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City of Pleasanton—Merritt Property Project <br />15183 Consistency Checklist Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br /> 163 <br />age-restricted development is growth that had been planned for by the City <br />as forecasted in the City’s Housing Element Update. For more details, please <br />refer to Section XIV, Population and Housing, above. <br />Further, the proposed project would be required to pay capital facilities fees <br />as outlined in Municipal Code Chapter 3.22. Through the capital facilities fee, <br />developers would be responsible for payment of any improvements needed, <br />including the need for new facilities, which would effectively mitigate any <br />increased demand for services associated with the Housing Element Update. <br />The proposed project would be constructed in accordance with applicable <br />General Plan policies and programs, and all project applications would be <br />subject to City review and approval. Therefore, there are no environmental <br />effects that are peculiar to the proposed project. Environmental impacts <br />would be avoided through the imposition of uniformly applied development <br />policies or standards. The proposed project would not result in a new or more <br />severe adverse impact that was not previously identified in the Housing <br />Element Update FEIR. <br />b) Need for New or Altered Police Protection Facilities <br />Would the project: Result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the <br />provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities, need <br />for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the <br />construction of which could cause significant environmental <br />impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response <br />times or other performance objectives for police protection? <br />Summary of Housing Element Update FEIR <br />The Housing Element Update FEIR indicated that development consistent <br />with the Housing Element Update could result in an increased demand for <br />police protection services. Growth on the outer limits of the City and outside <br />of the City limits, such as on Site 22 (Merritt), could increase driving time and <br />distance for officers responding to both emergency and non-emergency <br />calls for service. As the demand for police services increases, there may be a <br />need to increase staffing and equipment, including the development of <br />additional police substations, to maintain acceptable service ratios, response <br />times, and other performance standards. However, this would require existing <br />police stations to be able to accommodate the additional staff and/or <br />equipment. If an existing police station is at capacity for staffing, this could <br />require an expansion of an existing police station or construction of a new <br />police substation, the construction of which could cause environmental <br />impacts. The project-specific environmental impacts of constructing new or