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

Saticoy & Wells Community Plan and Code EIRSection 4.13 Public ServicesAction 11.6.12 Identify opportunities to use and connect public lands such as playingfields, parks, and rights-of-way for “green solutions” to water qualityand supply problems, while creating a more human urban environment..The Project allows for a variety of parks of varying sizes and types. Together, the payment ofpark in-lieu fees and the dedication of parkland as allowed by the Quimby Act would meet thedemand for parks over time. Impacts would therefore be less than significant.Mitigation Measures. Continued payment of required park fees and dedication of landfor parks on a case-by-case basis would reduce impacts to a less than significant level.Therefore, mitigation is not required.Significance After Mitigation. Impacts would be less than significant with continuedpayment of applicable park fees and dedication of parkland in associated with individualdevelopment projects. Possible environmental impacts associated with the development of newparks would depend upon the local and type of facility and would need to be addressed oncase-by-case basis.c. Cumulative Impacts. As discussed in Section 3.0, Environmental Setting, plannedcumulative development associated with the growth forecasts of the 2005 General Plan in theCity of Ventura would add about 8,300 dwelling units, as well as about 1.2 million square feetof retail development, 1.2 million square feet of office development, 2.2 million square feet ofindustrial development, and 530,000 square feet of hotel development.Fire Protection. Growth forecasts estimated in the 2005 General Plan would increasedemand for fire protection services in the City. As stated in the General Plan EIR, the additionof an estimated 21,201 new residents citywide would require additional fire protection facilitiesand fire stations. The VFD has tentative plans to construct a new fire station in the Harbor areaand General Plan Action 7.13 calls for a new station in this area. Approximately 30 newfirefighters are currently required to alleviate current staffing deficiencies and achieve thedesired 0.98 firefighters/1,000 residents ratio. With estimated growth forecasts from theGeneral Plan, a total of 121 firefighters would be needed in 2025 to maintain desired staffingratio. As discussed in the General Plan EIR, implementation of 2005 General Plan Action 7.13would provide the requisite funding for new facilities and equipment needed to serve newdevelopment through 2025. Site- and project-specific environmental review would be requiredfor new fire stations once sites for the new facilities are identified. Action 7.12 would minimizeimpacts associated with new development adjacent to, or within, high fire hazard areas. Thus,significant cumulative impacts relative to fire protection are not anticipated.Police Protection. Growth forecasts estimated in the 2005 General Plan would increasedemand for police protection services in the City. Approximately 26 additional police personnelwould be needed to maintain the current 1.21 police officers per 1,000 residents ratio with theprojected increase of 21,201 new residents under the growth forecasts from the General Plan.As described in the General Plan EIR, implementation of General Plan Action 7.15 wouldprovide for increased staffing as necessary to serve the community. New development thatcould occur outside of the existing City limits (e.g., the Upper North Avenue, North Avenuecorridors, or Saticoy corridors) would not require the construction of new facilities. However,4.13-17City of Ventura