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San Joaquin County March 4, 1998 Community Development Department Page 2 School District Development Fee Tustification Study The District has prepared a development fee justification study dated November, 1997 (the "Fee Study") which includes an estimate of future enrollment within the boundaries of the District and discusses various alternative methods to accommodate this growth. The Fee Study estimates that each new single-family home within the District generates .551 students. Multi-family units consisting of 2 to 4 dwellings generate 1.083 students. Apartment units generate .374 students per unit. These figures are referred to as the District' "student yield factor" and are further broken down at the kindergarten through sixth grade level, seventh through eigntli grade level and ninth through twelfth grade level. This project referenced above is presently within the Clements/Lockeford Elementary attendance area for grades K-b, the Houston School attendance area for grades 7-8, and the Lodi High School attendance area for grades 9-12. However, as development occurs, or residential densities change, attendance areas will also change, particularly as new schools are constructed. The above-referenced project provides for an 88-lot residential subdivision. Given the District's student yield factors, as outlined above, this has the potential to result in forty-eight (48) new students enrolling in the District. The current maximum fee authorized by way of State law is $1.93 per square foot for new residential construction, and the District has implemented this fee. This fee alone, however, is not adequate to mitigate the cost of new facilities made necessary by new development. Assuming an approximately 1,500 square foot single-family home size, the $1.93 per square foot fee results in a fee to the District of $2,895.00 which falls significantly short of the amount of revenue actually needed by the District in order to offset the cost of providing school facilities to students generated by new homes. The San Joaquin County General Plan The educational facilities element of the San Joaquin County General Plan provides that "schools at every level are essential components of the quality of life in every community" and further provides that "the County needs to ensure that facilities are available for the projected growth." More specifically, the element provides, under the heading entitled "Implementation," that residential developments shall not be approved if it is documented by the school district to the Planning Commission/Board of Supervisors that adequate school facilities cannot be made available concurrently with the need for such facilities.