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Environmental Checklist Public Services Environmental Consistency Checklist Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15183 95 adjudicative act, or both, involving, but not limited to, the planning, use, or development of real property, or any change in governmental organization or reorganization…on the provision of adequate school facilities.” As the project would be development allowed by and accounted for by the General Plan, it would be subject to statutory mitigation fees which are deemed to be full and complete mitigation for potential impacts on the adequacy of schools. In addition, implementation of General Plan policies such as Policy CSF-2.2 and Action LU-4.3 are meant to address impacts of development on school facility needs and mitigate school impacts which would further reduce impacts. Moreover, a letter from the Assistant Superintendent of SLUSD, Kevin Collins, confirmed that the SLUSD has the capacity to enroll all students that may move into the residences included in the project (Appendix SLUSD). Therefore, project impacts related to school facilities would be less than significant. Parks The City has a total of 382.8 total park acreage eligible for inclusion in the Park Standard and 123.1 acres of the total identified as active park acreage. The Park Standard refers to the Level of Service Standards for the city’s park system where at least 5.0 acres of improved parkland should be provided for every 1,000 residents and a park should be accessible within one-half mile of each San Leandro resident (City of San Leandro 2016a). The City’s General Plan Policy OSC-2.1 formally establishes the Park Standard. As of 2015, the City’s service ratio was 4.33 acres of developed parkland per 1,000 residents (City of San Leandro 2016a). The General Plan EIR identified several projects which would increase the City’s park acreage, including the Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline, the future East Bay Greenway, and an addition to the San Leandro Shoreline which are all in various stages of planning and development. In total, with this increase in parks, there would be a total of 512 acres available in San Leandro to serve a population of 101,250 for a ratio of 5.1 acres of parks and recreational facilities per 1,000 people (City of San Leandro 2016b). As adequate park and recreational facilities would be in place to serve the projected 2035 population, this would reduce the likelihood that use of any individual existing facility would result in substantial physical deterioration. In addition to city-owned parks, the project’s population growth would lead to increased use of regional parks in and near San Leandro which are owned and maintained by the EBRPD. The population that the EBRPD serves is expected to increase by 511,000 people from 2.6 million in 2015 to 3.1 million in 2035 (City of San Leandro 2016b). As a result, the EBRPD would need to expand and construct additional parks to meet the increased demand (EBRPD 2013). However, implementation of General Plan Policies OSC-2.3 and LU-4.3, focused on requiring new development to offset the increase in park needs resulting from development and SLMC Section 7.13.100, requiring developers to pay park impact fees would further reduce impacts to parklands. Implementation of these regulations would ensure that parkland service ratios remain adequate despite service population growth associated with new development within the city. As the population growth associated with the project would be 0.01 percent of the population expected to utilize EBRPD’s facilities, project impacts would be less than significant. Because the project would not lead to population growth beyond that analyzed in the General Plan EIR, the project’s impact on parks would also be less than significant. See also the discussion below in Section 16, Recreation.