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

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site and generate fees for future needed Police Department personnel and equipment, the law enforcement service -related impacts from the proposed Project would not combine with other related projects to result in a cumulatively considerable impact. The proposed Project would not combine with other development projects to require expansion or construction of new police facilities, which could result in a significant environmental effect. Therefore, cumulative impacts associated with police services would be less than significant, which would be consistent with the findings of the GPU FEIR. (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.1 1-13.) School Services: The geographic context for cumulative impacts to schools is the Santa Ana Unified School District boundaries. The proposed Project and other development within the Santa Ana Unified School District could generate additional students resulting in the need to expand or construct new schools. At buildout, the proposed Project could generate approximately 1,678 additional students that would be accommodated by the existing schools with additional capacity available for cumulative projects. The attendance boundaries of Jefferson Elementary, McFadden Intermediate, Segerstrom High School include areas anticipating several multi -family residential development projects that are anticipated to generate additional students within the attendance boundaries of these schools. Thus, the proposed Project in combination with related projects would result in the exceedance of capacity at a minimum of two school facilities. Expansion of existing facilities are planned at both schools, and some of the existing and,/or future students could transfer to other schools within the school district that have some capacity; however, one or more school facilities within the Santa Ana Unified School District may be over capacity with implementation of the proposed Project in combination with related projects. However, the state provided authority for school districts to assess impact fees for both residential and non-residential development projects. Fees collected in accordance with Government Code Section 65995(b) allow the Santa Ana Unified School District to plan and construct for future growth. Furthermore, the payment of those fees constitutes full mitigation for the impacts generated by new development, per Government Code Section 65995, which would reduce potential impacts related to the projects cumulative school service impacts to a less than significant level, which is consistent with the findings of the GPU FEIR. (Draft Supplemental EIR at p. 5.1 1-17.) Library Services: The geographic scope for cumulative library services is the City of Santa Ana, which is the area served by the existing City libraries. As described previously, library service needs have changed with resources being available online and the availability of high-speed internet services in residences, residential amenity areas, and commercial locations. Therefore, new development, such as the proposed Project, results in a limited need for library resources/services or square footage of library space. Although demand for library services may incrementally increase as cumulative development occurs through implementation of the GPU as discussed in the GPU FEIR, library use has declined due to the availability of online library materials and may continue to decline as the information available on the Internet increases exponentially over time (AEI, 2022). Thus, the combined effect of the proposed Prolect's impacts related to libraries would not result in the need for a new or expanded library, the construction of which could result in significant impacts. Therefore, impacts from cumulative impacts associated with library services would be less than significant. (Draft Supplemental EIR at pp. 5.1 1-20 through 5.1 1-21.)