drainage Improvements $ 2,420,000 730,000$ 3,150,000$ $ 1,260,000 $ 4,410,000 Project 6 Pepper Dr and Graves Ave Drainage Improvements $ 530,000 160,000$ 690,000$ $ 280,000 $ 970,000 Project 7 Prospect Ave to San Diego River Storm Drain $ 1,420,000 430,000$ 1,850,000$ $ 740,000 $ 2,590,000 Total Facilities 13,850,000 4,230,000 18,080,000 7,270,000 25,350,000 Source:

City of Santee Master Drainage Study Update, prepared by Rick Engineering Company (July 20, 2023).

Land Use
Proposed
Fee (1)
Anticipated
Growth
SF
Assumptions
Anticipated Fee
Collection at
Buildout (2)
Residential (per SF) (units)
Single Family 0.35$ 1,444 2,200 $ 1,111,880
Multi Family 0.43$ 4,466 1,600 $ 3,072,608
Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF) (1,000 SF)
Commercial 1,689.92$ 1020.34 $ 1,724,293
Office 631.53$ 83.92 $ 52,998
Industrial 1,295.13$ 1266.30 $ 1,640,023
Total $ 7,601,802
Notes:
1 The proposed fee does not include the administrativ e portion of the fee. 2 Total anticipated fee rev enue may differ slightly from cost attributable to fee program due to rounding.

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Requirement 1: Identify the purpose of the fee.

The purpose of the Drainage Fee is to fund the Drainage Facilities needs generated by new development in the City, such as new or expanded drainage facilities in the City. Each new resident and worker create additional impervious acres which creates a demand for additional drainage facilities. In order to accommodate these needs, new drainage facilities will be built and/or existing facilities will be expanded.

Requirement 2: Identify the use of the fee.

The Drainage Fee will be used to fund new drainage facilities in order to maintain the City’s existing level of service. The anticipated new facilities are show on Table 7-4 and the associated fee revenue at Buildout is shown on Table 7-5, which will be used to fund new or expanded drainage facilities.

Requirement 3: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

The fee will be used to fund new drainage facilities that are necessary to serve the increased impervious acres in the City. New development generates additional impervious acres which increases the demand for drainage facilities. The existing inventory method uses a facility standard based on the ratio of existing facilities to the existing service population on a cost per unit or cost per square foot basis. Under this approach, new development funds the construction of new facilities or the expansion of facilities at the same standard currently serving existing development.

By definition, the existing inventory method ensures that no facility deficiencies are spread to future development.

Table 7-1 identifies the existing drainage facilities and Table 7-2 calculates the existing cost per impervious acre. The cost per impervious acre is then allocated to each development type based on the impervious factor. The cost per acre is then multiplied by the residential density (dwelling units per acre) and the non-residential floor area ratio for a fee per unit for residential and per 1,000 square feet for non-residential. Finally, the estimated persons per household and employees per 1,000 square feet is applied to the fee. Table 7-3 calculates the cost per square foot for the residential units based on the estimated average unit size and cost per 1,000 square feet for nonresidential. Calculating the fees based on the anticipated impervious acres ensures a reasonable relationship between the fees use and the type of development planned to be built.

Requirement 4: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

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additional impervious acres created by the new development and the impervious factor for each land use. This ensures that the need for the facilities is directly related to a particular development’s impact.

As new development is constructed, new or expanded drainage facilities are needed to meet the City’s existing level of service for drainage facilities. The fee is based on the Existing Inventory Method.

The existing level of service is calculated by taking the total drainage facilities cost and dividing it by the existing impervious acres to derive the existing level of service cost per impervious acre as shown in Table 7-2. The fee for each land use is then calculated by multiplying the cost per impervious acre by the impervious factor assumptions to calculate a fee per acre, which is then divided by residential unit density and non-residential floor area ratio assumptions to calculate the fee per unit. This fee per unit is then divided by the average unit assumption for Single Family and Multi-Family to reach a fee per square foot for residential land uses and a fee per 1,000 square feet for non-residential land uses as shown in Table 7-3. Since the need for the facilities directly correlates to the addition of new residents and workers, determining the fee based on the projected equivalent residents for each land use ensures that new development pays for their fair share of the required future facilities.

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Section 8 Parks-in-Lieu Fee
Background
Parkland acquisition under the Quimby Act allows for developers to either dedicate land to satisfy their parkland requirement or pay an in-lieu fee. Parks-in-lieu fees are not charged on nonresidential land uses.

Residential development in the City will pay the Parks-in-Lieu Fee at building permit issuance.

The park cost was estimated based on the existing City adopted standard of five (5) acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Parkland acquisition under the Quimby Act requires developers to either dedicate land to satisfy their parkland requirement or pay an in-lieu fee. The in-lieu fee is dependent upon appraised land cost and thus, the amount should be agreed upon between the City and the developer when the land dedication is triggered. The City has an existing Quimby in-lieu fee (also known as a Park In-Lieu Fee). As noted in the General Plan, Park In-Lieu Fees stem from the Quimby Act. Quimby provides for the dedication of land for parks, or in certain instances (i.e. a subdivision is small), a fee in-lieu of dedicating land is provided. It is important to note that for the Park In-Lieu Fee, infill projects are exempt, and the fee applies primarily to parkland and land improvements in new neighborhoods.

Parkland
AB1191, also known as the Quimby Act, was established by the California State Legislature in 1965 and codified as California Government Code Section 66477. The Quimby Act outlines the requirements for imposing fees or land dedication for park purposes with a minimum of three (3) acres and a maximum of five (5) acres of green space per 1,000 residents. The Quimby Act allows the legislative body of a city or county, by ordinance, to require the dedication of land or impose a requirement of the payment of fees in-lieu thereof, or a combination of both, for park or recreational purposes as a condition to the approval of a tentative tract map or parcel map.

Currently, per the City’s municipal code 12.40.060, the applicant for any development must, as a condition of approval of the development, dedicate land, pay fees in lieu of land, or a combination of both, pursuant to that chapter for the purpose of providing park or recreation facilities to serve future residents of such development. As stated in municipal code 12.40.070, the City imposes the in-lieu fee a Parks Land Dedication based on five (5) acres per 1,000 residents or the payment of the in-lieu fee. The amount of a fee in lieu of land to be paid pursuant to this municipal code chapter is set by resolution of the City Council and is based on the City-wide average of land available for park purposes within the urbanized area of the City, plus the estimated cost for developing said land into usable parks. The fee is automatically adjusted for inflation on July 1 of each year. The inflation adjustment is two percent or based on the previous calendar year's increase in the San Diego Consumer Price Index (CPI-U: All Items) as published by the Bureau of Labor Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study 51 December 2024 City of Santee
Statistics, whichever is higher. The fees received under this chapter are deposited in the park in lieu fund and must be used for the purchase, development and/or rehabilitation of park and recreational facilities.

Service Population
The Parks-in-Lieu Fee is not applied to non-residential development because workers typically do not use parkland.

Current Level of Service
Per data provide by the City, the City has a total of 315.14 acres of developed parkland as shown in Table 8-1.Based on a population of approximately 58,086, there are 5.43 acres of existing parkland per 1,000 persons/residents as shown in Table 8-2. Thus, the current parkland is more than the standard of 5 acres per 1,000 people on a citywide level.

Table 8-1: Parkland Inventory List
Facility Address Acres
Parks
Big Rock Park 8125 Arlette St. 5.00
Deputy Ken Collier Park 9206 Via De Cristina 0.51
Mast Park 9125 Carlton Hills Blvd. 61.16
Mast Park West Trail 9200 Carlton Hiulls Blvd. 43.26
Shadow Hill Park 9161 Shadow Hill Rd. 5.69
Sky Ranch Park 5850 Cala Lily St. 1.36
Town Center Park - East 550 Park Center Dr. 55.00
Town Center Park - West 9545 Cuyamaca St. 10.20
Walker Preserve 9500 Magnolia Ave 105.08
West Hills Park 8790 Mast Blvd. 8.41
Woodglen Vista Park 10250 Woodglen Vista Dr. 15.00
Weston Park 9050 Trailmark Way 4.47
Total Facilities 315.14
Source:

Park data prov ided by the City of Santee.

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Table 8-2: Existing Level of Service per Resident
Planned Level of Service
AB1191, also known as the Quimby Act, was established by the California State Legislature in 1965 and codified as California Government Code Section 66477. The Quimby Act outlines the requirements for imposing fees or dedicating land for park purposes with a minimum of three (3) acres and a maximum of five (5) acres of green space per 1,000 residents. The Quimby Act authorized cities to require dedication of land or impose a requirement of the payment of fees inlieu thereof, or a combination of both, for park and recreational purposes as a condition of approval of a tentative map or parcel map. Per the City’s municipal code section 12.40.060, except as otherwise provided in that section, only the payment of fees is required for developments containing 50 or fewer parcels, except that when a condominium project, stock cooperative, or community apartment project, as those terms are defined in Sections 4105, 4125, and 4190 of the Civil Code, exceed 50 dwelling units, dedication of land may be required, even though the number of parcels may be less than 50. An applicant for a development containing 50 or fewer parcels may offer to dedicate land in lieu of paying fees, in which event the City Council may elect to accept the land or require the payment of fees, or a combination of both, and in making such election will consider the factors set forth in this section,

1. For developments containing more than 50 parcels, the City Council determines whether to require dedication of land, payment of a fee in lieu of land, or a combination of both, for developments containing more than 50 parcels. In making this determination, the City Council considers the following factors:

2. Conformity of lands offered for dedication with the recreation element of the General Plan;

3. The topography, soils, soil stability, drainage, access, location and general utility of land in the development available for dedication;

4. The size and shape of the development and land available for dedication; Description Acres
Existing Parkland (1)
Park Acreages 315.14
Existing Service Population (2)
58,086
Total Existing Level of Service per Resident 5.43
Notes:
1 2
Ex isting parkland data from the City of Santee.

Ex isting Serv ice population comprises of just residents and does not factor in non-residential.

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5. The amount, usability, and location of publicly owned property available for combination with dedicated lands in the formation of local park and recreation facilities;

6. The recreation facilities to be privately owned and maintained by future residents of the development.

Fee Credits
Credit for Private Parks:

As stated in the City’s municipal code section 12.40.100, where a development provides a private area for park and recreational purposes and such area is to be privately owned and maintained by the future owner(s) of the development, such area may be credited against up to 50% of the requirement of land dedication or fees payment, if the Director determines that it is in the public interest to do so, and that all of the following standards either have been or will be met prior to approval of the final subdivision map:

A. That yards, court areas, setbacks, and other open areas, required to be maintained by the zoning and building ordinances and other regulations, will not be included in the computation of such private areas;
B. That the private ownership and maintenance of the area will be adequately provided for by recorded written agreement, covenants or restrictions;
C. That the use of the private area is restricted for park and recreational purposes by an open space easement or other instrument approved by the City Attorney; D. That the proposed private area is reasonably adaptable for use for park or recreational purposes, taking into consideration such factors as size, shape, topography, geology, access, and location;
E. That the facilities proposed:

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1. Are in substantial accordance with the provisions of the recreation element of the General Plan, or adopted community or specific plans,

2. Are appropriate to the recreation needs of the future residents of the development, and

3. Will substitute for the park lands otherwise required to be dedicated in meeting the recreation needs of the residents.

