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SOUTH GATE CITY COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Wednesday, August 21, 2024 at
6:00 p.m.

SOUTH GATE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
8650 CALIFORNIA AVE
SOUTH GATE, CA 90280
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City Officials
MAYOR, Gil Hurtado
CITY CLERK, Yodit Glaze
VICE MAYOR, Maria Davila
CITY TREASURER, Jose De La Paz
COUNCIL MEMBER, Maria del Pilar Avalos
CITY MANAGER, Rob Houston
COUNCIL MEMBER, Joshua Barron
CITY ATTORNEY, Raul F. Salinas
COUNCIL MEMBER, Al Rios

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Gil Hurtado, Mayor
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Yodit Glaze, City Clerk

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Open Session Agenda

1. Discussion of Industrial Land Use

The City Council will receive a presentation to discuss industrial land use throughout the City of South Gate. The public is invited to attend and participate as the impacts and benefits of industrial land use are discussed. (CM)
Documents:

Item 1 Report 08212024.pdf
8-19-24 South Gate Industrial - Final.pdf
Special Meeting Adjournment

I, Yodit Glaze, City Clerk, certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Meeting Agenda was posted on August 14, 2024, at 12:15 p.m., as required by law.

2 Yodit Glaze
City Clerk

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Learn and help shape the future of industrial sites in the City of South Gate.
@ August 21, 2024
0 6:00pm
Council Chambers
8650 California Ave
Join us for a discussion about industrial land use and the benefits and impacts to:
* Quality of Life
* Economic Development
* Traffic
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Aprenda y ayude a dar forma al futuro de los sitios industriales en la ciudad de South Gate.
@ 21 de agosto de 2024
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LJnase para una discusi6n sobre el uso industrial de terreno y los beneficios e impactos para:
o Calidad de vida
* Desarrollo economico
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CITY OF SOUTH GATE

INDUSTRIAL LAND USE STUDY
AUGUST 21 , 2024
2301 Roseci ans Ave, Suite 4140
EI Segundo, CA 90245
TEL 424-297- 1070 URL www kosmont com
7 OVERVIEW
The City of South Gate ("City") 2015 Zoning Code prohibits new industrial warehouse development over 15,000 SF.

Because of the City's prime location near Port of LA and Long Beach and the growth of e-commerce, the City's industrial land is in high demand, Landowners and developers are looking for opportunities to site new warehouses and distribution centers in the City. City has a number of industrial zoned parcels that are suited for redevelopment, but there are questions as to what will be acceptable uses for this land in the future.

Currently there are industrial parcels in the City that are blighted and underutilized. Landowners and businesses are interested in bringing in industrial land uses that include warehouse operations, as a way to renew their parcels.

Industrial development with warehouses can create opportunities for landowners and create jobs, but they can also create negative impacts for the community.

The City Council directed staff to review options for development alternatives, which are discussed in this report, Thus, Kosmont Companies ("Kosmont") was retained by the City to research various policies adopted by select cities, While there are a few cities that prohibit new warehouses, most create policies to generate substantial revenue from new warehouses, to offset traffic and other impacts, and help achieve a better balance for both the business and residential communities.
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8 OVERVIEW
The scope of this Study and discussion is to review alternatives to the current restrictions in place for industrial use, including a 15,000 sq. ft. cap on new warehouse space. A review of what other cities do to regulate industrial uses is presented herein and the Study includes:

Identification of industrial areas within City of South Gate and how truck trips are routed Review of three ways cities look to collect revenue to offset impacts of industrial uses Case studies of California cities industrial use policies Possible policy suggestion for discussion
Possible next steps
It is important to note that the number one issue concerning South Gate residents is increased truck traffic. The City has a limited number of truck routes that are focused at pinch points along Firestone at Atlantic Ave, 1-710 freeway and Garfield Aye. as shown on the following slide. It will be important for City retain a traffic expert to determine realistic traffic volumes from a range of warehouse uses, identify mitigation measures and likely costs in order to calculate the development impact fees needed to cover necessary roadway and other improvements.

The Kosmont study, along with a focused traffic analysis, will help the City evaluate potential changes to the Zoning Code and other policy options.

