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Hacienda TOD Standards and Design Guidelines Initial Study Environmental Setting The City has developed parks in the project vicinity. Two parks are located within Hacienda: 1) Owens Plaza Park with picnic tables, barbequcs, and both tot and youth play areas; and 2) Creekside Park with similar facilities to Owens Plaza Park plus restrooms, basketball, softball, and volleyball facilities. All the sites are within one -half mile of a park. The Thomas Hart Middle School gymnasium is also open to the public during some non - school hours with its basketball, volleyball, and restroom facilities. Within the Pleasanton Planning area are 16 community parks run by the City and two regional parks — Pleasanton Ridge Park and Shadow Cliffs Recreational Arca — that are run by the East Bay Regional Park District. The City also collects park in -lieu fees from multi - family development in the amount of $7,969 per unit. The standards and design guidelines also include requirements for on -site open space that would partially meet residerts' recreational and open space needs. Significance Criteria The Pleasanton General Plan includes Program 10.18 which states that a standard of at least 5 acres of neighborhood or community park per 1,000 people should be maintained. As of the publication of the City's General Plan in 2009, there was approximately 5.1 acres of parkland for every 1,000 population. This standard and the impact questions above constitute the significance criteria for this environmental topic. Discussion of Checklist Items Less- than - Significant Impacts. Development of the project sites according to the Hacienda TOD Standards and Design Guidelines could potentially add up to 1595 residential units and about 30,000 square feet of commercial space. Assuming 2.3 persons per unit in the TOD units, the local population could increase by approximately 3,670 persons. Offsetting this increase in need for park and recreational services will be the requirement included in the Hacienda TOD Standards and Design Guidelines for private and group open space on site, and the City's requirement for dedication of park acreage or payment of park in -lieu fees. The park dedication requirement and the park in -lieu fees are calculated to offset the anticipated increase ir population by providing additional park space or the equivalent in fees to maintain the standard of 5 acres of neighborhood and community park for every 1,000 residents. If up to 1,595 units were added, park in -lieu fees paid to the City would total $12.7 million. Therefore, it is not expected that the additional development would increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of any facility would occur or be accelerated. Less Than Potentially Significant Less Than No Significant with Mitigation Significant Impact Impact Incorporation Impact 16. Transportation /Traffic — WE ruld the project: a) Cause an increase in traffic which is substantial in relation to the existing traffic load and capacity of the street ststem (i.e., result in X a substantial increase in either the number of vehicle trips, the volume to capacity ratio on roads, or congestion at intersections)? b) Exceed, either individually or cumulatively, a level of service X standard established by the county congestion management agency for designated roads or highw.n's? Draft, Subject to Revision 29 2/11/2011