2019-040 - Mainplace Mall Transformation

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City of Santa Ana Addendum to the MainPlace Mall Transformation Proiect Fashion Square Commercial Center Final EIR population ratio was 1.04 officers per 1,000 population and the Police Department response time standard is 7 minutes for Priority 1 service calls (PD 2016). The proposed Project would result in an onsite population increase that would create the need for new police services. The Project is anticipated to generate a typical range of police service calls, such as vehicle burglaries, shoplifting, residential thefts, and disturbances. New development on the site would addresses typical security concerns by providing public safety through design, which includes low -intensity security lighting, security cameras, and electronic access to residential buildings. The Specific Plan Design Guidelines include the following requirement for use of public safety through design: • DG - 18 Use the concept of natural surveillance, or "eyes on the street," by promoting features that maximize the visibility of people, parking, and building entrances. • DG - 19 Delineate the separation between public and private spaces with paving, building materials, grade separations or with physical barriers such as landscaping. • DG - 20 Use the concept of territorial reinforcement by promoting features such as landscape planting, paving designs, and gateway treatments that define property lines and distinguish private space from public space. • DG - 21 Use the concept of natural access control by designing streets, walkways, building entrances, and development entries to clearly indicate public routes and to discourage access to private areas. • DG - 76 For security reasons, dwelling units should have sight lines out to the parking areas, but these views should be partially filtered through use of appropriate landscaping, such as trees. • DG - 191 Security lighting should be designed as part of a comprehensive lighting plan. The Specific Plan also includes performance standards for security, which state that residential units shall be designed to ensure the security of residents through the provision of secured entrances and exits that are separate from the non-residential uses and are directly accessible to parking areas. Non-residential and residential uses shall not have common entrance hallways or common balconies. These separations shall be shown on the development plan and the separations shall be permanently maintained. Pursuant to the City's existing permitting process, the Police Department would review and approve building site plans to ensure that appropriate crime prevention measures are incorporated appropriately to provide a safe environment. The proposed Project would also result in an incremental increase in demands on law enforcement services but would not be significant when compared to the current demand levels. Based on the 2016 staffing ratio of 1.04 officers per thousand population, the proposed Project would require 4 additional officers at buildout. 150