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City of Santa Ana
<br />Environmental Checklist
<br />Discussion
<br />Would the project:
<br />a. Increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities
<br />such that substantial physical deterioration of thefacility would occur or be accelerated?
<br />Less - than - Significant Impact. The City of Santa Ana Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
<br />Agency provides about 322 acres of parkland within 35 city parks, which is equivalent to nearly an
<br />acre of parkland per 1,000 residents. City parks range from 0.1 acre to 23 acres in size. The City also
<br />includes four joint -use parks and 19 recreational facilities available to the public. Four of the City's
<br />35 parks are located within 1 mile of the proposed project site, including Edna Park (2 acres), Cesar
<br />Chavez Campesino Park (6.4 acres), Spurgeon Park (2.1 acres), and El Salvador Park (11 acres).
<br />An increase in the use of existing parks and recreational facilities typically results from an increase
<br />in housing or population in an area. The proposed project would develop a residential charter high
<br />school that would consist of four education buildings, three residential buildings, and one
<br />administrative support building to accommodate 450 students (at maximum occupancy of Phase 11),
<br />80 of which would reside onsite. These students are current members of the community; thus an
<br />increase in population using the existing community recreation facilities would not occur. As
<br />provided in the project description, the proposed project includes a gymnasium, theater, and fitness
<br />area for onsite recreational uses. Because students and residents of the project would use the onsite
<br />recreation facilities, the project is not anticipated to increase the use of existing recreation facilities
<br />such that substantial physical deterioration of recreation facilities would occur, nor would the
<br />project require construction of new recreation facilities. Thus, impacts to recreation are less than
<br />significant.
<br />h. Include recreational facillties or require the construction of or expansion of recreational
<br />facilities that ►night have an adverse physical effect on the environment?
<br />Less- than - Significant Impact. The proposed project would include the development of a
<br />gymnasium, theater, and a fitness center, which would be constructed as part of the proposed
<br />residential charter high school. The impacts of development of the proposed recreation amenities
<br />are part of the impacts of the proposed project as a whole, which are analyzed throughout the
<br />various sections of this MND. For example, activities such as excavation, grading, and construction
<br />The Academy Charter High School 3-88 June 2012
<br />Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration ICF 00914.11
<br />Less -than-
<br />Significant
<br />Potentially
<br />Impactwith
<br />Less -than-
<br />Significant
<br />Mitigation
<br />Significant
<br />No
<br />XV. Recreation
<br />Impact
<br />Incorporated
<br />Impact
<br />Impact
<br />Would the project:
<br />a. Increase the use of existing neighborhood and
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<br />regional parks or other recreational facilities
<br />such that substantial physical deterioration of
<br />the facility would occur or be accelerated?
<br />b. Include recreational facilities or require the
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<br />construction or expansion of recreational
<br />facilities that might have an adverse physical
<br />effect on the environment?
<br />Discussion
<br />Would the project:
<br />a. Increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities
<br />such that substantial physical deterioration of thefacility would occur or be accelerated?
<br />Less - than - Significant Impact. The City of Santa Ana Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
<br />Agency provides about 322 acres of parkland within 35 city parks, which is equivalent to nearly an
<br />acre of parkland per 1,000 residents. City parks range from 0.1 acre to 23 acres in size. The City also
<br />includes four joint -use parks and 19 recreational facilities available to the public. Four of the City's
<br />35 parks are located within 1 mile of the proposed project site, including Edna Park (2 acres), Cesar
<br />Chavez Campesino Park (6.4 acres), Spurgeon Park (2.1 acres), and El Salvador Park (11 acres).
<br />An increase in the use of existing parks and recreational facilities typically results from an increase
<br />in housing or population in an area. The proposed project would develop a residential charter high
<br />school that would consist of four education buildings, three residential buildings, and one
<br />administrative support building to accommodate 450 students (at maximum occupancy of Phase 11),
<br />80 of which would reside onsite. These students are current members of the community; thus an
<br />increase in population using the existing community recreation facilities would not occur. As
<br />provided in the project description, the proposed project includes a gymnasium, theater, and fitness
<br />area for onsite recreational uses. Because students and residents of the project would use the onsite
<br />recreation facilities, the project is not anticipated to increase the use of existing recreation facilities
<br />such that substantial physical deterioration of recreation facilities would occur, nor would the
<br />project require construction of new recreation facilities. Thus, impacts to recreation are less than
<br />significant.
<br />h. Include recreational facillties or require the construction of or expansion of recreational
<br />facilities that ►night have an adverse physical effect on the environment?
<br />Less- than - Significant Impact. The proposed project would include the development of a
<br />gymnasium, theater, and a fitness center, which would be constructed as part of the proposed
<br />residential charter high school. The impacts of development of the proposed recreation amenities
<br />are part of the impacts of the proposed project as a whole, which are analyzed throughout the
<br />various sections of this MND. For example, activities such as excavation, grading, and construction
<br />The Academy Charter High School 3-88 June 2012
<br />Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration ICF 00914.11
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