HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 1 - ALC Study SessionSTAFF REPORT
Development Services Department
DATE: December 8, 2015
TO: Honorable Chairman and Planning Commission
FROM: Jim Kasama, Community Development Administrat
SUBJECT: STUDY SESSION - PROPOSED ARCADIA LOGISTICS CENTER AND DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT - 12321 LOWER AZUSA ROAD
The proposed Arcadia Logistics Center involves a General Plan Amendment, Specific Plan, Tentative Parcel Map, and a
Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) to develop the 81.27 -acre property at 12321 Lower Azusa Road that was
formerly a sand- and - gravel quarry, and is currently being reclaimed as an Inert Debris Engineered Fill Operation (IDEFO).
Attached is a booklet that the applicant/property owner presented at the October 27, 2015, Study Session, which
describes the proposed logistics center /industrial park that will have approximately 1,688,000 square feet of building
space. The proposed Specific Plan and DEIR are available on the City website at the following link:
http: / /www.arcadiaca.gov /government/ city - departments/ development - services / planning /current - significant- projects.
Discussions of the General Plan Consistency and the Amendment are in Section IV of the proposed Specific Plan, and on
page 3 -7 of the Project Description in the DEIR.
If any Planning Commissioner or other interested party has any questions or comments regarding this matter prior to the
December 8, 2015, Planning Commission Meeting, please contact Jim Kasama at (626) 574 -5442, or
jkasama(c ArcadiaCA.gov.
Attachment
ARCADIA LOGISTICS CENTER
PRESENTATION BOOKLET
City of Arcadia
October 2015
ARCADIA LOGISTICS CENTER
Developed By:
YELLOW IRON INVESTMENTS, LLC
510 Foothill, Suite 206
San Dimas, CA 91773
Prepared By:
T &B PLANNING, INC.
17542 East 17th Street, Suite 100
Tustin, CA 92780
JOB NUMBER: 966 -002
In Association with:
Thienes Engineering, Inc.
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1. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
2. REGIONAL CONTEXT MAP
3. SPECIFIC PLAN LAND USE PLAN & STATISTICAL SUMMARY
4. CONCEPTUAL BUILDING LAYOUT
5. SAMPLE BUILDINGS
6. COMMUNITY OUTREACH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
7. CITY OF EL MONTE INTERFACE
8. PROJECT BENEFITS
9. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
10. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) COMPLIANCE
11. DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS
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1 . PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
INTRODUCTION
The Arcadia Logistics Center is a proposed business and employment center located in the southeastern tip of Arcadia, on an 81.3 -acre
property that is the site of the reclaimed Rodeffer Quarry. Designed to accommodate up to 1,688,000 square feet of modern industrial
space, the Arcadia Logistics Center will generate approximately 1,000 new jobs and approximately $200,000 in net annual revenue to the
City of Arcadia and additional indirect revenues to surrounding communities.
As the economy continues to strengthen in the current cycle, businesses and employers are actively seeking new sites that can supply state -
of -the art facilities for mid - stream goods movement operations, such as light industry, warehouse distribution, fulfillment centers, and
shipping /parcel delivery services. With close proximity to the 605 and 10 freeways, the Arcadia Logistics Center is well positioned to meet
the demand for this type of industrial space and bring employment and fiscal benefits to the City and surrounding area. In fact, the Arcadia
Logistics Center site is one of the very few undeveloped sites in the San Gabriel Valley that is ready and suitable to accommodate this type
of large employment center.
MINE AND FILL OPERATION PROPOSED USE
The Arcadia Logistics Center Specific Plan provides for up to 1,688,000
square feet of e- commerce, general light industrial, high -cube
warehouse, industrial park, manufacturing, shipping /parcel delivery,
and /or warehousing uses. Development standards are consistent with
the Arcadia General Plan and Municipal Code with few exceptions.
Reclamation: 2005
Reclamation: 2015
Arcadia Logistics Center is the site of the former Rodeffer sand
and gravel quarry, which operated on the property from 1967
until 1990. When mining operations ceased, the depleted quarry
was filled and compacted through an Inert Debris Engineered Fill
Operation ( IDEFO), which raised the quarry's surface elevation
to prepare the property for redevelopment. Today, the IDEFO is
nearly complete and the property is ready to be transitioned to a
productive end use.
The use of a Specific Plan enables deviation from two portions of
the City's Municipal Code: 1) maximum building height is increased
from 40 feet to 48 feet in Planning Area 1 (near the City of El Monte)
and increased from 40 feet to 52 feet in Planning Area 2 (near Lower
Azusa Road); and 2) parking requirements are reduced from 2 spaces
per 1,000 s.f. to rates that are consistent with the actual demand
for large logistics uses. The additional building height is required by
modern fulfillment centers, which often need 40 -foot clear ceilings for
their sorting and stacking machinery.
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3. SPECIFIC PLAN LAND USE PLAN & STATISTICAL SUMMARY
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5. SAMPLE BUILDINGS
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6. COMMUNITY OUTREACH
Yellow Iron Investments, the developer of the Arcadia Logistics Center, has undertaken a series of community outreach efforts to understand
the concerns of the surrounding community, both in Arcadia and from the adjoining neighborhood in El Monte, and to address as many
of those concerns as possible.
The outreach efforts to date include a public community meeting at Cherrylee Elementary School in May 2015, a meeting at a local
resident's house with neighbors concerned about the effect the project may have on their neighborhoods, along with follow -up meetings
and calls with individual residents to discuss their concerns.
