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9.14.5 Existing Recreational Facilities <br />Threshold: Would the Project increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or <br />other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be <br />accelerated? <br />Finding: Less than significant impact. (DEIR, p. 4.10-13 through 4.10-14.) <br />Facts in Support of Finding: The Project would provide onsite open space and recreational facilities for <br />residents, which is anticipated to reduce the Project's impact on off -site recreational facilities. Moreover, <br />based on the existing amount of park and recreational facilities in the Project site's vicinity, the <br />recreational facilities that would be provided as part of the Project, and the anticipated number of residents <br />at the Project, the Project is not anticipated to increase the use of existing parks and recreational facilities <br />such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would be accelerated. <br />In addition, the Santa Ana Municipal Code, Section 35-108 requires that residential development fees be <br />paid for the acquisition, construction, and renovation of park and recreation facilities to preserve an <br />appropriate balance between the demand by residents for use of park and recreational facilities and the <br />availability of such facilities. Thus, by payment of the required park fees, the Project would provide <br />funding to offset any increased usage at other park and recreation facilities. Overall, the Project would not <br />result in substantial physical deterioration of park and recreation facilities <br />For the reasons discussed above and the reasons discussed in the DEIR, impacts associated with this issue <br />would be less than significant, and no mitigation is required. (DEIR, p. 4.10-13 through 4.10-14.) This <br />conclusion also applies, for the same reasons, to the Modified Project. <br />9.14.6 New Recreational Facilities <br />Threshold: Does the Project include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion <br />of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment? <br />Finding: Less than significant impact. (DEIR, p. 4.10-14.) <br />Facts in Support of Finding: The Project includes recreational facilities that would be constructed and <br />operated as part of the proposed Project. In addition, access Option B includes repaving the Walkie Way <br />entrance to Santiago Park and the addition of landscaping that includes trees and ground cover in the park <br />and Project site entrance. The impacts of development of the recreational amenities and access options are <br />considered part of the impacts of the Project as a while and are analyzed throughout the various sections <br />of the DEIR. <br />Moreover, the Project would not require the construction or expansion of other recreational facilities that <br />might have an adverse physical effect on the environment. For the reasons discussed above and the reasons <br />discussed in the DEIR, impacts associated with this issue would be less than significant, and no mitigation <br />is required. (DEM, p. 4.10-14,) This conclusion also applies, for the same reasons, to the Modified Project. <br />9.14.7 Other Public Facilities <br />Resolution No. Page 50 of 76 <br />Certification of the Magnolia at the Park EIR <br />