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CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
AGENDA REPORT
NEW BUSINESS City Manager Approval:
Item to be presented by: Kai Luoma
DATE: August 28, 2007
SUBJECT: RESOLUTION OF OPPOSITION TO CITY OF LOS ANGELES'
PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL FEE AGREEMENT WITH THE
DEVELOPER OF THE LAS LOMAS PROJECT
DEPARTMENT: Community Development
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council adopt a Resolution in opposition of the Los Angeles City Council's approving a
Supplemental Fee Agreement with the developer of the Las Lomas project.
BACKGROUND
The developer of the Las Lomas project has submitted a screencheck environmental impact
report (EIR) to the City of Los Angeles for review. A screencheck EIR is the "draft" version of a
Draft EIR, which will ultimately be released for public review. Las Lomas is the 5,800 -unit
development with approximately 3 million square feet of commercial uses envisioned
immediately north of the I-5/SR 14 interchange. The developer envisions annexation to the City
of Los Angeles.
A short time ago, two Los Angeles Councilmembers introduced a motion for the City of LA to
enter into a Supplemental Fee Agreement with the Las Lomas developer. This agreement allows
the developer to directly pay for the staff time necessary to process the EIR and any further
entitlements that may be requested. This action would, in effect, ensure that staff is available to
work on processing the EIR, thereby expediting its review.
This motion was approved by LA's Planning and Land Use Management Committee on August
7. The motion is now likely to be considered by one or more committees before it is acted upon
by the full City Council, probably in September.
Adopted; -c, I
ANALYSIS _
The City of Santa Clarita has expressed several concerns with the Las Lomas project.
The site of the project is within the General Plans of Los Angeles County and the City of Santa
Clarita, both of which have designated the site for low density development. If the site were to
annex to Los Angeles to allow for the Las Lomas project, the General Plan densities and zoning
would be changed to allow development far in excess of that contemplated by the County and
Santa Clarita.
If approved, the project would extend LA's boundaries beyond the San Fernando Valley, well
into the Santa Clarita Valley and up against Santa Clarita's city limits. This would conflict with
the Sphere of Influence Amendment that Santa Clarita is currently pursuing in order to extend the
City's sphere of influence to the ridgeline between the San Fernando and Santa Clarita Valleys,
consistent with LA's recently amended sphere.
The agreement being considered by Los Angeles will serve to expedite the Las Lomas project,
thereby expediting conflict with the goals and policies of the City of Santa Clarita.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION
Council may chose to not adopt the Resolution or take other action.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact resulting from the reccomended action.
ATTACHMENTS
Resolution
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING A SUPPLEMENTAL FEE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES
AND THE DEVELOPER OF THE LAS LOMAS PROJECT
WHEREAS, a motion was made by members of the Los Angeles City Council to enter
into a Supplemental Fee Agreement with the developer of the Las Lomas project. On August 7,
2007, the City of Los Angeles Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved the
motion;
WHEREAS, the Supplemental Fee Agreement will serve to expedite the processing of
the Las Lomas project;
WHEREAS, the Las Lomas project conflicts with the County's General Plan and zoning,
the City of Santa Clarita's General Plan, and the sphere of influence amendment currently being
pursued by the City of Santa Clarita:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Santa
Clarita, California, does hereby oppose the Supplemental Fee Agreement between the City of Los
Angeles and the developer of the Las Lomas project.
The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this day of August, 2007.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA)
I, Sharon L. Dawson, CMC, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that
the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Santa Clarita at a
regular meeting thereof, held on the day of August, 2007, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
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CITY CLERK
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) ss.
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA )
CERTIFICATION OF
CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
I, Sharon L. Dawson, City Clerk of the City of Santa Clarita, do hereby certify that this is a true
and correct copy of the original Resolution No. 07- adopted by the City Council of the City
of Santa Clarita, California on August , 2007, which is now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and seal of the City of Santa Clarita, California, this _ day of
, 2007.
Sharon L. Dawson, CMC
City Clerk
By
Susan Caputo
Deputy City Clerk
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