Credit for Public Parks:

As stated in the City’s municipal code section 12.40.120, when an applicant has dedicated a park to the public to serve a subdivision for which a tentative map was filed, the City Council may, pursuant to Sections 12.40.060 and 12.40.070, allow the following credits for such park:

A. A credit against up to 100% of the requirement for land dedication; B. A credit against up to 100% of fee payment required by this chapter for building permits to construct dwellings on the subdivision lots served by the dedicated public park; or C. A credit against fees required for such building permits for the value of improvements to such park installed or constructed by the applicant; provided that such credit must not exceed the value of improvements normally authorized by the City for similar parks.

Fee Methodology
Table 8-3 shows the parkland cost per resident. Based on data from CoStar, completed in August 2023, the estimated cost per acre for parkland acquisition is approximately $1.0 million.

Table 8-3: Parkland Cost per Resident
Fee Summary
Currently, per the City’s municipal code 12.40.060, the applicant for any development must, as a condition of approval of the development, dedicate land, pay fees in lieu of land, or a combination of both, pursuant to this chapter for the purpose of providing park or recreation facilities to serve Park In-Lieu
Park Land Cost per Acre (1) $ 1,000,000
Required Acres/1,000 Residents 5.0
Land Acquisition Cost per Resident $ 5,000.00
Notes:
1 Land cost derived from median of CoStar Sale Comps Map & List Report (08/24/2023) provided by the City, rounded to $1,000,000.

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future residents of such development. As stated in municipal code 12.40.070, the City imposes the in-lieu fee based on five (5) acres per 1,000 residents or the payment of the in-lieu fee. The Parksin-Lieu Fee per unit is calculated by multiplying the cost per resident by the average number of residents per unit type (density). The fee per unit must then be converted to a fee per square foot (SF) by taking the total fee per unit and dividing by the estimated average unit size for each land use to arrive at the fee per square foot. These calculations are shown in Table 8-4.

Table 8-4: Parks-in-Lieu Fee Cost Summary
Note that applicants can either dedicate land, pay fees in lieu of land, or a combination of both.

Nexus Requirement Summary
The Parks-in-Lieu Fee meets the Mitigation Fee Act Requirements, as described in this section.

Requirement 1: Identify the purpose of the fee.

The purpose of the Parks-in-Lieu Fee is to fund the parkland needs generated by new development in the City. Each new resident creates a demand for parkland. The Quimby standard for the City is five (5) acres of parkland for each 1,000 residents. In order to accommodate these needs, new parkland will be dedicated, an in-lieu fee will be paid for parkland acquisition, or a combination of both. Table 8-3 calculates the parkland cost per resident based on the City’s Quimby standard for parks and the estimated land acquisition cost.

Requirement 2: Identify the use of the fee.

The Parks-in-Lieu Fee will be used to fund new parkland based on the Quimby standard. New parkland will be dedicated, an in-lieu fee will be paid for parkland acquisition, or a combination of both.

Requirement 3: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

The fee will be used to fund new neighborhood, mini and community parks that are necessary to serve the increased residents in the City. New residential development generates additional residents which increases the demand for parkland. The Parks-in-Lieu Fee is calculated using the Land Use Cost Per Resident Density Fee
Average Unit
Size (SF) Fee
Residential (per Unit) (per SF)
Single Family $ 2.93 14,650.00 5,000 $ 2,200 6.66$
Multi Family $ 2.37 11,850.00 5,000 $ 1,600 7.41$
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Quimby standard of five (5) acres of park per 1,000 residents. Residential development is responsible for paying its fair share to meet the Quimby requirements. Non-residential uses do not pay the fee since they do not generate additional residents and workers have minimal impact on the City’s park system.

Table 8-3 calculates the cost per resident. Table 8-4 then allocates the cost to each development type based on the estimated persons per household and calculates the cost per square foot for the residential units based on the estimated average unit size. By basing the fee on the size of the unit and the estimated number of new residents that is anticipated to be generated by the addition of that square footage, the fee is directly correlated to the increased need for new parks.

Requirement 4: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

Each new residential development is anticipated to generate new residents. The addition of new residents creates the need for new parkland to meet the City’s Quimby requirement of five (5) acres per 1,000 residents. The fee is directly correlated to the number of new residents expected to be generated by each type of development. Non-residential development does not pay for parks as non-residential developments do not generate a significant demand for parkland. Residential development pays its fair share based on the estimated persons the new unit is expected to generate.

As new residential units are constructed, new parks are necessary to meet the City’s Quimby requirement of five (5) acres of park per 1,000 residents. The Parks-in-Lieu Fee is calculated by taking the cost per acre of park acquisition times five (5) acres of parks per 1,000 future residents to determine the cost per resident, as shown in Table 8-3. The cost per resident is then allocated to each residential land use based on the persons per household each unit is expected to generate and divided by the average unit size in square feet to determine the fee per square foot as shown in Table 8-4. Since the need for parkland is based on the number of new residents, calculating the fee based on the number of persons each unit is expected to generate and converting to a fee per square feet, ensures that each new residential unit is paying only its fair share of the required facilities.

By determining the fee based on the estimated new residents that would be generated by new development, each new residential unit is paying only its fair share of the parkland required to meet the City’s Quimby requirement. In order to accommodate these needs, new parkland will be dedicated, an in-lieu fee will be paid for parkland acquisition, or a combination of both. Nonresidential land uses are not assessed a Parks-in-Lieu Fee as non-residential development will not generate an increase in parkland demand.

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Section 9 Fire Facilities Fee
Background
The Fire Facilities Fee is a new proposed DIF that will be used to help fund the construction of new fire stations and the procurement of apparatus to serve the City. The Fire Facilities Fee is calculated using the System Plan Method. The System Plan Method utilizes an integrated approach to allocate the cost of existing facilities and the costs of planned facilities to the total development in the study area. An inventory of existing fire facilities and equipment was provided by the City using facility information and valuation based upon Property Insurance valuation.

Service Population
Demand for fire facilities is based on the total new residents and employees generated at Buildout conditions.

Cost Summary
The Fire Facilities Fee will fund the construction of new fire stations and apparatus to serve the City. These facilities will be necessary to meet the demands of the growth of the City at Buildout.

The cost for the Fire Facilities Fee is based on the integrated cost of the current and future facilities.

As new development occurs, there are new residents and employees associated with the new development, which correlates to a need for additional fire improvements. The Nexus Study acknowledges that the existing development will also benefit from these fire improvements once they are constructed and therefore existing development has a fair share of these improvements.

New development also benefits from the existing fire facilities and therefore new development will fund the integrated system of facilities at the existing standard attributable to new development.

Table 9-1 shows the City’s current fire inventory of fire stations, vehicles and equipment that serve the City.

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Table 9-1: Fire Facilities Inventory List
Facility Description 1 SF Cost
Fire Stations (1)
Fire Station 4 8950 Cottonwood Ave. 15,185 $ -
Fire Station 5 9130 Carlton Oaks Drive 8,118 $ -
Subtotal Fire Stations $ -
Fire Apparatus
Engine 5 Type I $ 559,899.00
Engine 205 Type I $ 650,000.00
Engine 4 Type I $ 604,402.97
Engine 6128 Type I $ 345,000.00
Engine (New Order) Type I $ 1,020,779.97
Brush 4 Type III $ 371,036.91
Truck 4 Aerial $ 1,080,907.28
Reserve Engine Type I $ 650,000.00
Reserve Engine Type I $ 650,000.00
Medic 4 Ford Ambulance $ 254,865.01
Medic 5 Ford Ambulance $ 211,501.46
BLS 4 Ford Ambulance $ 153,700.00
Reserve Ambulance Ford Ambulance $ 170,050.71
Reserve Ambulance Ford Ambulance $ 160,068.34
Reserve Ambulance Ford Ambulance $ 172,661.16
Patrol 4 Type 6 $ 280,000.00
Subtotal Fire Apparatus $ 7,334,872.81
Support Vehicles
Carson Trailer REMS Trailer $ 19,200.00
Ford F-150 Squad $ 39,123.47
Ford F-150 Battalion 2 $ 79,058.89
Ford F-150 Battalion 2 $ 39,123.47
Ford F-250 Mechanic $ 51,280.00
Ford F-350 Tow Vehicle $ 69,000.00
Ford Explorer Fire Chief $ 36,143.85
Ford Explorer Fire Marshal $ 30,618.41
Ford Explorer 4204 $ 30,618.41
Ford Escape Hybrid Pool Car $ 27,746.00
Chevy Tahoe 4202 $ 113,000.00
Polaris $ 26,934.70
Subtotal Support Vehicles $ 561,847.20
Equipment (outfitting engines, trucks, ambulance, vehicles) Type 1 Engine Equipment Cost 5.00 $820,850.00
Type 3 Engine Equipment Cost 1.00 $133,014.00
Type 6 Engine Equipment Cost 1.00 $151,304.00
Truck 4 Equipment Cost 1.00 $313,016.00
Ambulance Equipment Cost 6.00 $897,396.00
Battalion 2 Equipment Cost 2.00 $109,336.00
Squad Equipment Cost 1.00 $124,128.00
Polaris Equipment Cost 1.00 $9,000.00
Fire Chief/Deputy Chief Vehicles Equipment Cost 3.00 $149,000.00 PPE Equipment Cost 112.00 $544,800.00
Tow Vehicle Equipment Cost 1.00 $32,520.00
Subtotal Equipment $ 3,284,364.00
Total Facilities (Rounded) $ 11,181,084
Notes:
1 Fire Facilities identified in the Santee Fire Department Community Risk Assessment Long-Range Master Plan (March 2023) Ex isting cost not included as facilities w ill be rebuilt and ex panded. Fleet maintenance facility is included in the future facilities as w ell. 2 Fire Station Cost is based on appraised insurance v alue (2017) prov ided by the City (09/05/23). 3 Fire equipment cost prov ided by the Santee Fire Department (3/18/2024).

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Table 9-2 shows the City’s planned fire stations, vehicles and equipment that serve the City.

Table 9-2: Fire Facilities Planned Facilities
Facility Description SF/Number Cost
Fire Stations/Facilities
Fire Station 4 Rebuild 18,000 $25,200,000.00
Fire Station 5 Replacement 10,000 $14,000,000.00
Fire Station 20 Construction(1) 13,000 $21,000,000.00
Fire Station 28 Construction(1) 10,000 $16,000,000.00
Fleet Maintenance Facility 4,141 $5,797,400.00
Subtotal Fire Stations/Facilities $81,997,400.00
Fire Apparatus
Engine 5 Type I $1,200,000.00
Engine 205 Type I $1,200,000.00
Engine 4 Type I $1,200,000.00
Engine 6128 Type I $0.00
Brush 4 Type III $690,000.00
Truck 4 Aerial $2,060,000.00
Patrol 4 Type 6 $300,000.00
Reserve Engine Type I $1,200,000.00
Reserve Engine Type I $1,200,000.00
Medic 4 Ford Ambulance $340,000.00
Medic 5 Ford Ambulance $340,000.00
Remount Ambulance Ford Ambulance $340,000.00
Remount Ambulance Ford Ambulance $340,000.00
Remount Ambulance Ford Ambulance $340,000.00
Remount Ambulance Ford Ambulance $340,000.00
Subtotal Fire Apparatus $11,090,000.00
Support Vehicles
Carson Trailer REMS Trailer $16,000.00
Ford F-350 Squad $100,000.00
Ford F-150 Battalion 2 $80,000.00
Ford F-150 Battalion 2 $80,000.00
Ford F-250 Mechanic $80,000.00
Ford Explorer Deputy Chief $57,000.00
Ford Explorer Fire Marshal $57,000.00
Chevy Tahoe 4202 $98,000.00
Ford Escape Hybrid Pool Car $19,000.00
Polaris REMS Unit $24,000.00
Subtotal Support Vehicles $611,000.00
Equipment (outfitting engines, trucks, ambulance, vehicles) Type 1 Engine Equipment Cost 5.00 $820,850.00
Type 3 Engine Equipment Cost 1.00 $133,014.00
Type 6 Engine Equipment Cost 1.00 $151,304.00
Truck 4 Equipment Cost 1.00 $313,016.00
Ambulance Equipment Cost 6.00 $897,396.00
Battalion 2 Equipment Cost 2.00 $109,336.00
Squad Equipment Cost 1.00 $124,128.00
Polaris Equipment Cost 1.00 $9,000.00
Fire Chief/Deputy Chief Vehicles Equipment Cost 2.00 $99,332.00 PPE Equipment Cost 112.00 $544,800.00
Subtotal Equipment $3,202,176.00
Total Facilities (Rounded) $96,900,576.00
Notes:
1 Based on the construction cost of $21,000,000 for Station 20 based upon the figures the City receiv ed from their designer.