The primary concerns expressed by residents related to the operation of the quarry and fill operations. With development of the Arcadia
Logistics Center, the cause of these concerns will be eliminated. Additionally, as part of their previously approved Conditional Use Permit
Yellow Iron Investments is constructing a new solid wall which will be at least 12 feet high and 3,300 feet long, along the property line to
reduce existing and future impacts to the residential neighborhood in El Monte.
Neighbors also expressed concern that the location of the buildings adjacent to the residential neighborhood would block sightlines from
the neighborhood streets and residential property. In response, the Specific Plan has been modified in three ways: 1) a minimum 50 -foot
setback from the property line to the buildings is required adjacent to the residential neighborhood; 2) the proposed conceptual locations
of buildings were shifted to allow the gaps between buildings to align with the residential streets, preserving the existing sightlines from
those streets; and 3) the height of buildings adjacent to the residential neighborhood is limited to 48 feet, rather than the 52 feet allowed
elsewhere within the Specific Plan..
A second public community meeting is being scheduled with the City of El Monte. A date and time has not yet been set.
May 6, 2ot5, Community Outreach Meeting at Cherryfee Elementary School in El Monte.
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PROPERTY LINE
7. CITY OF EL MONTE INTERFACE
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• Develop a comprehensive plan for the long term use of this
former quarry site as a warehouse /distribution & logistics
center that will attract quality tenants into the future;
• Provide an attractive employment center with landscaping and
sidewalk along Lower Azusa Road;
• Create job growth within the City with long term, high paying,
employment- generating businesses;
• Foster economic growth within the City by providing a recurring
surplus of approximately $200,000 in general revenue;
• Provide $624,560 in Development Impact Fees to the El Monte
City School District and El Monte Union High School District;
• Expand the economic base of the City by further diversifying the
available range of businesses in the City with this high quality
industrial and warehouse /distribution logistics location;
• Provide an attractive, state -of- the -art Class A warehouse/
distribution logistics center that meets current industry standards
for operational design criteria, in close proximity to existing 1 -605
on- and off - ramps;
• Establish the City of Arcadia as a viable competitor on a domestic
and international scale for truck -based goods distribution facilities
in the land- constrained metropolitan region of Los Angeles County.
S. PROJECT BENEFITS
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9. ECONOMIC BENEFITS
David Taussig and Associates, Inc. prepared a Fiscal and Economic Impact Analysis to identify the economic effects the Arcadia Logistics
Center Specific Plan would have on the City of Arcadia. The Analysis concluded that the Arcadia Logistics Center will be a net positive
economic benefit for the City and surrounding communities, by creating jobs and generating additional tax revenue to the City's General
Fund.
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Recurring Economic Impact
Direct Number of Employees
844
indirect /induced Number of 1:mp1ovees
151
Total Recurring Number of Employees
995
Direct Employee Wages
$46,781,232
indirect /induced Employee Wages
$8,531,917
Total Recurring Employee Wages
$55,313,149
Direct Economic Output
$81,139,696
Indirect /induced Economic Output
$20,039,947
Total Recurring Economic Output
$101,179,643
Table 4: Recurring Impact Conclusions
The Fiscal Analysis estimates that the Arcadia Logistics Center will
create 995 permanent jobs, directly and indirectly, within the City of
Arcadia. Industrial, logistics, and fulfillment center industry jobs are
quality, high - paying jobs which have average wages of $55,428
per year, nearly $17,500 more than the average wage in Arcadia.
These new jobs would not exist in the City without the Arcadia
Logistics Center.
Fiscal Impact Category
Total Annual Recurring Revenues
$423,420
Total Annual Recurring; Costs
($2111,321)
Total Annual Recurring Surplus /(Deficit)
$205,099
"Total Annual Revenue /Cost Ratio
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1.94
Table 2: General Fund - Net Fiscal Impact Summary
In addition to the creation of nearly 1,000 jobs, the Arcadia Logistics
Center is also anticipated to generate approximately $423,420 per
year in recurring revenue to the City of Arcadia and surrounding
communities. This new revenue would result in an approximately
$205,000 net increase in general revenue to the City.
The Arcadia Logistics Center will also provide $624,560 to the El
Monte City School District and El Monte Union High School District in
Development Impact Fees under the District's current fee structure,
assuming that the site is developed with 1 ,688,000 square feet of
building space.
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1 O. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) COMPLIANCE
Adequacy of
Responses
Adequacy of
E!R Analysis
Scope
of E!R
Certification Hearing
Final EIR
Response to Comments
Public Comment Period (Oct. 16 — Dec. 4)
Draft EIR (Oct. 16)
Scoping Meeting (Apr. 22)
Initial Study /Notice of Preparation (Apr. 1— May 11)
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1 1 . DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS
The Development Review Process within the City of Arcadia requires the successful completion of a number of steps, including the introduction
of the Arcadia Logistics Center Specific Plan project to the Planning Commission at this Workshop.
These steps include the following:
1. City Staff review of Specific Plan No. 14 -01, General Plan Amendment No. 15 -02, and Tentative Parcel Map No. 73407 (April, 2014
through October, 2015);
2. Public Review of Environmental Impact Report (October, 2015 through December, 2015);
3. Planning Commission Workshop (October 27, 2015);
4. Planning Commission Hearing to consider and make recommendation regarding Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment, and Tentative
Parcel Map (December, 2015);
5. City Council Hearing to consider Specific Plan, General Plan Amendment, Tentative Parcel Map and EIR (January 2016);
6. Submittal and consideration of subsequent approvals by local agencies, State Agencies and Federal Agencies; and
7. Submittal, and consideration of subsequent approvals by City of Arcadia for Grading Permits, Road Improvement Plans, Sewer
Infrastructure Plan, Building Permits, etc.
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