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9 CITY OF SOUTH GATE

INDUSTRIAL ZONING
& TRUCK ROUTE MAP

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS

CONCENTRATED IN THE

NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE

CITY SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING

FIRESTONE BLVD, ATLANTIC AVE

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11 CITY OF SOUTH GATE - 2015 WAREHOUSE

RESTRICTION
Land use permission tables in Section 11.21.030 of the Zoning Code establish the uses to which land in each zone may be put. Table

11.21-3 specifies uses allowed in the Urban Mixed-Use zones, and Table "11.21-4 specifies uses allowed in the Commercial Industrial zones. Under those tables, warehousing is permitted (subject to issuance by the City of a Conditional Use Permit) in the Industrial Flex (IF), Light Industrial (LF), Light Manufacturing (M2) and Heavy Manufacturing (M3) zones. However, footnote 18 in Table 11.2'l- 3 and Footnote Il in Table I 1.21-4 each limits the size and placement of warehouses within those zones as follows:
"Limited to maximum building area of fifteen thousand square feet and is not permitted along street frontage (would have to be a rear use)."
These footnotes were incorporated into the South Gate Municipal Code in 2015 when the Planning Commission prepared, and the Council enacted, a comprehensive update to the Zoning Code. The Planning Commissioners and City Council Members who were in office at that time felt the inclusion of these footnotes was necessary to prevent a proliferation of large warehouses in the City which would cause detrimental impacts to the community. kos!al, KOSMONT COMPANIES I b
12 FEE / CUP / DA RESEARCH
s In addition to research on industrial policies, Kosmont interviewed the local National Association of Industrial and Office Properties ("NAIOP"), local industrial real estate brokers, and land use attorneys to get a broad perspective on how primarily southern California communities address industrial warehouse challenges. a While many cities have Development Impact Fees ("DIF") that are charged to new industrial development, state law requires nexus studies to create a schedule of fees by land use type to assure parties are charged for fair share of infrastructure costs. The standards used to measure traffic impacts from new development are typically based on ITE standards using the number of employees at a location, which is -1 per 1,000 SF and fees range from $2 to $5 per SF. Therefore, many Nexus studies do not necessarily factor in the number of trips and the time of day involving warehouse/e-commerce truck unloading and loading of goods for local delivery. s Kosmont research found that most cities utilize a Conditional Use Permit ("CUP") or Development Agreement DA") negotiation with industrial developers to give the City flexibility to negotiate large impact fees and annual special taxes to address the unique circumstances involved with wide range of businesses utilizing warehouse space.

Our Study found most concern with large scale e-commerce distribution facilities, but many corporations utilize facilities that combine regional HQ's, R&D, manufacturing and local Business to Business ("B to B") distribution, that vide high paying jobs, significant assessed value for property taxes and local sales tax generation. kosffi6fft KOSMONTCOMPANIES 7
13 SUMMARY OF REVENUE METHODOLOGIES
There are many ways for the City to address developer proposals and increase the public revenues from industrial uses, such as Fees, Taxes and negotiated Public Benefits:
a Approach: FEES - Cost recovery for new development fair share of increased infrastructure/public facility costs o Commission a Nexus Study to determine realistic traffic volumes from a range of warehouse uses and to calculate the development impact fees needed to cover necessary roadway and other improvements Examples:
o Monrovia Nexus study indicated Industrial Traffic cost o/ S2,700 per PM peak hour trip o Burbank Nexus study indicated Warehouse allocated Transportation cost of $70,500 per PM peak hour trip ( however the actual fee was based on ITE trip factor of only O.34 trips per 1,000 SF - so fee was $3.80 per SF) o Burbank Nexus study also estimated impacts on other public facilities at $3.67 per SF for total of S7.47 per SF o Hayward Nexus study indicated max DistributionAA/arehouse Traffic Fee of $8.24 per SF of building area o Clovis established Industrial Impact Fees of S6 to $7 per SF that cover fiolice, fire, water facilities in addition to streets o Fontana warehouse impact fees are -SS per SF
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14 REVENUE METHODOLOGIES (CONT.)
ffl Approach: TAXES - Requires public vote
o Adopt a utility tax for buildings greater than X,000 SF o Adopt a parcel tax for industrial properties greater than X,000 SF o Adopt a business license tax equal to $X to $Y per SF for all industrial uses o Form a CFD Services District to collect annual assessments to cover annual maintenance related to range of industrial o In lieu Sales Tax Assessment Revenue (STAR*)oR subject to credit/fee waiver for onsite sales tax generators Examples:
o EI Segundo warehouse annua/ business tax is $'/SO per emp/oyee plus'!J0.17 per SF of building area = -$0.30 per SF o Vernon warehouse annual business license tax is $0.27 per SF (max of §12,000 per business) o Carson established annual CFD special tax of $98 per industrial employee and $5,324 per acre of land = -$0.30 per SF o San Bernardino County reportedly established annual service fee of S0.34 fier SF (as fiart of Bloomington Sf:iecific Plan) o Jurupa Valley has used Development Agreements to negotiate STARoR annua/ payments of %O.IO per SF. ko!!!l KOSMONT COMPANIES 9
15 REVENUE METHODOLOGIES (CONT.)
H Approach: PUBLIC BENEFITS - Implemented through a Development Agreement "DA") negotiation o Adopt policy requiring a Development Agreement for development greater than X,000 SF o Establish baseline public benefit payment (e.g. $5 per SF) Examples:
o Vernon recently adopted Development Agreement requirement for any warehouse greater than 150,000 SF - most recent project negotiated S7 million community benefit fee equal to -S7 per SF of building area o Jurufia Valley has used Develofiment Agreements to negotiate communiq benefits for large scale (>1 million SF) industrial uses equal to - S3 per SF
o San Bernardino County established communiq benefits payment of S2.00 per SF (as part of Bloomington Specific Plan) o Moreno Valley negotiated $7 million contribution for resident job training as part of World Logistics Center DA k08!,m KOSMONT COMPANIES 10
16 JOBS VERSUS TRIPS
jOBS