Source: Santee Fire Department (3/18/2024).

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Fee Methodology
The Fire Facilities Fee uses the System Plan Method to calculate the fee. As stated in the “Impact Fee Nexus Study Template” prepared for the California Department of Housing and Community Development by Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, the System Plan Method utilizes an integrated approach to allocate the cost of existing facilities and the costs of planned facilities to the total development in the study area. This method is appropriate when calculating a systemwide fee in which new development will fund an integrated system of facilities at the future standard attributable to new development. By spreading the costs of an integrated system incorporating the existing facilities and planned facilities costs to the total development in the study area, this ensures that new development only pays their proportional share of the total system costs and is not responsible for rectifying any existing deficiencies.

The total fire facilities value is divided by the existing service population to establish the level of service per resident/worker as shown in Table 9-3.

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Table 9-3: Fire Facilities Level of Service per Capita
Fee Summary
The Fire Facility Fee per unit is calculated by multiplying the cost per capita by the average number of resident equivalents per unit type (density). The cost per capita for non-residential land uses is weighted using the factors shown in Table 3-4. For residential uses, the fee per unit must then be converted to a fee per square foot for each unit type by dividing by the average size of each unit.

Table 9-4 summarizes these calculations.

Description Value
Existing Facilities (1)
Fire Stations (2) $ -
Fire Apparatus $ 7,334,873
Support Vehicles $ 561,847
Equipment (outfitting engines, trucks, ambulance, vehicles) $ 3,284,364 Subtotal Facilities $ 11,181,084
Existing Fund Balance n/a
Total Existing Costs $ 11,181,084
New Facilities (3)
Fire Stations/Facilities $ 81,997,400
Fire Apparatus $ 11,090,000
Support Vehicles $ 611,000
Equipment (outfitting engines, trucks, ambulance, vehicles) $ 3,202,176 Subtotal Facilities $ 96,900,576
Total Future Costs $ 96,900,576
Total Fire Costs $ 108,081,660
Total Buildout Service Population 82,028
Total Cost per Resident $ 1,317.62
Total Cost Service per Worker $ 487.52
Notes:
1 2
3 Fire Facilities identified in the Santee Fire Department Community Risk Assessment Long-Range Master Plan (March 2023).

Santee Fire Department (3/18/2024).

Ex isting cost not included as facilities w ill be rebuilt and ex panded. Fleet maintenance facility is included in the future facilities as w ell.

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Table 9-4: Fire Facilities Fee Summary
Current Level of Service
Per AB602, when applicable, the nexus study shall identify the existing level of service for the fire facilities, identify the proposed new level of service, and include an explanation of why the new level of service is appropriate. As shown on Table 9-5, the proposed Fire Facilities Fee is less than the existing level of service.

The Fire Facility Fee includes the facilities that are needed to serve the City at buildout and calculates the percentage attributable to new development based on new developments’ proportional share of the new facilities. The percentage attributable to new development is then applied to the costs of the facilities. This methodology conservatively ensures that new development is only funding their proportionate share of the total facilities. As shown in the Nexus Study analysis, based on the cost per capita of the existing facilities, the level of service per capita for existing facilities is lower than the level of service planned for build out. This analysis is based on existing and planned facilities and new developments’ proportional fair share of these planned facilities; therefore, this Nexus Study makes the required nexus findings per AB 602.

Government Code section 66001(g) states, "A fee shall not include the costs attributable to existing deficiencies in public facilities, but may include the costs attributable to the increased demand for public facilities reasonably related to the development project in order to (1) refurbish existing facilities to maintain the existing level of service, or (2) achieve an adopted level of service that is consistent with the general plan." The CIP, shown in Appendix A, will adopt the new level of service. Furthermore, as shown in Table 9-3, the new level of service is the same for both existing residents and new development. The City is not requiring new development to build out at a higher level of service than what is being placed on existing residents at buildout. Rather, the planned level of service, reflected in the City’s Capital Improvement Plan for the Fire Facilities Fee, will provide the higher, adopted level of service for both existing residents and future development to be funded by both existing residents and future development. Moreover, the use of a new, increased Land Use
Cost Per Resident /
Worker Density Fee
Average Unit
Size (SF) Fee
Residential (per Unit) (per SF)
Single Family $ 1,317.62 2.93 3,860.63 $ 2,200 1.75$
Multi Family $ 1,317.62 2.37 3,122.76 $ 1,600 1.95$
Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF)
Commercial $ 487.52 1.82 887.29 $
Office $ 487.52 4.00 1,950.08 $
Industrial $ 487.52 0.40 195.01 $
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level of service is appropriate where, as here, the existing level of service is too low to meet the City’s desired standards and future facility needs.

As residents and employees occupying future development projects become existing residents, they will generate general fund revenues for the City through the payment of property and sales taxes. These general fund revenues can be used for general government purposes throughout the City, including the operation and maintenance of fire and other public facilities and the provision of ongoing government services to the existing population. While the City has the discretion to use general fund revenues to fund the existing population’s fair share costs of future general governmental facilities, these revenues may also be used for any other legal general government service. In contrast, the Fire Facilities fee revenues may only be used to pay for the costs of fire facilities related to new development.

Table 9-5: Fire Facilities Existing Level of Service
Capital Improvements and Revenue Projections
Table 9-7 summarizes the anticipated Fire Facilities Fees. The revenue will be applied to future fire stations and fire equipment to meet the needs of new development. According to discussions with the Fire Chief, the current fire stations are at full capacity and cannot accommodate any additional expansion to meet additional demand. At full Buildout, an additional two fire stations will be needed. The two additional fire stations will also require fire apparatuses, ambulances, and other equipment. Those costs are also shown on Table 9-2. Furthermore, the current stations will Description Value
Existing Facilities (1)
Fire Stations (1) $ 7,790,819
Fire Apparatus $ 7,334,873
Support Vehicles $ 561,847
Equipment (outfitting engines, trucks, ambulance, vehicles) $ 3,284,364 Subtotal Facilities $ 18,971,903
Soft Costs (2) $ 3,116,328
Total Costs $ 22,088,231
Existing Service Population 66,214
Total Existing Level of Service per Resident $ 333.59
Total Existing Level of Service per Worker $ 123.43
Notes:
1 Fire station cost included here to show total ex isting lev el of serv ice. 2 Fire Facilities identified in the Santee Fire Department Community Risk Assessment Long-Range Master Plan (March 2023).

Soft Costs include 10% - Construction Contingency , 15% - Design and Env ironmental, and 15% - Construction Admin/Inspection. These are applied only to the Fire Stations costs (CIP Structures).

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need to be rebuilt/replaced. Finally, the fleet maintenance facility will need to be rebuilt as well.

Table 9-6 shows the construction costs for these facilities are shown below:

Table 9-6: Costs of Future Fire Facilities
Table 9-7 shows the anticipated fee revenue at Buildout.

Table 9-7: Anticipated Fire Facilities Estimated Revenue at Buildout Nexus Requirement Summary
The Fire Facilities Fee component of this DIF Study meets the Mitigation Fee Act Requirements, as described in this section.

Requirement 1: Identify the purpose of the fee.

The purpose of the Fire Facilities Fee is to fund new development’s fair-share portion of new fire facilities, such as new fire stations, vehicles and fire equipment required for the additional fire Facility SF/Number Cost
Fire Stations/Facilities
Fire Station 4 Rebuild 18,000 $25,200,000.00
Fire Station 5 Replacement 10,000 $14,000,000.00
Fire Station 20 Construction 13,000 $21,000,000.00
Fire Station 28 Construction 10,000 $16,000,000.00
Fleet Maintenance Facility 4,141 $5,797,400.00
Subtotal Fire Stations/Facilities $81,997,400.00
Land Use
Proposed
Fee (1)
Anticipated
Growth
(units)
Average Unit
Size (SF)
Anticipated
Growth
Anticipated Fee
Collection at
Buildout (2)
Residential (per SF) (Total SF)
Single Family 1.75$ 1,444 2,200 3,176,800 5,559,400.00 $ Multi Family 1.95$ 4,466 1,600 7,145,600 13,933,920.00 $ Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF) (1,000 SF)
Commercial 887.29$ 1,020.34 $ 905,337.48
Office 1,950.08$ 83.92 $ 163,650.71
Industrial 195.01$ 1,266.30 $ 246,941.16
Total $ 20,809,249.36
Notes:
1 The proposed fee does not include the administrativ e portion of the fee. 2 Total anticipated fee rev enue may differ slightly from cost attributable to fee program due to rounding.

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personnel that are necessary to mitigate the impacts of new development. Each new resident and worker creates a demand for additional fire facilities. In order to accommodate these needs, new fire facilities will be built and/or existing facilities will be expanded per capita/worker.

Requirement 2: Identify the use of the fee.

The Fire Facilities Fee will be used to fund new development’s fair-share portion of the fire facilities, new fire stations, vehicles and fire equipment required to serve new development in order to maintain the City’s existing level of service. The anticipated fee revenue at Buildout is shown on Table 9-7. The capital improvement projects are identified in Appendix A.

Requirement 3: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

The fee will be used to fund new fire facilities that are necessary to serve the increased residents and workers in the City. New development generates additional residents and workers which increases the demand for fire facilities. The System Plan Method calculates the proposed fee utilizing the totality of the existing and proposed improvements and subsequently dividing by the service population, future development funds an integrated system of facilities at the future standard applicable to new development. As the System Plan Method spreads the totality of fire facilities improvements based on the total demand at the horizon year, existing deficiencies are by definition not being spread to future development.

Table 9-1 identifies the existing fire facilities, Table 9-2 shows the future fire facilities, and Table 9-3 calculates the existing cost per capita/worker. Workers are weighted less than residents to reflect lower per capita service demand. Non-residential buildings are typically occupied less than dwelling units, so it is reasonable to assume that average per-worker demand for services is less than average per-resident demand. The 0.37-weighting factor for workers is based upon a 45-hour work week (40 hours of work plus 1 hour lunch break) relative to a resident’s non-working time of 123 hours (168 hours per week less 45 work hours).

