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The Bowery Mixed-Use Project CEQA Findings of Fact City of Santa Ana 32 May 2020 Santa Ana is working on various homeless shelter solutions, including the purchase of a permanent homeless shelter site, that are anticipated to be available for the existing persons on the Project site prior to construction of the proposed Project. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in displacement of substantial numbers of people, such that construction of replacement housing elsewhere would be necessary. As a result, impacts would be less than significant. K. Public Services Fire Protection Impact Finding: The Project would not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered fire 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 fire protection services (Draft EIR at p. 5.12-4). Facts in Support of Findings: The proposed Project is anticipated to result in 2,081 residents and 320 employees at full occupancy. This residential and employee population is expected to create the typical range of service calls to OCFA that are largely related to medical emergencies. However, fire protection equipment and staffing can be augmented by the City as needed (with assistance from revenue provided by the Project and the fire facilities fee required per Chapter 8- 46 of the Municipal Code) to expand fire protection and emergency medical staffing and equipment provided from existing stations and better accommodate simultaneous service calls. Because the Project site is within 3.5 miles of 6 existing fire stations and the Project site is within a developed area that is currently served by these stations, the Project would not result in the requirement to construct a new or physically altered fire station. Therefore, impacts related to fire protection services would be less than significant. Police Services 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 EIR at p. 5.12-7). Facts in Support of Findings: The proposed Project addresses typical residential security concerns by providing low-intensity security lighting, security cameras, electronic access to buildings, and 24- hour security personnel. Pursuant to the City’s existing permitting process, the Police Department would review and approve the final site plans to ensure that crime prevention design measures are incorporated appropriately to provide a safe environment. The proposed Project would result in an incremental increase in demands on law enforcement services and would require two additional officers based on the Police Department’s 2018 staffing of 1.07 officers per thousand population. The two additional officers could be located at the Southeast Substation that is 2.2 miles from the proposed Project. Therefore, the proposed Project would not result in the need for, new or physically altered police protection facilities. Thus, substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or expanded facilities would not occur, and impacts are less than significant. 3-54