AgdaPkt 2014-10-20 Closed and Special Joint with SA_Revised_10_17_2014

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8.A. - Page 96 Section 4: Evaluation of Environmental Impacts 4.14 - 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, response times or other performance objectives for any of the public services: Potentially Less Than Less Than No Significant Significant with Significant Impact Impact Mitigation Impact Incorporation a) Fire protection? ❑ ® ❑ b) Police protection? c) Schools? ❑ ❑ ® ❑ d) Parks? ❑ ❑ ® ❑ e) Other public facilities? ❑ ❑ ® ❑ a -e) Less than Significant Impact. The Redwood City Housing Element update sets forth policies and programs to encourage housing development consistent with adopted General Plan land use polices. Residential development which may be constructed pursuant to Housing Element policy will incrementally increase the need for fire and police protection, schools, and parks. ABAG estimates that Redwood City population will be 92,400 in 2030. The proposed Housing Element will not change any applicable land use designations and does not propose or anticipate any specific development proposals or infrastructure projects. Therefore, it will not result in any impacts that were not addressed in the General Plan EIR. The General Plan EIR indicates that build out of the land use plan will result in less than significant impacts to parks, schools, fire, or police services. Fire Protection The Redwood City Fire Department is responsible for fire prevention and suppression, medical response, and property protection within the City's borders. According to the Fire Department, the Department consists of 69 staff members, including one fire chief, four battalion chiefs, 18 fire captains, 20 firefighters /engineers, 18 paramedic certified firefighters /engineers, one fire marshal, three fire prevention officers, as well as administrative personnel. All Fire Department staff is comprised of full -time employees. The Fire Department has a minimum daily staffing requirement of 20 on -duty staff per day, which allows them to reach their goal of responding to calls for services within five minutes at least 85 percent of the time. There are five Fire Department stations (Stations 9, 10, 11, 12, and 20) in the City. The Fire Department is headquartered at 755 Marshall Street (Station 9). There is a sixth fire station within the plan area, operated by the Woodside Fire Protection District and located within the unincorporated Emerald Hills neighborhood. All six stations have designated response boundaries within the City and unincorporated areas of the City. As of April 2010, there are no plans for the addition of new personnel and there are no future projected staffing needs. Police The Redwood City Police Department provides police protection service. The Police Department consists of 135 full -time employees: 96 sworn members and 39 non -sworn support staff, part time and volunteer staff. The sworn employees include one police chief, three captains, 15 sergeants and 77 officers. The officer -to- population ratio in Redwood City is currently 1.23 officers per 1,000 residents. Future staffing increases for the Police Department are limited due to budget constraints. There are no plans to add personnel or staff at this time. The average response time is 2.22 minutes for emergency calls, 66 minutes for urgent calls, and 88 minutes for routine calls. These response rates are within the established response time goals of five minutes Redwood City Housing Element Initial Study 57