The cost per capita/worker is then allocated to each development type based on the estimated persons per household and employees per 1,000 square feet. Table 9-4 calculates the cost per square foot for the residential units based on the estimated average unit size and cost per 1,000 square feet for non-residential. Calculating the fees based on the new residents or employees generated ensures a reasonable relationship between the fees use and the type of development project.

Requirement 4: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

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of service. The Fire Facilities Fee is based on the number of applicable workers and/or residents each new development is expected to generate, thus ensuring that the need for the facilities is directly related to a particular development’s impact. New workers generate a smaller demand than a resident, thus one worker is considered, on average, as equivalent to 0.37 that of a resident.

The fee for each unit type is calculated in Table 9-4.

The Fire Facilities fee is based on the System Plan Method, which estimates the costs for an integrated system of existing and future facilities. The fire facilities that are necessary for the new development are summarized in the planned improvements presented in Table 9-2. The existing facilities are shown on Table 9-1. Table 9-3 calculates the total cost per capita based on the total planned and existing cost divided by the Buildout population. The fee for each land use is then calculated by multiplying the cost per capita/worker by the projected number of new resident equivalents that each land use will generate and converting to a fee per square foot for residential and a fee per 1,000 square foot for non-residential land uses as shown in Table 9-4. Since the need for the facilities directly correlates to the addition of new residents and workers, determining the fee based on the equivalent residents each land use is expected to generate ensures that each new development pays for their fair share of the required future facilities.

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Section 10 Long Range Planning Fee
Background
This section presents an analysis of the new proposed Long Range Planning Fee. The Long Range Planning Fee is a new proposed fee and will be collected for the purpose of contributing to fund updates to the City’s General Plan Elements and Sustainable Santee Plan. The General Plan is made up of multiple elements that are updated periodically to account for changes in the City over time. The State of California requires that among these elements be included: Land Use, Conservation, Noise, Environmental Justice, Circulation, Open Space, Safety, Air Quality, and Housing. The City of Santee combines the Safety and Environmental Justice elements and additionally includes a Recreation element.

The City most recently completed an update to the Housing Element in 2022. The next upcoming scheduled update is the Land Use Element, which will be completed in 2024.

Current Level of Service
Table 10-1 describes the planned components of the General Plan update and the Sustainable Santee Plan and their associated costs. Table 10-2 calculates new developments fair share of the cost based on the population allocation between existing and new service population.

Table 10-1: Long Range Planning Elements Cost
Long Range Planning Documents Last Updated
Scheduled
Next Update Cost
General Plan Elements (1)
Land Use (2) 2003 2024 $ 680,000
Housing (3) 2022 2028 $ 300,000
Mobility (3) 2017 2030 $ 400,000
Recreation (Parks & Recreation Master Plan) (4) 2017 2030 $ 75,000 Trails (ATP) 2003 2030 $ 300,000
Conservation (Subarea Plan) (5) 2003 2075 2,800,000 $
Noise (4) 2003 2030 $ 75,000
Safety & Environmental Justice (2) 2003 2024 $ 90,000
Community Enhancement (4) 2003 2030 $ 75,000
Total Elements $ 4,795,000
Sustainable Santee Plan 2019 TBD $ 130,000
Total $ 4,925,000
Notes:
1 General plan is made up of multiple elements that are updated periodically to account for changes in the City ov er time. 2 Cost is based on the City budgeted amount for planned update. 3 Cost based on actual costs of last update.
4 Cost based on actual costs of Parks and Recreation Master Plan Update. 5 Cost based on actual costs incurred in the Subarea Plan. The Conserv ation Element includes Open Space, w hich w as funded by Council and is required to be updated sooner than 2075.

Source:

City prov ided information.

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The future developments fair share of the General Plan updates allocated to new development based on the allocation of future population to Buildout population. The total cost for future development is then divided by the future service population to establish the total cost per resident/worker as shown in Table 10-2.

Table 10-2: Long Range Planning Cost per Resident/Worker Planned Level of Service
The City plans to allocate the fair share cost of the Long Range Planning documents to new development, as shown on Table 10-2. Per AB602, when applicable, the nexus study shall identify the existing level of service for each public facility, identify the proposed new level of service, and include an explanation of why the new level of service is appropriate. This Nexus Study identified the total cost for future General Plan updates and Sustainable Santee Plan and allocated the cost proportionally between existing and new development. The City will have to use other funding sources such as General Fund revenue or Grants to fund existing developments share of the cost.

Description Value
Future Facilities
Long Range Planning Updates $ 4,925,000
Population
Existing Service Population 66,214
Total Buildout Service Population 82,028
Net Future Population 15,814
Population Allocation
Existing Service Population 81%
Future Additional Population 19%
Total Population 100%
Cost Allocation
Existing Service Population $ 3,989,250
Future Additional Population $ 935,750
Total $ 4,925,000
Total Cost per Resident $ 59.17
Total Cost per Worker $ 21.89
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Fee Methodology
The Long Range Planning Fee is calculated using the Planned Facility Method. As stated in the “Impact Fee Nexus Study Template” prepared for the California Department of Housing and Community Development by Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley, the Planned Facility Method “Estimates the costs for future facilities needed to serve new development based on a long range expenditure plan for these future facility costs.” This method is appropriate when planned facilities are mostly for the benefit of new development.

The Long Range Planning Fee per unit is calculated by multiplying the cost per resident/worker by the average number of resident/worker equivalents per unit type (density). The cost per capita for non-residential land uses is weighted using the factors shown in Table 3-4. For residential uses, the fee per unit must be converted to a fee per square foot for each unit type by dividing by the average size of each unit. Table 10-3 summarizes these calculations.

Table 10-3: Long Range Planning Fee Summary
Capital Improvement Projects and Revenue Projections
Table 10-1 shows the planned future projects to be funded by this fee. Table 10-4 summarizes the anticipated Long Range Planning Fee revenues collected at Buildout. To ensure that the City can meet the needs of the growing community, the City may choose to introduce additional elements to the General Plan.

Using actual costs from previous General Plan updates and budgeted costs for future updates, additional elements may cost between $75,000 and $2,800,000 each. Revenues collected through development impact fees will not fully fund the currently planned updates. Table 10-4 shows the approximate Long Range Planning Fee revenues collected at Buildout.

Land Use
Cost Per Resident /
Worker Density Fee
Average Unit
Size (SF) Fee
Residential (per Unit) (per SF)
Single Family $ 2.93 173.37 59.17 $ 2,200 0.08$
Multi Family $ 2.37 140.23 59.17 $ 1,600 0.09$
Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF)
Commercial $ 1.82 39.84 21.89 $
Office $ 4.00 87.56 21.89 $
Industrial $ 0.40 8.76 21.89 $
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Table 10-4: Anticipated Long Range Planning Fee Estimated Revenue at Buildout Nexus Requirement Summary
The Long Range Planning Fee component of this DIF Study meets the Mitigation Fee Act Requirements, as described in this section.

Requirement 1: Identify the purpose of the fee.

The purpose of the Long Range Planning Fee is to fund new development’s fair-share portion of updates to the General Plan elements that are necessary to mitigate the impacts of new development. New residents and workers change the landscape of the City and necessitate updates to the General Plan and Sustainable Santee Plan.

Requirement 2: Identify the use of the fee.

The Long Range Planning Fee will be used to fund new development’s fair-share portion of the General Plan and Sustainable Santee Plan based on the allocation of costs to existing and new development based on the service population. The anticipated fee revenue at Buildout is shown on using actual costs from previous updates and budgeted costs for future updates, additional elements may cost between $75,000 and $2,800,000 each. Revenues collected through development impact fees will not fully fund the currently planned updates. Table 10-4 shows the approximate Long Range Planning Fee revenues collected at Buildout.

Requirement 3: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

The fee will be used to fund new General Plan and Sustainable Santee Plan updates that are necessary to serve the increased residents and workers in the City. New development generates Land Use
Proposed
Fee (1)
Anticipated
Growth
(units)
Anticipated
Growth
Anticipated Fee
Collection at
Buildout (2)
Residential (per SF) (Total SF)
Single Family 0.08$ 1,444 3,176,800 254,144.00 $
Multi Family 0.09$ 4,466 7,145,600 643,104.00 $
Non-Residential (per 1,000 SF) (1,000 SF)
Commercial 39.84$ 1,020.34 $ 40,650.35
Office 87.56$ 83.92 $ 7,348.04
Industrial 8.76$ 1,266.30 $ 11,092.79
Total $ 956,339.17
Notes:
1 The proposed fee includes the administrativ e portion of the fee. 2 Total anticipated fee rev enue may differ slightly from cost attributable to fee program due to rounding.

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additional residents and workers which changes the planning landscape of the City. The Planned Facility Method estimates the costs for future facilities needed to serve new development based on a long range expenditure plan for these future facility costs.” Table 10-1 identifies the future general plan costs and Table 10-2 new developments fair share of the cost and the cost per resident/worker. Workers are weighted less than residents to reflect lower per capita service demand. Non-residential buildings are typically occupied less intensively than dwelling units, so it is reasonable to assume that average per-worker demand for services is less than average perresident demand. The 0.37-weighting factor for workers is based upon a 45-hour work week (40 hours of work plus 1 hour lunch break) relative to a resident’s non-working time of 123 hours (168 hours per week less 45 work hours).

The cost per capita/worker is then allocated to each development type based on the estimated persons per household and employees per 1,000 square feet. Table 10-3 calculates the cost per square foot for the residential units based on the estimated average unit size and cost per 1,000 square feet for non-residential. Calculating the fees based on the new residents or employees generated ensures a reasonable relationship between the fees use and the type of development project.

Requirement 4: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

Each new development is anticipated to generate new residents and workers. The addition of new residents and workers creates the need for updates to the Long Range Planning documents. The Long Range Planning Fee is based on the number of applicable workers and/or residents each new development is expected to generate, thus ensuring that the need for the updates is directly related to a particular development’s impact. New workers generate a smaller demand than a resident, thus one worker is considered, on average, as equivalent to 0.37 that of a resident. The fee for each unit type is calculated in Table 10-3.

As new development is constructed, new updates to the General Plan elements are needed for these planning documents. The fee is based on the Planned Facility Method and the total cost of the future updates is allocated between the existing service population and the new service population.

Therefore, new development pays their fair share of the of the costs for of the General Plan and other Long Range Planning documents.

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Section 11 Program Administration Fee
Background
The City, with assistance from consultants, oversees the implementation and administration of the existing and future Fee Program, consistent with the requirements of the Mitigation Fee Act.

AB602, which came into effect on January 1, 2022, adds additional nexus study requirements.

Furthermore, AB1483, which became effective January 1, 2020, requires that public agencies make certain information available on their website, increasing the administrative responsibilities of the City.

A two percent (2%) Administrative Fee is added to fund the costs of the City’s management and ongoing fee program administration, collection, and reporting, based on an analysis of the cost administrative cost necessary to support the DIF Program. This includes costs associated with City staff and consultant time, studies, and administration to support the program. Furthermore, AB602, adds additional administration and reporting cities are responsible for meeting. Industry standard ranges from three to six percent (3-6%) of the fee for the administrative component of a development fee program. The administrative functions include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Annual fee adjustments
• Annual fee reporting
• Additional fee reporting every five years
• Posting of nexus studies and fee schedules on the City’s website • Nexus study updates every eight years (an AB602 requirement) • Master Plans necessary to support the Nexus study updates • Staff and consultant time related to fee preparation, collection, tracking, and administration
• Staff and consultant time needed to track credits and reimbursements for improvements constructed in the fee program
In addition to the aforementioned administrative activities, the City is responsible for both (i) using fee revenues to plan for and construct required capital facilities and (ii) pursue other funding sources, as required, to bridge financial gaps between what is collected and the actual cost to construct needed facilities. A flat fee will impair the City’s ability to abide by AB602’s rigorous requirements.

