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8.A. - Page 55 Summary of Impacts Potentially Less than Signifcant Less than Significant With Mitigation Signifcant No Im act Incor orated Im act Im act XIV. PUBLIC SERVICES-- YYould the project: a) Result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities or the need for new or physically altered govemmental 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: Fire protection? X Police protection? X Schools? X Parks? X Solid waste? X Documentation: a. Implementation of the proposed project will not result in substanfial physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilifies or the need for a new or physically altered govemmental facilities in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response fimes, or other performance objectives beyond those identified in the DTPP program EIR (pp. 8-1 through 8-21). In adc&tion, the project will be reguired to pay mandatory park in-lieu fees and school impact fees, which were adopted to ensure that these services will accommodate growth in the community. The project site is served by the City of Redwood City Police and Pire deparbnents No changes are proposed to roadways that will reguire emergency response personnel to modify their traffic patZerns. Purthermore, the DTPP program EIR (pp. 8-2 through 8-21) cancluded that there would be no significant impacts on fire%mergency mec&cal service, parks and recreation, schools, or solid waste service resulting from the DTPP or projects built under it The DTPP program EIR (p. 8-3) c&c� however, identify a potentially significant impact regarc&ng emergency response and evacuafion due to traffic congesfion on local roads Mitigafion 8-1 c&rects the City to implement signal detectors to provide pnonty traffic signal timing for emergency response vehicles, which would reduce this impact to a less-than-significant level; this program is underway. To respond to Redwood City Police Deparbnent reguests, the project will include line-of-sight rac&o communication capability or a repeater system; cellular phone connecfivity in the parin�ng garage; a secunty pad entrance/exit system;an easy-to follow seguential unitnumbenng system;and site maps atthe project entries(Plan SheetA0.0). The applicant has prepared� analysis of the fire protection systems reguired for the project(Hughes Associates, Inc., Praposed Pire Protection Life Safety Peatures, 525 Middlefield July 30, 2013), which is subject to review and approval by the City. The project's life safety features will include, among others, an automatic spnnkler system, fire detecfion and alarm system, emergency voice/alarm communication system, emergency responder rac&o coverage system, on-site fire command center, smoke control system, and standby and emergency power system. 20