MANUFACTURING OFFICE/RESEARCH DOMESTIC WAREHOUSE/DIST INTERNATIONAL WAREHOUSE/DIST LOGISTICS/SHIPPING TRANSLOADING

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17 MUNICIPAL INDUSTRIAL POLICY REFERENCES
A number of California municipalities have enacted industrial policies in recent years to address the influx of large distribution centers and warehouses associated with the online retail industry. There is a significant need for large warehouse facilities where sorting, storage and ultimate distribution of retail products can take place. Concerns around these uses relate to their high generation of truck trips paired with low job counts at relatively low pay.

Municipal Industrial Policy References:
a Fontana
N Vernon
ffi San Bernardino County
' Carson
a Redlands
a Jurupa Valley
a Moreno Valley
N Pomona
ffl Burbank
N Central Valley Cities
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18 FONTANA
The City of Fontana has approved over 16 million SF of warehouses in past few years. The upfront development fee the City charged to cover circulation impacts was approximately $5,00 per SF of building area for industrial uses. No fee for municipal services
Fontana was sued by environmental groups over approval of two large warehouse projects in the southern part of the City. In 2022 the Attorney General of CA announced a settlement with the City that protects community from pollution. The City has adopted a new ordinance that is the strictest in the State requiring landscape buffers, use of solar power, zero-emission vehicles, truck routing plans, and prohibition of off-site parking and vehicle stacking. koL!!, KOSMONT COMPANIES 13
19 VERNON
In June 2022, pursuant to Government Code Section 65858, the City Council adopted Ordinance No, 1283 (Attachment 2), a 45-day urgency moratorium ordinance. Ordinance No. 1283 was adopted to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by prohibiting the establishment, expansion, or modification of warehouse uses, freight terminals, truck terminals, container storage, and container parking in the City.

Vernon subsequently adopted a permanent ordinance (Municipal Code Section 17.84.060) that requires new warehouse in excess of 150,000 SF must utilize a DevelopmentAgreement, public hearing and approval by the City Council.

There has been one project approved through the DA process. In March 2024, GPTVernon, owner of an old industrial building on 7. I acre site at 5764 Alcoa received approval to demolish existing buildings and construct a new 153,000 SF warehouse building. The DA requires owner to pay $1 million community benefit fee payable in four installments of $250,000 each, with a potential credit against year 2 thru year 4 payments for utility taxes paid in excess of a formula provided in DA. This community benefit is equal to approximately $7 per SF for a similar development proposed in South Gate.
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20 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
The County of San Bernardino recently approved a +21 3-acre specific plan with redevelop an unincorporated residential community of 138 low income single family residences with new industrial warehouse development and 480 units of high density multi-family units. This project faced intense community opposition due to the removal of hundreds of families.

