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Pleasanton General Plan Fiscal Impact Analysis Final Report 01/16/14 based on a number of specific factors. However, for the purpose of this study which is focused on other land uses, hospitals are assumed to be fiscally neutral. • Auto Care/Service Center: These uses are projected to increase by 12 percent through buildout. While these uses generate limited sales taxes, their primary function is service- oriented. As a result, the fiscal impact of auto care and service functions is not assumed to be significant for the purpose of this analysis. • Fitness/Athletic Clubs: The City currently has 184,000 square feet of fitness clubs and athletic facilities with 4,000 additional square feet planned through buildout. While these facilities generate some fiscal impacts (i.e., property and sales tax revenues and public works costs), their primary service-oriented focus makes fiscal impacts negligible. In addition, the local-serving nature of these uses would predominantly service the City's population growth with some of its fiscal impacts captured elsewhere. As a result, these uses are excluded from the fiscal impact analysis. • Gravel Processing: The share of sales tax captured by local jurisdictions from gravel processing varies depending on the "point of sale"of end users with most local jurisdictions capturing a small tax share of the overall sales activity. Gravel processing activities generate truck traffic, which results in increased road maintenance costs. In some cases, these costs are mitigated by charging companies user fees that fund excessive road usage. While gravel processing is projected to increase, most of the facilities are likely to be located in East Pleasanton outside of the City's limits. This expansion is not expected to result in any substantial fiscal implications for the City's ongoing operation, such as sales tax revenue. As a result, this category is not considered in the context of the fiscal impact analysis. • Winery: This use is projected to increase in Pleasanton by 50 percent. Fiscal impacts of wineries vary widely depending on a range of factors, including the extent of the agricultural operation on site, restaurant/catering activities, traffic impacts, and the "point of sale" location of retail customers (with local jurisdictions not capturing sales taxes if wine is sold at wholesale to retailers that generate sales taxes at their respective locations). For the purpose of this analysis, winery operation is assumed to be fiscally neutral on the City's ongoing operation. • Movie Theater/Amphitheater: These uses are projected to increase by 116 percent through buildout. While these facilities typically generate sales taxes from concession sales, they also result in road maintenance and public safety costs. The fiscal impact of movie theater and amphitheater uses is not likely to be significant for the purpose of this analysis. • Regional Parks: While substantial growth in the regional park acreage is projected, the cost for regional park maintenance is provided by the East Bay Regional Park District rather than the City. Therefore, forecasted growth in regional parks is not envisioned to have any significant implications for the City's ongoing operation. • Golf Course: While the City currently has 63 holes among various golf courses, no increase in this category is projected through buildout. Economic&Planning Systems, Inc. 14 P:\121000\121062PleasantonkReport\121062Report_FINAL.doc