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Ms. Lindy Chan, Principal Planner City of Redwood City, Planning Services February 28, 2020 Page 10 22. Identify the cost of providing capital facilities to accommodate students on a per -student basis, by the District. 23. Identify the expected shortfall or excess between the estimated development fees to be generated by the Project and the cost for provision of capital facilities. 24. Assess the District's present and projected capital facility, operations, maintenance, and personnel costs. 25. Assess financing and funding sources available to the District, including but not limited to those mitigation measures set forth in Section 65996 of the Government Code. 26. Identify any expected fiscal impacts on the District, including an assessment of projected cost of land acquisition, school construction, and other facilities needs. 27. Assess cumulative impacts on schools resulting from additional development already approved or pending. As discussed above, the Project will have numerous impacts on the District's ability to provide its educational program. Furthermore, the City's reliance upon SB 50 as the sole mitigation measure to any impacts caused by the Project is both legally and practically improper, as developer fees are legally and practically inadequate to mitigate all impacts caused by the Project. Accordingly, the District submits that each of the above scoping requests must be directly discussed in the EIR. Conclusion The District does not oppose development within District boundaries, and recognizes the importance of housing on the health and welfare of the community. However, the District maintains that the community can only thrive if the District's educational program and its facilities are viable and sufficient, and District staff, families, and students are safe. Accordingly, the needs of the District must be appropriately considered in the environmental review process for all proposed new development that will impact the District, such as the very large Project under consideration. The District is hopeful that its continued collaboration with Developer and the City will yield solutions that alleviate the impacts caused by the Project, and is prepared to provide any information necessary to assist the City in preparation of the EIR and in addressing each of the comment and scope/content issues set forth above. We request that all notices and copies of documentation with regard to this Project be mailed both to the District directly, and also to our legal counsel's attention as follows: