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City of Pleasanton—Villages at the Quarry Project <br />Consistency Checklist 15183 Consistency Checklist <br /> <br /> <br />182 <br />needed, including the need for new facilities, which would effectively <br />mitigate any increased demand for services associated with development <br />consistent with the Housing Element Update. Therefore, the Housing Element <br />Update FEIR concluded that future development consistent with the Housing <br />Element Update would not result in significant adverse effects related to fire <br />protection services and impacts would be less than significant. <br />Police Protection Services <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. As the demand for police services increases, there <br />may be a need to increase staffing and equipment, including the <br />development of additional police substations, to maintain acceptable <br />service ratios, response times, and other performance standards. However, <br />this would require existing police stations to be able to accommodate the <br />additional staff and/or equipment. If an existing police station is at capacity <br />for staffing, this could require an expansion of an existing police station or <br />construction of a new police substation, the construction of which could <br />cause environmental impacts. The project-specific environmental impacts of <br />constructing new or expanded police protection facilities to support the <br />growth anticipated as part of the Housing Element Update cannot be <br />determined at the time the Housing Element Update FEIR was certified <br />because the designs of future new or expanded facilities are not known. It <br />can be expected that construction and operation of future new or <br />expanded police protection facilities would have similar impacts as would <br />construction and operation of other types of new development consistent <br />with the Housing Element Update. <br />As the City receives development applications for subsequent development <br />consistent with the Housing Element Update, those applications would be <br />reviewed by the City for compliance with the policies and programs of the <br />General Plan to ensure that police protection services keep pace with new <br />development. In addition, the Municipal Code contains rules and regulations <br />related to police services and payment of public service fees. Chapter 3.22 <br />of the Municipal Code requires that development projects pay capital <br />facilities fee apportioned to the cost of the necessary public improvements <br />associated with each development within the City. Specifically, through the <br />capital facilities fee the developer would be responsible for any <br />improvements needed for police protection services, which would effectively <br />mitigate any increased demand for services associated with development