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costs to administer will vary each year. In addition to annual program reporting activities and additional fee reporting requirements every five years, AB602 requires the Nexus Study must be updated at least every eight years.

Table 11-1 shows the proposed Program Administration Fee as two percent (2%) of the total Impact Fees charged on each project.

Table 11-1: Program Administration Fee
It is anticipated that administrative costs will continue to increase due to the additional requirements of the state legislation. It is also anticipated that revenue and expenditures will vary year to year due to the cyclical nature of five-year reporting requirements, nexus study updates, and the housing market.

The table below estimates the City’s administrative cost for the fee program and the fee revenue generated. The City’s average annual cost for staff time is based on the City’s current cost related to development impact fee administration. This includes the cost of the Nexus Study, which the City would incur every eight years. Therefore, the annual cost is divided by eight. Given the increase of state legislation, reporting requirements, potential questions, and agreements, the table below estimates additional staff time moving forward. Given the cyclical nature of nexus updates, reporting requirements, and master plans, the cost are shown for those over eight years, based on the escalated cost of the current nexus study, staff time, and other estimated cost. The fee revenue is shown assuming a 2050 Buildout. While the fee revenue is higher, it is assumed that the costs shown are very conservative and a surplus would be needed for additional studies or additional future requirements.

Land Use Public Facilities Traffic Signal Traffic Mitigation Drainage Park in-Lieu Fire Facilities Long Range
Planning Administration (1)
Residential
Single Family $ 5.21 $ 0.37 $ 2.68 $ 0.35 $ 6.66 $ 1.75 $ 0.08 $ 0.34 Multi-Family $ 5.79 $ 0.29 $ 2.07 $ 0.43 $ 7.41 $ 1.95 $ 0.09 $ 0.36 Non-Residential
Commercial Exempt $ 1,884.95 $ 13,462.20 $ 1,689.92 Exempt 887.29 $ $ 39.84 $ 359.28 Office Exempt $ 1,040.14 $ 7,428.64 $ 631.53 Exempt 1,950.08 $ $ 87.56 $ 222.76 Industrial Exempt $ 240.67 $ 1,718.83 $ 1,295.13 Exempt 195.01 $ $ 8.76 $ 69.17 Notes:
1 An administrative fee (2% of each fee) is collected for (1) legal, accounting, and other administrative support and (2) development impact fee program administration costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analysis. (Fee per Square Foot)
(Fee per 1,000 Building Square Foot)
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Nexus Requirement Summary
AB 1600 requires that public agencies satisfy five requirements when establishing, increasing, or imposing a fee as a condition of approval of a development project. The required findings are as follows.

Requirement 1: Identify the purpose of the fee.

The purpose of the Program Administration Fee is to provide the funding necessary to administer and update the Fee Program. This includes consultant and City staff time related to services such as providing fee quotes, updating the fee program, tracking revenue and expenditures, updating the City’s website, and preparing annual and five-year reports.

Annual
Escalation
Staff
Time1
Nexus
Study2
Master
Plan3
AB1600
Reporting4Total
3% 12,346 $ 7,624$ $ 37,500 9,074$ $ 66,544
$ 12,716 7,852$ $ 38,625 9,346$ $ 68,540
$ 13,098 8,088$ $ 39,784 9,626$ $ 70,596
$ 13,491 8,331$ $ 40,977 9,915$ $ 72,714
$ 13,491 8,331$ $ 40,977 9,915$ $ 72,714
$ 13,896 8,581$ $ 42,207 15,213$ $ 79,895
$ 14,312 8,838$ $ 43,473 10,669$ $ 77,292
$ 14,742 9,103$ $ 44,777 10,989$ $ 79,611
$ 15,184 9,376$ $ 46,120 11,319$ $ 81,999
$ 151,400 93,500$ $ 459,900 116,700$ $ 821,500
$ 18,900 11,700$ $ 57,500 14,600$ $ 102,700
Average Annual Revenue (assuming 2050 Buildout)5
$ 158,669
1 Includes average annual staff time based on actual cost incurred by staff over the past two years. Cost related to the Nexus Study was divided by 8 years. Additional staff time related to posting of information per AB 1483, additional staff time to administer this fee program, fee credits/reimbursements, additional legislative requirements and legal review, and other administrative duties related to the fee program. Cost related to the staff time for the master plans is included. 2 Projected annual cost based on 8 years for the next Nexus Study update. Based on the current cost for the Nexus Study. 3 Assumes two Master Plans to support the Nexus Study every 8 years. Assumes $150,000 for each in FY 23-24 cost. 4 Assumed additional costs starting in FY 24-25 for AB516 requirements and additional cost in FY 29-30 for the five-year reporting requirements.
5 Estimated annual revenue is slightly higher, but the estimated revenue is cyclical in nature and the City is responsible for both (i) using fee revenues to plan for and construct required capital facilities and (ii) pursuing other funding sources, as required, to bridge financial gaps between what is collected and the actual cost to construct needed facilities. The cost shown in this table is conservative for the administrative cost burden for the City.

Fiscal Year
FY 26-27
FY 25-26
Current
FY 27-28
FY 28-29
FY 29-30
Total (rounded)
Annual Average (rounded)
FY 30-31
FY 31-32
FY 32-33
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Requirement 2: Identify the use of the fee.

The Program Administration Fee will be used to fund the management and administration of the Fee Program. This includes consultant and City staff time related to services such as posting of nexus studies and fee schedules on the City’s website, annual fee adjustments, annual fee reporting, additional fee reporting every five years, application and tracking of fee credits/reimbursements, periodic nexus study updates, staff and consultant time related to fee preparation, collection, tracking and administration.

Requirement 3: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the fee’s use and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

New residents and workers that result from new development increases the demand for new infrastructure and facilities. These new infrastructure and facility projects will be funded through the Fee program, which requires City and consultant staff time to manage and administer. The Program Administration Fee is a two percent (2%) mark-up of the DIFs.

Requirement 4: Determine how there is a reasonable relationship between the need for the public facility and the type of development project on which the fee is imposed.

Each new development adds residents or workers to the City and in order to maintain the City’s desired level of service, public facilities, traffic facilities (including traffic signals), drainage, fire facilities must be built and parkland acquired, and general plan documents completed. These facilities are funded through the DIFs. To ensure these fees for new development are administered according to state law, regular updates, tracking and reporting, staff time is required. In addition, City staff must provide fee quotes for new development. To collect the funding for these resulting activities, the Program Administration Fee is based on a two percent (2%) mark-up of the Fee Program as summarized in Table 11-1. Using a percentage of the DIFs, ensures that each new development is charged their fair share. A two percent (2%) fee is below the industry standard range of three to six percent (3-6%).

The Program Administration Fee provides the funding to administer the DIFs. Having an adopted a policy of collecting a two percent (2%) mark-up to administer fee programs is slightly below the industry standard and effective. Since this fee is calculated as a mark-up of the other DIFs as summarized in Table 11-1, each land use pays for their fair share of the management costs based on their impact to the City’s infrastructure.

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Section 12 Implementation and Administration
Implementation
According to the California Government Code, prior to levying a new fee or increasing an existing fee, an agency must hold at least one open and public meeting with at least 30 days’ notice. In addition, notice of the time and place of the meeting, including a general explanation of the matter to be considered, and a statement that the data required by this section is available, shall be mailed at least 14 days prior to the meeting to any interested party who files a written request with the local agency for mailed notice of the meeting on new or increased fees or service charges. Any written request for mailed notices shall be valid for one year from the date on which it is filed unless a renewal request is filed. At least ten days prior to this meeting, the agency must make data on infrastructure costs and funding sources available to the public. Notice of the time and place of the meeting and a general explanation of the matter are to be published in accordance with Section 6062a of the Government Code, which states that publication of notice shall occur for ten days in a newspaper regularly published once a week or more. The new or increased fees shall be effective no earlier than 60 days following the final action on the adoption or increase of the fees.

Fee Program Administrative Requirements
The Government Code requires the City to report every year and every fifth year certain financial information regarding the fees. The City must make available within 180 days after the last day of each fiscal year the following information from the prior fiscal year:

1. A brief description of the type of fee in the account or fund.

2. The amount of the fee.

3. The beginning and ending balance in the account or fund.

4. The amount of the fee collected and the interest earned.

5. An identification of each public improvement for which fees were expended and the amount of expenditures.

6. An identification of an approximate date by which time construction on the improvement will commence if it is determined that sufficient funds exist to complete the project.

7. A description of each interfund transfer or loan made from the account and when it will be repaid.

8. Identification of any refunds made once it is determined that sufficient monies have been collected to fund all fee related projects.

Beginning in 2024, the code has been expanded to include and expand on some of the requirements. The following requirement was added:

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An identification of each improvement identified pursuant to requirement #6 listed on a previous report and whether construction began on the approximate date noted within that report. If construction did not commence by the approximate date provided in the previous report, identify the reason for the delay and a revised approximate commencement date.

In addition, requirement 8 was expanded to now require the following information:

Identification of any refunds made and the number of persons or entities identified to receive those refunds once it is determined that sufficient monies have been collected to fund all fee related projects.

The City must make this information available for public review and must also present it at the next regularly scheduled public meeting not less than 15 days after this information is made available to the public.

For the fifth fiscal year following the first deposit into the account or fund, and every five years thereafter, the City must make the following findings with respect to any remaining funds in the fee account, regardless of whether those funds are committed or uncommitted:

1. Identify the purpose to which the fee is to be put.

2. Demonstrate a reasonable relationship between the fee and the purpose for which it is charged.

3. Identify all sources and amounts of funding anticipated to complete financing any incomplete improvements.

4. Designate the approximate dates on which funding in item (3) above is expected to be deposited into the fee account.

Based on new legislation, a local agency shall inform a person paying a fee subject of both of the following:
• The person’s right to request an audit pursuant to Section 66023. • The person’s right, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), to file a written request for mailed notice of the local agency’s meeting to review the information made public pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b).

A local agency shall provide a person paying a fee subject to this section a link to the page on the local agency’s internet website where the information made public pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) is available for review.

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Fee Adjustment Procedures
The DIFs may be adjusted periodically to reflect revised facility requirements, receipt of funding from alternative sources (i.e., state or federal grants), revised facilities or costs, changes in demographics, changes in the average unit square footage, or changes in the land use plan. In accordance with Santee Municipal Code section 12.30.050, Santee Development Impact Fees are automatically adjusted for inflation on July 1 of each year. The inflation adjustment is two percent or based on the previous calendar years increase in the San Diego Consumer Price Index (CPI-U:

All Items) as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whichever is higher. The Municipal Code will need to be updated to adjusting annually on July 1st based on the Construction Cost Index (CCI) for the 20-City Average as reported by Engineering News Record (ENR) for a twelvemonth period or a similar published index if the CCI Index is no longer available.

Timing of Fee Payment
Fees will be collected at the time the building permit for the project is issued. All residential projects will pay a fee based on the livable square footage of the residential unit(s). For highdensity residential projects, the fee will be due at the time of the building permit for each building.

