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

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.13 Public Services• Create the need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the constructionof which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintainacceptable service ratios, response times or other performance objectives• Directly remove or otherwise adversely affect the operation of an existing or plannedpark or recreational facility• Increase the use of existing parks and recreational facilities such that substantialphysical deterioration would occur or be accelerated. The potential for physicaldeterioration of existing parks may be considered substantial if the amount of newparkland in the City is insufficient to meet the projected demand associated withprojected population growth (based on the current City standard, park demand is 10acres per 1,000 new residents)• Require the construction or expansion of parks or other recreational facilities thatmight have adverse effects on the environmentWith respect to school enrollment, impacts associated with new development would beconsidered significant if it is anticipated that individual developers would not pay Statemandated school impact fees (pursuant to Section 65995(h) of the California Government Code[Senate Bill 50, chaptered August 27, 1998], the payment of statutory fees “...is deemed to be fulland complete mitigation of the impacts of any legislative or adjudicative act, or both, involving,but not limited to, the planning, use, or development of real property, or any change ingovernmental organization or reorganization”)b. Project Impacts and Mitigation Measures.Impact PS-1Development facilitated by the Project would add an estimated1,833 residences within the Project Area. This increase wouldplace additional demand on fire protection services, but wouldnot create the need for new or expanded fire protectionfacilities. Impacts would therefore be Class III, less thansignificant.Development facilitated by the Project would increase the demand for fire and emergencyservices in the Project Area. Facility and staffing levels are based on achieving the desired fourminuteresponse time, which varies (at least in part) according to fire personnel staffing levels,the placement of fire stations in relation to service areas, and the density/layout of land usesand development within a service area. As discussed in the Setting, Fire Station #6 is locatedwithin the Project Area (10797 Darling Rd) and would be able to provide fire protection servicesto the Project Area within the VFD’s desired four-minute response time. Therefore,development facilitated under the proposed Project would not require the construction of a newfire station. Development impact fees collected from applicants of development projectsfacilitated under the Project could be used as necessary for the purchase and maintenance ofequipment.As the Project continues to be developed with new or intensified urban uses it would increasethe need for adequate fire flow for fire protection purposes. The provision of the necessarywater supply infrastructure necessary to serve new development is assessed in Section 4.13,Utilities. In summary, the City will adopt capital improvement programs which identifyimprovements to the water supply system necessary to maintain fire flow and domestic service.4.13-11City of Ventura