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Findings and Statements Required by the California Environmental Quality Act <br />Focused General Plan Update 22 <br />Final Environmental Impact Report January 2023 <br />Schools. Although the proposed Project would result in increased residential building area <br />and a higher population in the Planning Area, statewide trends in declining student enrollment rates <br />are expected to result in a decrease in the number of students in the Planning Area. Projects within <br />the Planning Area would be required to pay all applicable school fees. Development Impact Fees <br />finance the construction and/or reconstruction of school facilities needed to accommodate students <br />coming from new development, and individual projects adding 500 square feet or more of living <br />space must pay a school impact fee, which would be shared between Sequoia Union High School <br />District and the elementary/middle school districts. As discussed in the Draft EIR (Draft EIR pp. <br />4.15-11 to 4.15-12), payment of school impact fees is deemed to constitute full and complete <br />mitigation for potential impacts to schools caused by development. In addition, any school facility <br />updates or expansions that may be required to serve the additional student population generated by <br />development under the Project would be required to undergo environmental review if and when <br />they are constructed, and appropriate measures would be identified and implemented as applicable <br />to reduce any construction-related or operational effects of such facilities. Therefore, this impact <br />would be less than significant. <br />Other Public Facilities. Other public facilities and services provided within the Planning <br />Area include libraries and City administrative services. The Building Community Element of the <br />General Plan contains adopted goals, policies, and implementation programs to ensure sufficient <br />access to libraries and other public facilities. While population growth from development facilitated <br />by the Project would be expected to result in increased use of public library facilities, the Project <br />does not specifically include any new or expanded public facilities; in addition, if any new or <br />expanded public facilities are proposed in the future, such construction and/or expansion would be <br />subject to CEQA, and environmental analysis prepared pursuant to CEQA would identify <br />potentially significant impacts and appropriate mitigation measures. Therefore, this impact would <br />be less than significant. <br />Therefore, the Project would not result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated <br />with the provision of new or physically altered facilities. This impact would be less than significant. <br />(Draft EIR, pp. 4.15-9 to 4.15-13) <br />4.16. Recreation <br />Impact REC-1: The proposed Project would not increase the use of existing neighborhood <br />and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration <br />of the facility would occur or be accelerated. <br />Development facilitated by the proposed Project would result in an increase in population <br />that would generate a greater demand for parks and recreational facilities in the Planning Area and <br />decrease the level of service in the Planning Area to an extent. The Redwood City General Plan <br />contains policies and implementation programs to ensure sufficient access to a variety of high- <br />quality, accessible parks and recreation facilities. The City requires development projects to meet <br />parkland dedication requirements through the development review process. A project that does not <br />comply with the parkland dedication requirement would not be approved. Development facilitated <br />by the Project would also be subject to Development Impact Fees (DIF) fees, as adopted, and the <br />City’s Quimby Ordinance. These parks and recreation funding mechanisms would offset the <br />incremental increase in demand for park facilities from implementation of the Project. Therefore, <br />future development of public parks in the Planning Area plus individual project payment of City <br />adopted park in-lieu fees and/or dedication of parkland to the City in fee title and free of