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The Bowery Mixed -Use Project 2, Response to Comments As described previously, sports fields are used by approximately 14 percent of the adults and 33.1 percent of those under 18 years old that utilize park and recreation facilities (per California State Parks data). The use of the sports -oriented recreational facilities is largely by organized sports leagues that pay fees to the City for use of the facilities, which is used to fund maintenance and improvements related to use of the facilities. Although the proposed Veterans Sports Park at Tustin Legacy, which is 31.5 acres and 0.9 mile from the Project site would offer new amenities that would be attractive to Project site residents, the anticipated usage of the facility based on the data from the California State Parks indicates that the potential deterioration of the facility from use by Project residents would be less than significant. Comment 5: This comment states that the park fees collected by the Project would not directly benefit any park facilities in the City of Tustin. The comment also states that the payment of fees to offset park usage would only apply to parks in Santa Ana and should not be used to reach the conclusion regarding deterioration of parks in Tustin. Response 5: Although the Draft EIR states on page 5.13-7 that the payment of fees would provide funding for park and recreation facility improvements, the statement is not the basis for the less than significant determination. The basis for the less than significant determination is described previously in Response 2, As described previously, and detailed on page 5.13-7 of the Draft EIR, based on the data from the California State Parks, the existing amount of park and recreation facilities in the vicinity of the Project site, the amount and qualify of recreation facilities that would be provided as part of the Project, and the number of residents at full capacity of the proposed Project, the Project is not anticipated to increase the use of existing parks and recreation facilities, including those within the City of Tustin, such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated. Comment 6: This comment states that it is incorrectly stated on page 5.13-5 of the DEIR that 5,136.35 acres of parkland will be provided per Project resident at full occupancy. Response 6: The last sentence on page 5.13-5 of the Draft EIR contains a typographical error, referring to acres instead of square feet, and has been modified as provided below and in Chapter 3, Revisions to the Draft EIR. In addition, the existing parkland information in the second to last sentence has been updated to reflect the additional park information provided previously in Comment 3. Thus, the last two sentences on page 5.13-5 have been revised as provided below. In addition, there are 94.4 97.9 acres of parkland within the City of Tustin and 63.6 acres of parkland within the City of Irvine Park facilities (listed in Table 5.13-2) that are also within 3 miles of the Project site and are likely (due to location) to be used by residents of the proposed Project. This equals approximately 24638 243.38 acres of existing parkland within three miles of the site, which equates to 5,136 e; 5,094.49 square feet of parkland per Project resident at full occupancy. Comment 7: This comment states that Table 5.13-3 appears to be missing a column for average travel times between 13 and 20 minutes. Response 7: Table 5.13-3 includes a typographical error. The fourth column was to provide average travel times between 11 and 20 minutes and has been modified as provided below and in Chapter 3, Revisions to the Draft EIR. Table 5.13-3: Average Travel Time in Southern California to Outdoor Recreation Areas Mode 0<5 1min -10 min 21-81.20 min 21.60 min >06.0 min Driving 31-3% 16% Walking 127.5% 1 20.3% 1 31,5% 1 18.9% 1 1.8% City of Santa Ana 2-58 Final EIR April 2020