Howard Industrial partners to

3.2 million SF of
According to RSG report, the Bloomington Specific Plan's Community Benefits included a $2.00 per SF upfront fee and $0.34 per SF annual payment. Kosmont was not able to verify these community benefit fees. kos!4L KOSMONT COMPANIES 15
21 CARSON
The City of Carson has examined many policies to generate more revenue from industrial development in the City. In 2017 they considered establishing annual business tax, but there was major opposition. In 2018 the City hired Kelly Associates to examine feasibility of Interim Development Impact Fee Ordinance, which was adopted in April 2019 to help fund streets and other public facilities. City also hired NBS to examine the fiscal impact of new development to justify a new CFD No 2018-01 that calculated annual special tax burdens on new development to fund enhanced roadway maintenance.

Development Impact Fee (4'D1F")
Carson adopted the recommended 2019 DIF for industrial uses totaling $2.20 per SF of building area. (As point of comparison the DIF for Multi-Family is $25,000 per unit) CFD Special Taxes
Carson also established annual CFD special tax of $98 per industrial employee and $5,324 per acre of land kosl KOSMONT COMPANIES 16
22 jURUPA VALLEY
Due to industrial developer pressure, and desire for community benefits, Jurupa Valley has approved changes to several planning areas to allow industrial development in areas that were designated for residential and commercial.

Agua Mansa Commerce Park
In 2020 the City approved a Development Agreement to allow development of 4.4 million SF of industrial warehouse on a 208-acre former cement plant site.

In addition to standard impact fees, the City negotiated a wide range of community benefits:
s $4 million for a Community Recreation Facility and $500,000 for North Rubidoux Master Planning and City administrative costs.
a Facility Maintenance Assessment $50,000 per year
s General Fund Special Assessment (STAR*OR)- Annual fee of $O.IO per SF for industrial buildings ($440,000 per year) ko!!!l KOSMONT COMP ANIES 17
23 JURUPAVALLEY
The District
The District is a 2023 Specific Plan of -200 acres that allows 1.5 million SF of warehouse, 1.3 million SF of commercial and 1,200 MF housing units to replace Emerald Ranch Specific Plan (I,000 SF housing units and 20-acres of retail) In addition to paying standard City Development Impact Fees, developer must also make the following:
a Facilities Benefit Contribution - $110-$183 per unit annual fee for residential - zero for industrial a Infrastructure Maintenance Contribution - $123 per acre for light industrial & $37 to $61 per residential unit a Public Safety Contribution - Annual fee of $0.044 per SF of building area for light industrial & $206 to $343 per residential unit
a There were several other community benefits totaling $3-4 million for supportive housing, arts & culture, community room lease, commercial rehab contribution and commercial truck ordinance enforcement. kos!!!L KOSMONT COMPANIES 18
24 MORENOVALLEY
In 2020, Moreno Valley approved a Development Agreement for the World Logistics Center, a proposed 40 million SF warehouse project on -2,000 acres of undeveloped land.

Research by RSG indicated that the developers were required to pay $300 million in Impact Fees, however the site is rural undeveloped land at the far east edge of the City and massive infrastructure is needed to prepare sites for development. Job creation was the major community benefit.

A review of the Development Agreement found that actual community benefits were as follows:
s $6.99 million for education workforce training in logistics industry payable $1 million upfront and $0.11 per SF for each building permit
s $500,000 for State Route 60 landscaping
ffl $175,000 for air filtration systems for existing properties within the project area kosl
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25 POMONA
Because of long-term community concerns over e-commerce warehouse development impacts on traffic and air quality, the City of Pomona adopted a temporary moratorium in 2022 on new industrial warehouse, while the City underwent a major update of it zoning code that was 75 years old.

In June 2024 the new code was adopted, and as a result warehouse or distribution buildings are not permitted except in the Fairplex Overlay Zone
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26 BURBANK
In 2022 the City of Burbank commissioned a Nexus Study by EPS and Fehr Peers to update the Development Impact Fee ("DIF") program. The Study analyzed impact of expected new residential, commercial and industrial development on the need for police, fire, library and park facilities, information technology and transportation infrastructure.

For transportation impact fees the study examined the increase in PM peak hour trips and estimated the average capital cost to mitigate to be -$10,500 per trip. For warehouse/industrial the Study used ITE trip generation tables of 0.34PM peak trips per 1,000 Sr, which yielded a traffic impact fee of $3.62, adjusted for inflation to $3.80 per SF. (We note that ITE PM peak trip generation factors for warehouse are significantly /ess (-/0%) as compared to commercial uses - indicating that such ITE factors may not take into account business to consumer delivery trips).

