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3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CHECKLIST <br />City of San Leandro 1388 Bancroft Avenue Project <br />November 2018 Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration <br />3.0-67 <br /> <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less Than <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />Impact <br />15. RECREATION. Would the project: <br />a) Increase the use of existing neighborhood and <br />regional parks or other recreational facilities, such <br />that substantial physical deterioration of the <br />facility would occur or be accelerated? <br /> <br />b) Include recreational facilities or require the <br />construction or expansion of recreational <br />facilities, which might have an adverse physical <br />effect on the environment? <br /> <br />ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING <br />As noted for checklist item d) in subsection 14, Public Services, San Leandro residents are served <br />by SLRHS parks and recreational facilities. As of 2015, there are 382.9 acres of parkland in San <br />Leandro, including one regional park, four community parks, ten neighborhood parks, six miniparks, and several special recreation areas. In addition to the facilities managed by the SLRHS, residents have access to parks and playgrounds at local schools through a joint use agreement <br />between the school district and the City. <br />CHECKLIST DISCUSSION <br />a) Less Than Significant Impact. To address the additional park needs of the proposed <br />project, avoid overuse of existing parks, and avoid a deficiency of parkland acreage in <br />the city, the project applicant would be obligated to comply with City requirements for <br />park land dedication and/or payment of a park land acquisition fee, and payment of a park improvement fee. The applicant would pay a park land acquisition fee of $14,126 per <br />multi-family residential unit (the rate for Fiscal Year 2018/2019), for a total of $635,670, due <br />at the time of building permit issuance. The applicant would also pay a park improvement fee of $2,279 per multi-family residential unit (the rate for Fiscal Year 2018/2019), for a total of $102,555, due at the time of building permit issuance. The City considers payment of <br />park fees as adequate mitigation of development impacts to nearby recreation facilities. <br />Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant. <br />b) Less Than Significant Impact. The proposed project would not include construction of any new public recreational facilities. While the project would include 12,297 square feet of <br />open space for residents, maintenance of this open space would be the ongoing <br />responsibility of the project. Since the private open space is a component of the project, the environmental consequences of its construction and operation are comprehensively <br />assessed throughout this document. Where appropriate, measures to mitigate the <br />project’s effects have been included, which would mitigate any impact associated with <br />construction of the project’s open space. Therefore, this impact is considered less than significant.