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City Council Meeting of June 16, 1998 Reche Canyon Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Appeal Page 2 The applicant requested that this condition be removed and deferred to some unknown future date. The City Engineer, Tim Wilson, GTS Associates, Inc., advised the applicant that the drainage channel should have been constructed when the Rehabilitation (Convalescent) Center was constructed in 1990. The project was (is) a hospital facility, so the State of California was the Responsible Agency for construction monitoring, inspections, and the Certificate of Occupancy. Because of this, the Rehabilitation Center opened without having constructed the drainage channel as required by the City. A copy of the historical documentation on this requirement is attached. DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS- On May 12, 1998, the applicant appealed the Design Review Committee's decision to the Planning Commission, requesting that the drainage channel requirement be removed from the Conditions of Approval, so that they could proceed with construction of the parking lot. They cited the cost of installing drainage as prohibitive. The Planning Commission denied their request, noting that they do not have the authority to override requirements placed on a project by outside departments or agencies, other than those emanating from the Planning Division. The applicant was notified of this decision and was advised that they could appeal the decision to the City Council. ALTERNATIVES: 1.) To approve the Appeal and allow the drainage channel requirement. 2.) To deny the Appeal and not allow the drainage channel is constructed. FINANCIAL IMPACT: parking lot to be constructed without the required parking lot to be constructed unless the required There may be unknown costs to the City if the drainage channel is not installed in conjunction with the parking lot. Increased run-off will result from construction of the parking lot, which will increase flooding on Reche Canyon Road, downstream from the Rehabilitation Center. There will not be a cost to the City for the construction of the parking lot, nor for the construction of the dra* ge channel U§:: 3v R. Zamoa moo Community Dev ent Director ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There is the potential for increased run-off and increased flooding if the channel is not built. Flooding damages roads and property, so there is the potential for negative environmental impacts if the parking lot is constructed without the drainage channel being installed.