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20142021 SANTA ANA HOUSING ELEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT UPDATES CITY OF SANTA ANA 3. Environmental Analysis review and impacts on local park and recreational facilities would be considered. Impacts on parks due to adoption of the Housing Element would be less than significant. No mitigation measures are necessary. e) Other public facilities? Less than Significant Impact. The Housing Element designates adequate sites for potential future development that could accommodate any unmet portion of the RHNA through 2021. Future development would be subject to CEQA review and impacts on other public facilities would be considered. Impacts on other public facilities due to adoption of the Housing Element would be less than significant and no mitigation measures are necessary. 3.15 RECREATION a) Would the project increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities, such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated? Less than Significant Impact. The City of Santa Ana's standard for amount of parkland to population is 2.0 acres per 1,000 residents. The total area of parks and recreational facilities within the City is approximately 400 acres of public parks and recreation space (Santa Ana 2010). According to the Department of Finance, the City's estimated population is 329,915 (DOE 2013). Thus, the ratio of parkland to population is approximately 1.21 acres per 1,000 residents, below the City's standard of 2 acres of parkland per 1,000 residents. Future development anticipated by the Housing Element would be subject to CEQA review and would either be requited to pay residential development fees and in -lieu fees to the City for the development and maintenance of park facilities or provide improved parks. If fees are necessary, the amount would be determined by the City Department of Parks and Recreation during the City's approval process for those projects. Impacts to parks and recreational facilities due to the adoption of the Housing Element would be less than significant. b) Does the project include recreational facilities or require the constriction or expansion of recreational facilities, which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment? Less than Significant Impact. Approval of the Housing Element would not impact any recreational facility; however, implementation of the Housing Element is reliant on future development assumptions. Future development would increase the demand for parks and recreation facilities in the City. However, future projects would be subject to CEQA review and would either be required to pay residential development fees and in -lieu fees to the City for the development and maintenance of park facilities or provide improved parks. If fees are necessary, the amount would be determined by the City Department of Parks and Recreation during the City's approval process for those projects. Impacts to recreational facilities due to the adoption of the Housing Element would be less than significant. Page 64 • The Planning Ceder I DC&E 75A -86 December 2013