Saticoy & Wells Community Plan & Development ... - City Of Ventura

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.13 Public ServicesThe 2005 General Plan includes polices and programs to minimize potential damage andhazards resulting from fire, including, but not limited to, the following:Policy 7COptimize firefighting and emergency response capabilities.Action 7.12 Refer development plans to the Fire Department to assure adequacy ofstructural fire protection, access for firefighting, water supply, andvegetation clearance.Action 7.13 Resolve extended response time problems by:• Adding a fire station at the Pierpont/Harbor area,• Relocating Fire Station #4 to the Community Park site,• Increasing firefighting and support staff resources,• Reviewing and conditioning annexations and developmentapplications, and• Requiring the funding of new services from fees, assessments, or taxesas new subdivisions are developed.Police. The Safety Element of the 2005 General Plan (Our Health and Safe Community)contains implementation policies and programs that relate to police protection.Policy 7DImprove community safety through enhanced police serviceAction 7.15 Increase public access to police services by:• Increasing police staffing to coincide with increasing population,development, and calls for service,• Increasing community participation by creating a Volunteers inPolicing Program, and• Requiring the funding of new services from fees, assessments, or taxesas new subdivisions are developedAction: 7.17 Establish a nexus between police department resources and increaseddemands associated with new development.Action 7.19 Expand Police Department headquarters as necessary to accommodate staffgrowth.Schools. California Government Code §53080, 65995, and 66001, authorizes schooldistricts to collect fees from new residential and commercial/industrial development which areused for facility construction, acquisition and improvements. Any future development withinthe Project Area would be required to pay statutory fees the Ventura Unified School Districtbased on the size of the proposed residential or commercial development.Policies contained in the 2005 General Plan also call for specific actions to follow during thedevelopment process.4.13-8City of Ventura