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

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of the GPU, the existing parkland deficiency is expected to increase as additional residential units are constructed with limited parkland increases. Based on the California State Parks information for the Southern California region, the anticipated number of Project residents at full occupancy (9,238 residents), the distance and type of recreational facilities near the Project site, it is anticipated that the proposed Project would generate 1,543 additional park users two or more times per week, 1,275 additional park users about once per week, 1,903 additional park users once or twice per month, 2,254 additional park users several times a year, and 1,395 additional park users once or twice a year that would utilize the 69.8 acres of existing parks within 2 miles of the Project site and the 17.21 acres of parks and recreational facilities within the Project site. As the existing ratio of acreage of parks and recreational facilities to existing City population results in a parkland deficiency of approximately 154.44 acres, development of the proposed Project would continue to result in a deficiency in parkland throughout the City of Santa Ana. The Project proposes to provide approximately 1.4 acres of publicly accessible open space per 1,000 residents, which exceeds the approximately 1.2 acres per 1,000 residents currently existing within the City. Notwithstanding the Prolect's provision of public open space in proportion greater than existing currently in the City, it is reasonably foreseeable that the proposed Project would result in the increased use of existing parks and recreational facilities in a manner that results in accelerated substantial physical deterioration of the facility. As such, impacts would be significant and unavoidable, which is consistent with the findings of the GPU FEIR (Draft Supplemental EIR at pp. 5.12-6 through 5.12-8). Impact Finding: The Project would include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.12-8). Facts in Support of Findings: As described above, the proposed Project proposes 17.21 acres of common and private open space and recreation facilities, including 13.1 acres of public open space. The project -level impacts of development of these recreational amenities are considered part of the impacts of the proposed Project as a whole and are analyzed throughout the various sections of this Supplemental EIR. For example, activities such as grading and construction, as required for the park and recreational components of this proposed Project, are analyzed in the Air Quality, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Noise, and Transportation sections. In addition, the proposed Project would contribute park development fees pursuant to Municipal Code Sections 35-108, 35-1 10, and 35-1 1 1 to be used towards the future expansion or maintenance parks and recreational facilities. However, the proposed Project's provision of parkland would not meet the 27.7 acres of parkland based on the GPU policy of 3 acres of parkland for every 1,000 residents, either on the site or cumulatively through the availability of parks and recreation facilities citywide. As such, the proposed Project could require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities, the construction of which could result in significant impacts. As such, impacts would be significant and unavoidable, which is consistent with the findings of the GPU FEIR (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.12-8).