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4.15 Public Services <br />Impact <br />Issues (and supporting Information Determination <br />Sources) in EIR <br />PUBLIC SERVICES: <br />Would the project result in substantial <br />adverse physical impacts associated <br />with the provision of new or physically <br />altered governmental facilities, need for <br />new or physically altered governmental <br />facilities, the construction of which <br />could cause significant environmental <br />impacts, in order to maintain acceptable <br />service ratios, response times or other <br />performance objectives for any of the <br />public services: <br />Any Substantial <br />Changes <br />Involving New <br />Significant <br />Impacts or <br />Substantially <br />More Severe <br />Impacts? <br />Any <br />Substantially <br />Changed <br />Circumstances <br />Involving New <br />Significant <br />Impact or <br />Substantially <br />More Severe <br />Impacts? <br />Any New <br />Information of <br />Substantial <br />Importance? <br />Project <br />Incorporates <br />Mitigation <br />Measure(s)? <br />(a) <br />Fire protection? <br />Less Than <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />Significant <br />(b) <br />Police protection? <br />Less Than <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />Significant <br />Less Than <br />(c) <br />Schools? <br />Significant <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />Yes <br />With Mitigation <br />(d) <br />Parks? <br />Less Than <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />Significant <br />(e) <br />Other public facilities? <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />No <br />4.15.1Impact Determination in the EIR <br />Fire <br />The Certified EIR stated adequate response times and staff are present at both Fire Stations <br />serving the Overlay Zone. The addition of 5,551 residential units and office and commercial uses <br />would increase demands on the Santa Ana Fire Department (SAFD). However, both stations <br />serving the area have response times from 5 to 8 minutes, which the City considers adequate. <br />The additional demands from new development in the area are not expected to decrease <br />response times or require additional staffing. The SAFD notified that they would be able to handle <br />the increased service demands with their current staffing and equipment. <br />Adequate water flow is available with ample water pressure for fire services. SAFD's Guide for <br />the Determination of Fire Flow is used to estimate fire flow demands from new development. <br />Structures that require fire flow over 3,500 gallons per minute are either redesigned to lower the <br />fire flow or to include a fire sprinkler system to reduce fire flow demand. The provision of automatic <br />fire sprinklers would reduce the demand, as well as compliance with the Uniform Fire Code, <br />Cabrillo Town Center City of Santa Ana <br />Technical Memorandum August 2023 <br />City Council 18 — 610 10/3/2023 <br />