2024-053 - Final Supplemental for The Related Bristol Specific Plan Project

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that impacts related to fire protection services would be less than significant (Draft Supplemental EIR at pp. 5.1 1-5 through 5.1 1-6). Impact Finding: The Project would not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered police service facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios and response times or other performance objectives for police services (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.1 1 -1 2). Facts in Support of Findings: The proposed Project includes development of an administrative Police Department substation (no transfers or bookings) to be located within the commercial use area. The proposed Police Department substation would provide space for the expansion of policing services in the southern portion of the City including the ability to quickly respond to emergency calls from within the Project site. The construction and operational activities related to the new police substation are included as part of the proposed Project and would not result in any physical environmental effects beyond those identified throughout this Draft Supplemental EIR. For example, an analysis of construction emissions from building the new substation is included in Sections 5.1, .Air Quality, and 5.5, Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Draft Supplemental EIR. The proposed Project would result in an incremental increase in demands on law enforcement services but would not be significant when compared to the current demand levels. As described previously, the residential population of the Project site at full occupancy would be approximately 9,238 residents. Based on the Police Department's 2022 staffing ratio of 0.98 officers per thousand population, at buildout, the proposed Project would require 9 additional officers. These new officers would be added to the Police Department staffing and would be accommodated by the proposed administrative Police Department substation because not all 9 would work at the same time, with staggered shifts in the field and on patrol. With the additional staffing and onsite proposed administrative Police Department substation, law enforcement personnel are anticipated to be able to respond in a timely manner to emergency calls within the Project site. Because the addition of 9 additional officers, based on Project buildout assumptions, could be accommodated by the proposed administrative Police Department substation and also other existing City policing facilities, the proposed Project would not result in the requirement to construct any other new facilities or expand any of the City's existing policing facilities. Therefore, because the proposed Project incorporates a new substation as part of the proposed Project, the construction of which is analyzed in conjunction with the proposed Project, the proposed Project would not result in the need for additional new or physically altered police protection facilities offsite. The proposed substation is analyzed as part of the proposed Project and would not result in any substantial impacts beyond those identified in the Draft Supplemental EIR associated with the construction and operation of the proposed Project. As such proposed Project impacts would be consistent with those identified as part of the GPU FEIR, which determined that impacts related to police protection services would be less than significant (Draft Supplemental EIR at pp. 5.1 1-12 through 5.1 1-13). Impact Finding: The Project would not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered school facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.1 1-16).