For high-density residential projects, the non-residential communal portion (i.e., clubhouse, maintenance facility, gym, etc.) will not be assessed impact fees as the impact is assumed to be captured in the residential fees. Area that are accessible by the public (i.e., leasing office) will be charged impact fees according to use.

Credits and Reimbursement Policies
The City may provide fee credits or reimbursements to developers who dedicate land or construct eligible facilities. Fee credits or reimbursements may be provided up to the cost of the improvement, as shown in this study, subject to periodic inflation adjustments, or the actual cost paid by the developer, whichever is lower. For construction cost overruns, only that amount shown in the study, subject to periodic inflation adjustments, would be credited or reimbursed. The City will evaluate the appropriate fee credit or reimbursement based on the value of the dedication or improvement. Credits or reimbursements may be repaid based on the priority of the capital improvements, as determined by the City. The City will determine fee credits and reimbursements on a case-by-case basis and possibly through the use of a development agreement.

Administrative Fee
A Program Administrative Fee of two (2) percent of the total DIF Program cost is included as its own fee and may be used for costs for legal, accounting, and other administrative support and development impact fee program administration costs including revenue collection, revenue and cost accounting, mandated public reporting, and fee justification analysis. Additionally, the administrative fee may be used to fund the impact fee nexus study updates that must be updated at Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study 79 December 2024 City of Santee
a minimum every eight (8) years pursuant to AB602. Please refer to Section 11 for a breakdown of the administration fee and additional information.

Programming Revenues with the CIP
The City should maintain its CIP to adequately plan for future infrastructure needs. The CIP should commit all projected fee revenues and fund balances to specific projects that are necessary to serve growth as described in this report. The use of the CIP provides documentation necessary for the City to hold funds in a project account for longer than five years if necessary to collect sufficient funds to complete a project. In addition, the CIP is required per AB602. This report outlines the projects that are to be funded with the fee program and forms the basis of the CIP, as shown in Appendix A.

Fee Reporting
Assembly Bill No. 1483, which became effective January 1, 2020, requires that public agencies make the following information available on their website. The following information must be provided:

1. A current schedule of fees, exactions, and affordability requirements imposed by the city, county, or special district, including any dependent special districts, of the city or county applicable to a proposed housing development project, which shall be presented in a manner that clearly identifies the fees, exactions, and affordability requirements that apply to each parcel.

2. All zoning ordinances and development standards, which shall specify the zoning, design, and development standards that apply to each parcel.

3. The list of information required to be compiled pursuant to Section 65940.

4. The current and five previous annual fee reports or the current and five previous annual financial reports, which were required pursuant to subdivision.

5. An archive of impact fee nexus studies, cost of service studies, or equivalent, conducted by the city, county, or special district on or after January 1, 2018.

Any updates to the above information must be available within 30 days.

Accessory Dwelling Units
An Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) is a second unit that is attached or detached from a singlefamily home. In accordance with Assembly Bill No. 881 approved on October 9, 2019, fees will not be charged for an ADU that is less than 750 square feet. For an ADU that is 750 square feet or larger, the ADU will be charged proportionately in relation to the square footage of the primary dwelling unit. Since the residential fees are now being charged on a square footage basis, ADU fees will be calculated by multiplying the Single-Family Residential fee by the ADU’s square footage.

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Specialized Development Projects
The fees in this Report may not apply to specialized development projects such as golf courses, cemeteries, sports stadium, or other specialized land uses. For specialized development projects the City will review the development’s impacts to determine the applicable fees. The fee rates presented in this Report may be reduced, exempted, or waived under certain circumstances as determined by the City. Any exemption or reduction in fees will be based on the City’s independent analysis and review of the subject property. In addition, for reuse, density increasing, or rezone projects, the developer shall only be responsible for paying fees for the intensification of the development. In cases of disaster, impact fees will not be charged on the rebuilding of the structures that were affected by the disaster to the extent that the overall size and use of the new structure is similar to the structure destroyed by the disaster. The City will review the development’s increased impacts to determine the applicable fees.

Some developments may include more than one land use type. In these cases, the fee is calculated separately for each land use. The City has the discretion to impose the fees based on the specific aspects of a proposed development regardless of zoning. The fee imposed should be based on the land use type that most closely represents the impacts of the development.

Rebuild or Expansion Projects
For reuse, expansions, density increasing, or rezone projects, the developer shall only be responsible for paying fees for the intensification or expansion. For example, if a homeowner wishes to build an addition to their home that is 100 square feet, the homeowner would be responsible for paying fees for the 100 square foot addition. The City will review the new development’s impacts to determine the applicable fees on a case-by-case basis.

In cases of rebuilding a structure after a demolition, impact fees will not be assessed on the rebuild to the extent that the overall size and use of the new structure is similar to the structure prior to demolition. Similarly, in cases of disaster, impact fees will not be charged on the rebuilding of the structures that were affected by the disaster to the extent that the overall size and use of the new structure is the same as the structure destroyed by the disaster. Impact fees for the new structure will be calculated based on the new rebuilt structure and the fees paid for the previous structure, and the difference between these fees will be assessed. No refunds will be made for rebuilds that have a lower impact fee than the previous structure.

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Appendix A: Capital Improvement Plan
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Table A-1: Capital Improvement Plan (Page 1 of 2)

Projects Total Project Cost Other Funding Expected DIF Project Cost Public Facilities
Santee Community Center $ 21,000,000 $ 16,800,000 $ 4,200,000 Future Park Recreation Facilities (assumes 74.08 acres) (1) $ 53,708,000 $ - $ 53,708,000 Subtotal Public Facilities $ 74,708,000 $ 16,800,000 $ 57,908,000 Traffic Signal
6 Phase Signal (Magnolia Ave & Princess Joann Rd) $ 415,000 $ - $ 415,000 6 Phase Signal (Cottonwood Ave & Riverview Pkwy) $ 415,000 $ - $ 415,000 8 Phase Signal (Woodside Ave & Mission Del Magnolia/Riderwood Terrance) $ 450,000 $ - $ 450,000 6 Phase Signal (Mission Gorge Rd & Marrokal Ln) $ 415,000 $ - $ 415,000 Pedestrian Signal - Hawk (Mission Gorge Rd & Forester Creek) $ 220,000 $ - $ 220,000 Pedestrian Signal - Hawk (Cuyamaca St & South River Trail) $ 220,000 $ - $ 220,000 Pedestrian Signal - Hawk (Prospect Ave & Forester Creek) $ 220,000 $ - $ 220,000 Update/replace traffic signal cabinet and controllers $ 196,000 $ - $ 196,000 Pedestrian Ramp Upgrades $ 107,800 $ - $ 107,800
Audible Pedestrian Signal Button Installation $ 392,000 $ - $ 392,000 Smart Signals and Controller/Detection Upgrades $ 1,680,000 $ - $ 1,680,000 Signal Modification (Carlton Oaks Dr & Wethersfield Rd) $ 439,000 $ - $ 439,000 Signal Modification (Mast Blvd & Calton Hills Blvd) $ 203,900 $ - $ 203,900 Install new fiberoptic communication $ 216,000 $ 160,000 $ 56,000 Install new fiberoptic communication $ 1,134,000 $ 630,000 $ 504,000 Subtotal Traffic Signal $ 6,723,700 $ 790,000 $ 5,933,700 Traffic Mitigation
Cottonwood Avenue River Crossing $ 20,786,000 $ - $ 20,786,000 Cottonwood Avenue Widening and Sidewalk Improvements $ 12,130,000 $ 9,486,992 $ 2,643,008 Graves Avenue Street Improvements $ 7,544,000 $ 5,900,236 $ 1,643,764 Magnolia Avenue Widening $ 4,786,000 $ 3,743,177 $ 1,042,823 Median Modification - Mission Gorge Road at Marketplace $ 560,000 $ 437,981 $ 122,019 Olive Lane Improvements $ 2,850,000 $ 2,229,013 $ 620,987 Prospect Avenue Improvements - West $ 21,267,000 $ 16,633,129 $ 4,633,871 Subtotal Traffic Mitigation $ 69,923,000 $ 38,430,528 $ 31,492,472 Comprehensive Development Impact Fee Nexus Study 83 December 2024 City of Santee
Table A-1: Capital Improvement Plan (Page 1 of 2)
Projects Total Project Cost Other Funding Expected DIF Project Cost Drainage
Project 1A $ 4,270,000 $ - $ 4,270,000
Project 1B $ 790,000 $ - $ 790,000
Project 1C $ 1,540,000 $ - $ 1,540,000
Project 2 $ 3,420,000 $ - $ 3,420,000
Project 3.1A $ 630,000 $ - $ 630,000
Project 3.1B $ 270,000 $ - $ 270,000
Project 3.2 $ 410,000 $ - $ 410,000
Project 3.3 $ 520,000 $ - $ 520,000
Project 4.1 $ 2,520,000 $ - $ 2,520,000
Project 4.2 $ 370,000 $ - $ 370,000
Project 5.1 $ 2,640,000 $ - $ 2,640,000
Project 5.2 $ 4,410,000 $ - $ 4,410,000
Project 6 $ 970,000 $ - $ 970,000
Project 7 $ 2,590,000 $ - $ 2,590,000
Subtotal Drainage $ 25,350,000 $ - $ 25,350,000
Park In-Lieu
Future Park Land (assumes 74.08 acres) (1) $ 74,080,000 $ - $ 74,080,000 Subtotal Park In-Lieu $ 74,080,000 $ - $ 74,080,000
Fire Facilities (2)
Fire Station 4 Rebuild $ 25,200,000 $ - $ 25,200,000
Fire Station 5 Replacement $ 14,000,000 $ - $ 14,000,000 Fire Station 20 Construction $ 21,000,000 $ - $ 21,000,000 Fire Station 28 Construction $ 16,000,000 $ - $ 16,000,000 Fleet Maintenance Facility $ 5,797,400 $ - $ 5,797,400
Subtotal Fire Facilities $ 81,997,400 $ - $ 81,997,400
Long Range Planning
Land Use Element $ Potential Grants 680,000 $ 680,000
Housing Element $ Potential Grants 300,000 $ 300,000
Mobility Element $ Potential Grants 400,000 $ 400,000
Recreation Element $ Potential Grants 75,000 $ 75,000
Trails (ATP) $ Potential Grants 300,000 $ 300,000
Conservation Element (Subarea Plan) $ Potential Grants 2,800,000 $ 2,800,000 Noise Element $ Potential Grants 75,000 $ 75,000
Safety & Environmental Justice Element $ Potential Grants 90,000 $ 90,000 Community Enhancement Element $ Potential Grants 75,000 $ 75,000 Sustainable Santee Plan $ Potential Grants 130,000 $ 130,000 Subtotal Long Range Planning $ 4,925,000 $ - $ 4,925,000 Total (Rounded) $ 337,707,100 $ 56,020,528 $ 281,686,572 Notes:
1 The specific location of park improv ements w ill be dictated by the indiv idual dev elopments and cannot be determined at this time. The assumed acreage is calculated using the General Plan standard of 5 acres per 1,000 people and grow th assumptions in the City . 2 Fire Facilities identified in the Santee Adopted Capital Improv ement Program (Fiscal Years 2024-28) and by the Fire Chief.

