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SANTA ANA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INITIAL STUDY CITY OF SANTA ANA e) Result in inadequate emergency access? Less than Significant Impact. The Draft CAP recommends measures that would increase safety for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists and seeks to reduce the number of automobiles on Santa Ana streets, both of which may make access for emergency vehicles easier and more efficient. The impact would be less than significant. Conflict with adopted policies, plans, or programs regarding public transit, bicycle, or pedestrian facilities, or otherwise decrease the performance or safety of such facilities? Less than Significant Impact. Implementation of the Draft CAP would improve pedestrian, bicycle, and transit connectivity through the development of design guidelines and implementation of the Safe Routes to School Program. The implementation of new design guidelines would need to be included within the Zoning Code. However, it is not anticipated that any new guidelines would not conflict with any adopted plans or policies as the CAP measures align with the goals, policies, and programs within the City's General Plan Circulation Element. Additionally, new design guidelines and enhanced bike and pedestrian routes would be built to current standards and provide greater safety for individuals that use alternatives modes of transportation. The impact would be less than significant. 3.17 UTILITIES AND SERVICE SYSTEMS a) Exceed wastewater treatment requirements of the applicable Regional Water Quality Control Board? Less than Significant Impact. While the Draft CAP would not directly introduce new structures, future development could occur as a result of encouraging the development of residential nodes near retail and employment corridors. The City of Santa Ana requires National Pollution Discharge Elimination System ( NPDES) permits, according to federal regulations for discharges to surface waters of the United States. For point sources such as sewer pipes, the NPDES permit contains limits on allowable concentrations and mass emissions of pollutants contained in the discharge. Any new development in the City would continue to comply with all provisions of the NPDES program. Therefore, implementation of the Draft CAP would not exceed wastewater treatment requirements. The impact would be less than significant. b) Require or result in the construction of new water or wastewater treatment facilities or expansion of existing facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental effects? Less than Significant Impact. WMIe the Draft CAP would not directly introduce new structures, future development could occur as a result of encouraging the development of residential nodes near retail and employment corridors. However, the population increase would not be substantial enough to create large enough increases in demand for wastewater treatment that would require or result in the construction of new water or wastewater treatment facilities exceed treatment requirements. The Draft CAP proposes energy efficiency retrofits at City water wells to convert all remaining pump stations to variable frequency drives to reduce energy consumption. However, the measure would involve retrofits to existing water pumps and would not create new facilities. The impact would be less than significant. October 2015 Page 47 75B -145