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POTENTIALLY POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT LESS THAN NO ISSUES SIGNIFICANT UNLESS SIGNIFICANT IMPACT SOURCES ISSUES MITIGATION IMPACT INCORPORATED ll. PUBLIC SERVICES. Would the project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, res onse times or other erformance ob'ectives for an of the ublic services: a. Fire protection? X 1, 2 b. Police protection? X 1, 2 c. Schools? X 1, 2 d. Parks? X 1, 2 e. Other public facilities? X 1, 2 EXPLANATION: a) Adoption of the Housing Element would not affect the Alameda County Fire Department's ability to provide fire protection services to San Leandro and would not require new or physically altered fire stations. Although the housing accommodated by the Element could result in an increased number of service calls, the impacts of this increase have already been analyzed in the EIRs for the General Plan and the TOD Strategy. Both of these EIRs determined that fire protection impacts could be mitigated to less than significant levels. The Housing Element would not increase the quantity or location of development beyond the amount already permitted by the General Plan and TOD Strategy. General Plan Policy 2.11 requires all development to be designed for adequate access by emergency personnel and for prevention, suppression, and detection of fire. Policy 45.01 establishes response time standards for fire protection services, and Policy 45.05 requires Fire Department review of proposed development plans. Collectively, these policies will ensure that fire service impacts are mitigated as individual housing developments are proposed. b) Adoption of the Housing Element would not affect the San Leandro Police Department's ability to provide police protection services to San Leandro and would not require new or physically altered government facilities. Although the housing accommodated by the Element could result in an increased number of service calls, the impacts of this increase have already been analyzed in the EIRs for the General Plan and the TOD Strategy. Both of these EIRs concluded that police service impacts would be mitigated to less than significant levels. The Housing Element would not increase the quantity or location of development beyond the amount permitted in the General Plan and TOD Strategy. General Plan Policy 45.01 establishes response time standards for police protection services, and Policy 45.05 requires Police Department review of proposed development plans. Collectively, these policies will ensure that police service impacts are mitigated as individual housing developments are proposed. c) Educational services are provided to San Leandro residents by the San Leandro and San Lorenzo Unified School Districts. School capacity is presently an issue in the San Leandro School District, with a number of campuses operating over their design capacity. Future residential development facilitated by the Housing Element would increase the number of students in this district. State-mandated development fees are insufficient to address the need for additional facilities, creating the potential for further overcrowding. The Housing Element itself encourages three and four bedroom rental units and places an emphasis on family housing, which could mean that future housing has higher student generation rates than recent new construction. All of these factors were addressed in the EIRs for the General Plan and TOD Strategy. The level of residential development anticipated by the Housing Element is within the envelope that was analyzed by these two plans. The General Plan includes policies to mitigate school impacts. Policy 4.01 indicates that residential development should only be allowed to occur when the public facilities needed to serve that development are available or will be provided concurrently with that development. Policy 46.02 requires mitigation of school impacts to the full extent permitted by law. General Plan Actions 4.03-A and 46.02-A also directly address school impacts. Recognizing the sensitivity of this issue and the extensive discussion of school impacts during the Housing Element update, the Housing Element itself includes a policy to mitigate the impacts of increased enrollment on school facility needs. Policy 59.08 indicates that the City will work with both school districts to consider strategies that supplement the impact fees and bond measures already in place. These strategies include modifications to school enrollment boundaries, bussin to less crowded schools, MOUs with adjacent districts to acce t overflow, reductions in out-of Housing Element Initial Study and Negative Declaration 21 February 2010