The study also identified warehouse/industrial impacts on police, fire, parks and library facilities that justified fees of $3.67 per SF.

The Study's total DIF was estimated at $7.47 per SF for warehouse/industrial buildings. kos!Ml KOSMONT COMP ANIES 21
27 REDLANDS
As a result of community concerns regarding impacts that warehouses were having, the City of Redlands established a moratorium on warehouse development in 2022. This enabled City to study and draft a new ordinance regulating where and how new distribution centers could be built.

City Council approved the Ordinance that limits any warehouse exceeding 50,000 SF from being more than I mile from an I- 10 or 1-210 freeway exit/entrance ramp. In addition, no warehouse/distribution centers greater than 150,000 SF can be built south of l- 10 or east of 1-210 freeway The City also decided to put a business tax increase for warehouse uses on the Nov. 2022 ballot. The Measure J initiative passed, and it increased the annual tax to $0. 105 per square foot of building area. kosl, KOSMONT COMPANIES 22
28 CENTRAL VALLEY CITIES
Kosmont recently prepared a development impact fee survey for the City of Clovis that showed the range of impact fees that Central Valley cities charge for commercial and industrial development.

The ana/ysis found that not only do fees vary by tyJpe of land use, but by geographic location (e.g., higher fees for area with /east in7rastructure in Jplace). See iggustration on next slide Clovis had front-end fees for industrial ranging from $6 to $7 per SF of building area to cover allocated capital costs for water, sewer, parks, police, fire, and streets. As point of comparison, City commercial impact fees ranged from $21 to $30 per SF reflecting much higher perceived traffic volumes.

Other cities in the region had industrial fees ranging from $2 to $9 per SF (also a fraction of the commercial fees). kos!A!, KOSMONT COMPANIES 23
29 FEE COMf'RSION BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA

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S O.69 S 1.50
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S 9,338 S 9,338
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!) 296,295 S zas7as S 144,895
5 29,629 5 19,895 S 7,245
S 17.03 5 7.76 S 2.a9
S 296,295 S 238,735 S 144,895
5 29,629 S 19,895 S 7,245
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S 211,895 S 192,655 S 124,295
S 21,189 S 16,OSS S 6,215
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31 POLICY SUGGESTIONS
Here are potential revenue sources for City Council policy consideration, as it relates to permitting warehouse development or redevelopment, subject to further due diligence, study and market conditions:

1. City to commission traffic/road capacity study to define maximum traffic that can be accommodated or mitigated with capital investment.This would be basis for a Nexus study for Development Impact Fees (could range from $5 to $10 per SF of project - assuming major traffic improvements are needed and can feasibly be done)

2. Based on public works road maintenance assessment, City can establish BusinessTax or CFD SpecialTax (could range from $0.25 to $0.35 per SF of project per year)

3. City can define DevelopmentAgreement requirements for projects greater than 50,000 SF or so, and establish a baseline fee (could range from $4 to $6 per SF of project for community benefits that can be increased based on the sjpecific circumstances)
A 200,000 SF warehouse could resu/t jn upfront feeslbenefits of $2-4 million, plus annua/ revenue of $50,000 to $70,000 ko!al KOSMONT COMPANIES 26
32 NEXT STEPS
a CouncilneedstodecideiftheCitywantstoputbusinesstaxontheballotand/ordoNexusstudy for Development Impact Fees.
' If a Citywide land uSe change iS recommended, it would trigger the need tO COnduCt an environmental review.
a TheCouncilwouldfirstidentifytheirpreferredindustrialusefeatures,andthenthereviewwould b e conducted, which could involve a significant amount of time (up to 12 months) and substantial COSt.
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33 CITY OF SOUTH GATE

INDUSTRIAL LAND USE STUDY

THE ANALYSES, PROJECTIONS, ASSUMPTIONS AND ANY EXAMPLES PRESENTED HERE/N ARE FOR ILLUSTRATIVE PURPOSES AND ARE NOT A GUARANTEE OF ACTUAL AND/OR FUTURE RESULTS. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER FROM THOSE EXPRESSED /N TH/S

ANALYSIS, AS RESULTS ARE DIFFICULTTO PREDICT AS A FUNCTION OFMARKETCONDITIONS, NATURAL DISASTERS, PANDEMICS, SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACTS, LEGISLATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS. 2301 Rosecrans Ave Suite 4140
EI Segundo, CA 90245
TEL 424-297-l070 URL wwwkosmontcom
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