RESOLUTION NO. _________

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE, CALIFORNIA,

APPROVING A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO FOR THE COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM FOR FY 2024-2025 TO ENHANCE ARTS

AND CULTURE IN SANTEE, COMMITTING TO PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS, AND

APPROVING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF SANTEE AND COUNTY

OF SAN DIEGO
WHEREAS, the City desires to apply for County of San Diego grant funding through the County of San Diego’s Community Enhancement Program for FY24/25 to enhance arts and culture in Santee; and
WHEREAS, the City will partner with the County of San Diego on the enhancement of the arts and culture in Santee if funding is approved; and WHEREAS, the City will request $5,000 in grant funding through the Community Enhancement Program FY24/25. The program requires a dollar-for-dollar match of funds.

The City of Santee will allocate $5,000 in FY24/25 to assist with the enhancement of the arts and culture in Santee. If the full $5,000 grant is approved, the City will commit to the dollar-for-dollar match of $5,000 in FY24/25 for a total of $10,000 which will go towards enhancing arts and culture in Santee; and
WHEREAS, the City’s potential funding and support will be earmarked for enhancing the cultural arts at the annual Discover Your Community event on March 15, 2025. The second activity will launch a program called Art in the Parks. While emphasizing the City’s Community Values the city will commission artists for three (3) utility boxes in three (3) different parks. Once the artist and design have been approved, community members will be given the opportunity to help implement the art projects; and WHEREAS, the City desires to authorize the City Manager to apply for the grant, accept the grant, appropriate funding in this fiscal year’s budget (FY 24/25), and partner and support the enhancement of art and culture in Santee; and WHEREAS, the approval of the submittal of the grant application and authorization to accept and appropriate the grant funds and City matching funds will not result in a direct or indirect impact on the environment, is an administrative activity of government, and is therefore not a “project” under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines § 15378.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, as follows:

SECTION 1. The City Council hereby finds that the foregoing recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein as substantive findings of this Resolution.

SECTION 2. The City Council hereby authorizes the City Manager to apply for the grant, accept the grant, appropriate funding in this fiscal year’s budget (FY 24/25), and support the enhancement of arts and culture in Santee.

RESOLUTION NO. _________
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.

ADOPTED by the City Council of Santee, California, at a Regular Meeting held this 22nd day of January 2025, by the following vote, to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:

JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:

JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK

RESOLUTION NO.

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE, CALIFORNIA

ACCEPTING THE CITYWIDE PAVEMENT REPAIR AND REHABILITATION PROGRAM 2024 (CIP 2024-01) PROJECT AS COMPLETE AND FINDING THE

ACTION IS NOT A PROJECT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (“CEQA”) PER STATE CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15378 WHEREAS, the City Council awarded the construction contract for the Citywide Pavement Repair and Rehabilitation Program 2024 (CIP 2024-01) Project (“Project”) to Quality Construction & Engineering, Inc. on May 23, 2024 for $1,138,811.86; and WHEREAS, the City Council also authorized the Director of Engineering/City Engineer to approve construction change orders in a total amount not to exceed $284,700.00; and
WHEREAS, six change orders in the cumulative amount of $274,341.97 were approved for additional work and the resurfacing of three additional streets; and WHEREAS, an expense of $29,467.14 in design & bidding costs, $95,820.85 in construction engineering/management costs were incurred in connection with this project while the City estimates a final expense of $1,000.00 to closeout this project; and WHEREAS, $599.04 of the project was reimbursed by Padre Dam Municipal Water District for asphalt patching that was performed on their behalf related to their facilities; and
WHEREAS, the Project was completed for a total construction contract amount of $1,413,153.83 on December 5, 2024, $126,287.99 was expended in other related costs for a total project amount of $1,538,842.78; and
WHEREAS, Quality Construction & Engineering, Inc. has completed the project in accordance with the contract plans and specifications; and WHEREAS, per California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines Section 15378, this action is not a project under CEQA because it involves an administrative activity of government without the potential of a significant impact on the environment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to accept the Project as complete.

WHEREAS, acceptance of the Project as complete will not result in a direct or indirect impact on the environment, is an administrative activity of government, and is therefore not a “project” under CEQA pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, that the work for the construction of the Citywide Pavement Repair and Rehabilitation Program 2024 (CIP 2024-01) Project is accepted as complete on this date and the City Clerk is directed to record a Notice of Completion.

SECTION 1: The work for the construction of the Citywide Pavement Repair and Rehabilitation Program 2024 (CIP 2024-01) Project is accepted as complete on this date.

RESOLUTION NO.

SECTION 2: The City Clerk is directed to record a Notice of Completion.

SECTION 3: The action is not a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 as it involves an administrative activity of government without the potential of a significant impact on the environment.

SECTION 4: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.

ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, at a Regular meeting thereof held this 22nd day of January, 2025, by the following roll call vote to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:

JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:

JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK
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RESOLUTION NO. __________

RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTEE, CALIFORNIA

AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL OF A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE FEDERAL

RAISE (REBUILDING AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE WITH SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY) GRANT PROGRAM FOR STATE ROUTE 52 (SR 52) IMPROVEMENTS WHEREAS, State Route 52 (SR 52) is a major east-west transportation corridor that connects residents in east San Diego County to employment centers in west and north county, as well as provides a key freight route for the region; and WHEREAS, SR 52 experiences significant traffic congestion during peak hours affecting commuters and freight traffic alike; and

WHEREAS, heavy traffic congestion on SR 52 significantly impacts the quality of life of Santee residents as well as East County residents, and affects the economic vitality of the region; and

WHEREAS, improvements planned by SANDAG for SR 52 are not scheduled for completion before 2035; and
WHEREAS, the City of Santee has helped stakeholders organize the Highway 52 Coalition to address the traffic issues on SR 52 and has been pursuing opportunities to partner with stakeholders to advance improvements to SR 52; and WHEREAS, an effort is underway with the design work funded by a private developer for Phase I improvements to SR 52; and
WHEREAS, additional funds are needed to complete the Phase I improvements; and
WHEREAS, the federal RAISE (Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity) grant program is currently accepting applications; and WHEREAS, SR 52 Phase I improvements qualify for RAISE grant funds; and WHEREAS, the total estimated cost of SR 52 Phase I improvements is $80 million.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, as follows:

SECTION 1. City staff is authorized to prepare and submit a RAISE grant application for Phase I improvements on SR 52.

RESOLUTION NO. __________
SECTION 2: This action is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to Section 15378 of the CEQA Guidelines.

ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santee, California, at a Regular meeting thereof held this 22nd day of January 2025, by the following roll call vote to wit:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

APPROVED:

JOHN W. MINTO, MAYOR
ATTEST:

JAMES JEFFRIES, CITY CLERK
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STAFF REPORT

PUBLIC HEARING AND RESOLUTION FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT (GPA2019-4) TO UPDATE THE SAFETY ELEMENT OF THE SANTEE GENERAL PLAN AND ADOPTION OF A NEGATIVE DECLARATION (AEIS2019-8) UNDER THE

CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)

CITY COUNCIL MEETING
JANUARY 22, 2025
A. OVERVIEW
The current City of Santee General Plan Safety Element, adopted by City Council in 2003 and amended in 2011, is designed to include safety considerations in the planning and decision-making process by establishing policies related to development that will minimize the risk of personal injury, loss of life, property damage, and environmental damage associated with natural and human-made hazards.

The update to Safety Element will incorporate a new Environmental Justice component and will address a number of statutory requirements imposed by state legislation as well as planning and best fire practices addressing flooding, wildfires, emergency evacuation, climate change, and environmental justice.

The Safety and Environmental Justice Element (Element) will address public safety and provide updated goals, objectives and policies to minimize injuries, loss of life, and property damages resulting from natural and human-induced safety hazards.

Additionally, the Element will include new goals, objectives, and policies to minimize pollution and its effects on communities.

The update to the Element is necessary to include the items below which are briefly summarized in this report.
• Create an Environmental Justice component to be integrated into the Safety Element, which will now be known as the Safety and Environmental Justice Element;
• Incorporate an existing conditions assessment to identify areas with greater pollution exposure and reduced access to public goods and services that improve quality of life for residents;
• Address a variety of changes in state law such as wildfire planning, evacuation routes, and climate resiliency;
• Update accomplishments, objectives and policies to reflect progress; Safety & Environmental Justice Element
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• Include the City’s updated Geotechnical / Seismic Hazard Study; and • Incorporate the Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP).

B. REVISION HIGHLIGHTS
Key State Mandates
The following are key legislative mandates addressed and included in the Safety and Environmental Justice Element update. Identification of risks and policies for the protection of the community are being developed as specified in State law.

SB 1000 (2016) - Environmental Justice
Requires local governments to identify environmental justice communities (called “disadvantaged communities”) in their jurisdictions and address environmental justice to mitigate existing and potential hazards, reduce health risks, and prioritize improvements that address the needs of disadvantaged communities. “Disadvantaged communities” are defined as areas identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency (CEPA) pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code or an area that is a low-income area and disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation.

Per California law (California Government Code, Section 65040.12(e)), environmental justice includes, but is not limited to:
• The availability of a healthy environment for all people; • The deterrence, reduction, and elimination of pollution burdens for populations and communities experiencing the adverse effects of that pollution, so that the effects of the pollution are not disproportionately borne by those populations and communities;
• Governmental entities engaging and providing technical assistance to populations and communities most impacted by pollution to promote their meaningful participation in all phases of the environmental and land use decision-making process; and
• The meaningful consideration of recommendations from populations and communities most impacted by pollution into environmental and land use decisions.

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SB 1241 (2012) Wildland and Urban Fire Hazards
California’s increasing population and expansion of development into previously undeveloped areas is creating more “wildland-urban interface” with a corresponding risk of economic loss caused by wildland fire. A “wildland fire” is defined as a fire occurring in a suburban or rural area that contains uncultivated lands, timber, range, watershed, brush, or grasslands. Therefore, the Element will address the risk of fire for land classified as very high fire hazard severity zones, as defined in Section 51177 of the Government Code. In addition, the Element will include information regarding fire hazards such as i) fire hazard severity zone maps available from the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; ii) historical data on wildfires or a reference to where the data can be found; iii) information about wildfire hazard areas available from the United States Geological Survey; iv) the general location and distribution of existing and planned uses of land in very high fire hazard severity zones, including structures, roads, utilities, and essential public facilities and v) defensible space compliance measures required by state law or local ordinance, and vi) a list of local, state, and federal agencies with responsibility for fire protection.

SB 99 (2020) and AB 747 (2019) - Evacuation Routes
SB 99 requires the City to identify residential developments in hazard areas that do not have at least two emergency evacuation routes (i.e., neighborhoods or households within a hazard area that have limited accessibility).

AB 747 requires the City to update the Safety Element of its General Plan to identify evacuation routes and assess the capacity, safety, and viability of those routes under a range of emergency scenarios.

The Evacuation Route Analysis discusses five (5) scenarios for evacuation, including wildfire originating from the areas 1) northeast, 2) northwest, and 3) southwest of the City, flood, and earthquake, as well as a baseline scenario with no hazard event specified. The multi-layered analysis assesses the capacity, safety, and viability of the potential evacuation routes under a range of emergency scenarios, as required by AB 747. The Evacuation Route Analysis also identifies whether residential areas do not have two (2) points of egress, as required by SB

99. SB 1035 (2018) – Safety Element
Requires the update of the Safety Element upon adoption or revision of the Housing Element or Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) to identify new Safety & Environmental Justice Element
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information not available during the previous revision relating to flood and fire hazards and climate adaptation and resiliency strategies.

