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Environmental Checklist For CEQA Compliance Schools Less Than Significant Impact. School services in the City are provided by the Santa Ana Unified School District. The demand for new schools is generally associated with population increases or impacts on existing schools. Although it is unlikely that the population on site would increase, it is possible that the increase in permanent housing provided by the proposed project may increase the number of children housed at the project site. If it is assumed that no children currently live on site and that the average family in the City of Santa Ana consists of two parents and 2.72 children, there would be 517 children living on site as a result of the proposed project. Based on available census data for the City of Santa Ana, approximately 298 of the children on site would be school-aged children. Of these children approximately 165 would attend elementary school, 45 would attend middle school, and 88 would attend high school (U.S. Census Bureau 2000:Matrix P14). If families with children become residents at the proposed project site, the proposed project would increase the number of students attending schools. The project applicant would be required to pay development school impact fees to offset the increase in school population that would result from the proposed project. Impacts would be less than significant after payment of school impact fees. Parks Less Than Significant Impact. The demand for parks is generally associated with the increase of housing or population in an area. Although it is unlikely that the population on site would increase, it is possible that the increase in permanent housing provided by the proposed project may increase the population that use parks, which would increase demand on existing parks. Based on census data, the proposed project could increase the population by 897 persons (U.S. Census Bureau 2000:Matrices P17, P26, P27, P33, P34, P35). The project applicant would be required to pay park impact fees to offset the demand for parks caused by the increase in population on site. The impacts would be less than significant after payment of park impact fees. Other Public Facilities No Impact. The project would not require any other new or altered service facilities. No impacts would occur. XIV. Recreation A. Less Than Significant Impact. An increase in the use of parks is generally associated with the increase of housing or population in an area. Although it is unlikely that the population on site would increase, it is possible that the increase in permanent housing provided by the proposed project may increase the population that use parks, which would increase demand on existing parks. Based on census data, the proposed project could increase the population by 897 persons (U.S. Census Bureau 2000:Matrices P17, P26, P27, P33, P34, P35). The increase in population caused by the proposed project would accelerate the deterioration of existing recreational facilities. On site recreation facilities in the form of lawns, pool renovations, picnic areas, etc. would provide onsite recreation for residents so that residents would not need to use existing City recreational facilities. Although on site Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 3-28 J&5 0296.0] 75D-85