Thank you to all of those who attended the June 3, 2010 meeting at the Senior Center to hear information about the Fillmore Business Park and to ask questions. The information provided included an independent job analysis prepared by David Taussig and Associates that states at build out the Fillmore Business Park project will be home to 1,681 new employees once the Business Park is fully occupied and the surrounding community will benefit from an additional 898 indirect jobs needed to support the new Business Park project employees, resulting in a total of 2,579 new jobs for the Fillmore community.
In response to that information, a question was raised at the meeting about the 77 jobs projected to be created by one of the businesses in the park, a self-storage facility. Bob Crum stated the credibility of the entire job projection analysis could be in question because of this number and Ray Harper, who made the presentation on the Business Park, agreed that the number for the self-storage facility seemed high. Mr. Harper is the developer of the Perry Ranch site and the Coe Property in the Fillmore Business Park and stated that he was not that familiar with the Self Storage facility site plan, because it was being developed by another developer in the Business Park. I would like to clear up the issue regarding the jobs projected for the Self Storage Facility. In summary, the 77 jobs that are projected for the Self-Storage site are correct.
To clarify, the 77 jobs projected are for the entire Self-Storage site plan and not just for the Self-Storage use itself. This is documented in the Fillmore Business Park EIR. The Self-Storage site plan includes 76,974 sq. ft. of Self-Storage space and 38,200 sq. ft. of Industrial Space (See Table 2.2, page 9 and Figure 2.9 of the Business Park EIR). Based upon the site plan for the Self-Storage facility, Appendix C of the Business Park EIR entitled "Air Quality Noise Modeling Results, TDM Fund Calculations, Employment Generation" projects a total of 92 jobs for the Self Storage Site plan (5 for the Self-Storage and 87 for the Industrial). See page 508 of the Business Park EIR. So the 77 jobs projected by the Taussig Study are more conservative than the 92 jobs analyzed in the Business Park EIR.
Section 6.04.1202.R(12), on Page II-96 of the Fillmore Zoning Ordinance requires any Self-Storage or Warehousing facility that exceeds 45,000 sq. ft. to provide one job per 900 sq. ft. of floor space. That is why the Self-Storage site plan includes the 38,200 sq. ft. of industrial. If you check with Kevin McSweeney you will find that the planning file for the self storage space includes a document verifying that the proper job generation has been met for the Self-Storage site plan to permit the self-storage space.
The whole purpose of the Fillmore Business Park is to create new jobs for the Fillmore community and all of the analysis to date indicates that 2,600 new jobs will be created when the Business Park is completed.