SB 379 (2015) – Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency Addresses climate change and adaption and resiliency through the preparation of a vulnerability assessment and comprehensive hazard mitigation and emergency response strategy. A Vulnerability Assessment was prepared to evaluate the impacts of extreme heat, wildfire, extreme precipitation and drought and to identify which aspects of the community, including people, infrastructure, and services, are most vulnerable to climate change’s effects.

Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Plan (MJHMP)

The Board of Supervisors of the County of San Diego adopted the 2023 San Diego County MJHMP on February 7, 2023, which is a countywide plan that identifies risks and ways to minimize damage by natural and human-made disasters. The MJHMP was developed in accordance with the Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 and followed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) guidance. The LHMP incorporates a process where hazards are identified and profiled, people and facilities at risk are analyzed, and mitigation actions are developed to reduce or eliminate hazard risk. The implementation of these mitigation actions, which include both short-term and long-term strategies, involve planning, policy changes, programs, projects, and other activities.

Geotechnical / Seismic Hazard Study
The Geotechnical / Seismic Hazard Study addresses land sliding and slope instability; liquefaction, and dam inundation and was updated in 2021. The updated study includes revised objectives and policies to reduce the risks associated with these hazards. The ultimate approval of the study is important because it forms the basis of requiring specified technical studies for private property development depending upon the use and the conditions of the land. The types of studies or information in site-specific studies can range from very preliminary to very detailed depending upon the risks associated with the use of land such as a low-risk golf course or a high-risk hospital use.

Objectives And Policies
The Element provides updated goals, objectives and policies to minimize injuries, loss of life, and property damages resulting from natural and human-induced safety hazards in compliance with the new state mandates and planning and fire practices. The public safety considerations addressed in the Element include flooding, geotechnical and seismic hazards, fire hazards, crime prevention, traffic Safety & Environmental Justice Element
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safety, light-rail transit safety, aircraft safety, disaster preparedness, and hazardous materials. In addition, the Element will include new goals, objectives, and policies to minimize pollution and its effects on communities.

C. ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
A Negative Declaration (ND) dated October 25, 2024, has been prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and is recommended for approval and adoption by the City Council. The Draft ND (State Clearinghouse Number 2024101127) was made available for a 30-day public review and comment period commencing on October 25, 2024 and ending on November 25, 2024. One comment letter was received during this period, which did not raise any new environmental issues requiring substantial revisions to the Negative Declaration or further environmental review.

D. STAFF RECOMMENDATION

1. Open and close the Public Hearing; and

2. Adopt the Resolution adopting the Negative Declaration (AEIS2019-8) pursuant to CEQA and adopting the Safety and Environmental Justice Element (GPA2019-4)
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Planning and Building Development
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Table of Contents
Section 1. Executive Summary .................................................................................................... 1

1.1 Major Accomplishments................................................................................................... 2 Section 2. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 3

2.1 What Is a Safety Element?................................................................................................ 3

2.2 What Is an Environmental Justice Element? .................................................................... 3

2.3 Why a Combined Safety and Environmental Justice Element?........................................ 4

2.4 Relationship to Other Elements....................................................................................... 5

2.5 Related Plans.................................................................................................................... 5

2.6 Grants and Future Funding Opportunities....................................................................... 7

2.7 Community Engagement.................................................................................................. 7 Section 3. Statutory Requirements ............................................................................................. 8

3.1 Safety Laws and Regulations............................................................................................ 8

3.2 Environmental Justice Laws and Regulations................................................................. 11 Section 4. Safety – Existing Conditions ....................................................................................... 12

4.1 Flood Hazards................................................................................................................. 13

4.2 Geologic/Seismic Hazards .............................................................................................. 19

4.3 Urban/Wildland Fire Hazards......................................................................................... 35

4.4 Crime.............................................................................................................................. 44

4.5 Traffic Hazards................................................................................................................ 46

4.6 Light-Rail Transit Hazards............................................................................................... 47

4.7 Airport Hazards .............................................................................................................. 49

4.8 Disaster Preparedness.................................................................................................... 54

4.9 Hazardous Materials....................................................................................................... 56

4.10 Emergency Evacuation Route Analysis......................................................................... 62 Section 5. Climate Adaptation and Resilience ............................................................................. 63

5.1 What is Climate Adaptation and Resilience?.................................................................. 63

5.2 What Is Climate Vulnerability? ....................................................................................... 64

5.3 Climate Adaptation Planning.......................................................................................... 64 Section 6. Environmental Justice – Existing Conditions ............................................................... 68

6.1 Community Engagement................................................................................................ 69

6.2 Mapping Disadvantaged Communities .......................................................................... 70

6.3 Key Findings of the Existing Conditions Assessment...................................................... 75 Section 7. Goals, Objectives, and Policies ................................................................................... 78

7.1 Safety Element ............................................................................................................... 79

7.2 Environmental Justice Element...................................................................................... 88 Section 8. Implementation......................................................................................................... 98 Figures
Figure 4.1. Federal Emegency Manegement Agency (FEMA) Flood Hazard Zone.......................................15 Figure 4.2. Dam Inundation Map.................................................................................................................18 Figure 4.3. Slope Gradient Greater than 15 Percent...................................................................................27 Table of Contents
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Figure 4.4. Seismic and Geologic Hazards...................................................................................................31 Figure 4.5. Earthquake Shaking Potential based on the State Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Map ...............32 Figure 4.6. Fire Hazard Map ........................................................................................................................37 Figure 4.7. Wildland-Urban Interface Map..................................................................................................44 Figure 4.8. Airport Safety Zone Risk Level ...................................................................................................50 Figure 6.1. City of Santee Disadvantaged Communities: CalEnviroScreen..................................................72 Figure 6.2. City of Santee Disadvantaged Communities: Statewide Median Income..................................73 Figure 6.3. City of Santee Disadvantaged Communities: Housing and Community Development (HCD) State Income Limits...........................................................................................................74 Tables
Table 2.1. Safety and Environmental Justice Stakeholder Meetings............................................................. 7 Table 4.1. Federal Weather-Related Disaster Declarations for San Diego County (2017–2021).................14 Table 4.2. Major Dams Located Upstream of the City of Santee................................................................. 17 Table 4.3. Historic Wildfires within the City of Santee (1950–2023)...........................................................36 Table 4.4. City of Santee EnviroStor Cleanup Sites......................................................................................57 Table 6.1. CalEnviroScreen 4.0 Indicator and Component Scoring .............................................................70 Appendices
Appendix A. Vulnerability Assessment
Appendix B. Emergency Evacuation Route Analysis
Appendix C. Geotechnical/Seismic Hazard Study
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Appendix B. Emergency Evacuation Route Analysis
Appendix C. Geotechnical/Seismic Hazard Study
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Section 1. Executive Summary
The current Santee General Plan was adopted in 2003 by Resolution 63-2003 to guide new development in the City of Santee (City) through the year 2020. This document serves as an update to the Santee General Plan’s Safety Element and incorporates a new Environmental Justice Element. The Safety and Environmental Justice Element (Element) is integral to guiding future development in Santee as it addresses public safety concerns and provides goals and policies to minimize public safety hazards. Land use planning, implemented through the Santee Municipal Code and General Plan, is an important component of both hazard mitigation and environmental injustice prevention. Site selection that avoids proximity to natural hazards or hazardous facilities and building construction techniques designed for fire protection, life safety and temporary systems failure can reduce hazard risks in the built environment and promote quality of life.

The Safety and Environmental Justice Element provides an introduction (Section 2, Introduction) and a description of laws and regulations related to the Element (Section 3, Statutory Requirements). This Element provides a summary of existing conditions related to public safety and environmental justice and identifies a set of needs to be addressed by future actions (Section 4, Safety – Existing Conditions, and Section 6, Environmental Justice – Existing Conditions, respectively). Safety and environmental justice goals for the City are defined in Section 7, Goals, Objectives, and Policies along with objectives and policies intended to help achieve the goals, address community needs, and support the recommended improvements by providing the necessary legislative backing. The Safety and Environmental Justice Element builds on and coordinates with the City’s Vulnerability Assessment (Appendix A), which assesses climate changerelated impacts on vulnerable populations and critical infrastructure (Section 5, Climate Adaptation and Resilience), and the Sustainable Santee Plan: The City’s Roadmap to Greenhouse Gas Reductions (Sustainable Santee Plan), which addresses impacts from climate change on all residents of the City. This Element also incorporates the Emergency Evacuation Route Analysis (Appendix B) and Environmental Justice Existing Conditions Assessment (Appendix D) prepared for the Element. Finally, this Element concludes with an implementation plan in Section 8, Implementation, which sets forth the intended process for monitoring, implementing, and maintaining the Safety and Environmental Justice Element.

The City is coordinating efforts to improve staff’s ability to respond to and recover from major emergencies by managing critical information and limited resources and using technology. The effort to maintain and enhance overall preparedness to prevent, respond to, and recover from any hazard, whether natural or human-made, is ongoing. The City is also responsible for securing and managing funding opportunities (e.g., grants) for addressing hazards and environmental justice issues, which requires an updated Safety and Environmental Justice Element (see Section

2.6, Grants and Future Funding Opportunities). The Safety and Environmental Justice Element aims to ensure that residents have the opportunity to provide input on decisions that affect their quality of life through public participation, which is described in Section 2.7, Community Engagement.

Section 1. Executive Summary
The current Santee General Plan was adopted in 2003 by Resolution 63-2003 to guide new development in the City of Santee (City) through the year 2020. This document serves as an update to the Santee General Plan’s Safety Element and incorporates a new Environmental Justice Element. The Safety and Environmental Justice Element (Element) is integral to guiding future development in Santee as it addresses public safety concerns and provides goals and policies to minimize public safety hazards. Land use planning, implemented through the Santee Municipal Code and General Plan, is an important component of both hazard mitigation and environmental injustice prevention. Site selection that avoids proximity to natural hazards or hazardous facilities and building construction techniques designed for fire protection, life safety and temporary systems failure can reduce hazard risks in the built environment and promote quality of life.

The Safety and Environmental Justice Element provides an introduction (Section 2, /ntroduction) and a description of laws and regulations related to the Element (Section 3, Statutory Requirements). This Element provides a summary of existing conditions related to public safety and environmental justice and identifies a set of needs to be addressed by future actions (Section 4, Safety — Existing Conditions, and Section 6, Environmental Justice — Existing Conditions, respectively). Safety and environmental justice goals for the City are defined in Section 7, Goals, Objectives, and Policies along with objectives and policies intended to help achieve the goals, address community needs, and support the recommended improvements by providing the necessary legislative backing. The Safety and Environmental Justice Element builds on and coordinates with the City’s Vulnerability Assessment (Appendix A), which assesses climate changerelated impacts on vulnerable populations and critical infrastructure (Section 5, Climate Adaptation and Resilience), and the Sustainable Santee Plan: The City’s Roadmap to Greenhouse Gas Reductions (Sustainable Santee Plan), which addresses impacts from climate change on all residents of the City. This Element also incorporates the Emergency Evacuation Route Analysis (Appendix B) and Environmental Justice Existing Conditions Assessment (Appendix D) prepared for the Element. Finally, this Element concludes with an implementation plan in Section 8, Implementation, which sets forth the intended process for monitoring, implementing, and maintaining the Safety and Environmental Justice Element.

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