Fountaingrove Environmental Impact Report - City of Santa Rosa ...

2.0 LIST OF COMMENTERS AND RESPONSE TO COMMENTS
29) No specific comment was made. Potential impacts to groundwater recharge are
addressed in Impact 3.8-3; impacts would be less than significant.
30) See Master Response Land Use Compatibility.
31) See Master Response Noise. Noise from traffic was considered as part of the Noise
Analysis (see Appendix O Noise Study in the Draft EIR, p. 6); traffic from the Project
would increase noise levels by less than 1 decibels A scale (dBA) over current levels,
and impacts would be less than significant.
32) See Master Response Noise.
33) See Master Response for Noise and Response to Comment FRMA – 16.
34) A Community Services District is a tax district that may be created under the City’s
Special Tax Financing Code, Chapter 4-56 to perpetually fund the City Police
Department, Fire Department, and/or other City General Fund operations to
mitigate significant service impacts. Implementation responsibility, timing, and
enforcement mechanisms for mitigation measures, including Mitigation Measure
3.11-2a, are described in Section 4 Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program in
this Final EIR.
As described in Mitigation Measure 3.11-2b, providing an onsite Emergency Medical
Technician would reduce the Fire Department’s need to respond to non-medical
emergency calls in community care facilities. Emergency responses to non-medical
emergency calls in senior living facilities impact Fire department Response times. In
some cases residents fall or request assistance when they are not injured. Staff must
have the ability to medically assess the resident to determine if the request is a
medical emergency or a routine care assistance issue. As described in Impact 3.7-4,
no significant impacts limiting emergency evacuation would occur from Project
implementation. As noted in Impact 3.13-4 of the Draft EIR, the installation of a
signal at the intersection of Thomas Lake Harris and Fountaingrove Parkway will
improve emergency access to and from the site.
35) Parking is discussed on pages 3-157 and 3-163 of the Draft EIR. The parking
provided exceeds the City’s parking requirements; therefore, adequate parking
capacity is provided and no significant impacts would occur. Also see Response to
Comment Rood – 2.
36) See Master Response Local Traffic.
37) A safety analysis was completed by The Crane Transportation Group as part of the
traffic study (see Appendix P to the Draft EIR). In particular, sight distances were
evaluated using the speed observed (35 mph), not the theoretical speed limit of
25 mph and no hazard was identified. As described in Impact 3.13-3, the minimum
required sight distance is 155 feet, which is lower than Fountaingrove Lodge’s
driveway design (which ranges from 285 feet to 480 feet) on Thomas Lake Harris
Drive. Construction equipment will use the onsite staging area to turn around. As
noted in Impact 3.13-3, although the Project would not result in a significant increase
in traffic along Thomas Lake Harris Drive, to further reduce potential hazards to
pedestrians who want to cross Thomas Lake Harris Drive, a new pedestrian crossing
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