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Pleasanton General Plan Fiscal Impact Analysis Final Report 01/16/14 approach, Pleasanton's General Fund incurs 51.6 percent of the total cost. In addition, the City incurs fire apparatus and facility costs of approximately $700,000 a year. The Department receives reimbursements from the County and the Federal Government for service to unincorporated areas. Given the level of growth reflected in the City's General Plan, additional fire staff will be needed. According to the Department, demand for service from new growth will be driven by geographic expansion (e.g., annexation and development of new land) as well as densification. Geographic expansion would increase distance traveled and result in additional burden on the Department's time-based service goal; infill growth would require additional staffing to accommodate an increase in calls for service, especially in areas where capacity is the lowest. However, given the level of existing station locations and citywide capacity for call volume, significant portion of new growth could be accommodated by existing resources. The Department estimates that an additional engine company will be needed at City buildout with addition of 9 full-time firefighters.11 The associated cost estimate at buildout is based on the average staffing cost provided by the City and is shown in Table 20. This estimate is conservative as some of the staffing needs would be driven by development of the East Pleasanton Specific Plan, which is excluded from this analysis. The timing of the fire cost will depend on the pace of new development. Operations Services Department Operations Services Department makes up the third largest cost in the City. This department provides a wide range of services, including facility and fleet maintenance, park maintenance, street maintenance, and signs and street lights repair. The Department's key service divisions related to new growth are streets and park maintenance with each described below. Street Division Pleasanton Street Division ensures that the City's streets and sidewalks are maintained to provide safe and accessible public passage. Its major street maintenance functions include urgent repairs of"light" nature, such as pothole maintenance and crack sealing, while heavier repairs, such as slurry seal, are handled through engineering division of the Community Development Department. The Street Division also provides parking lot maintenance, trail maintenance, and ADA compliance and visual improvements, with most of the service cost covered through the General Fund. The majority of the City's streets are ranked in the very good to excellent condition by Metropolitan Transportation Commission. Street division's cost is $3.3 million a year with over 90 percent funded by the City's General Fund. It employs 14.3 positions net of overtime and maintains 216 center miles of streets ranging from small residential to major thoroughfares. Based on the existing ratio, the City is projected to increase its road capacity by roughly 40 miles through buildout, with most of the increase in the residential road category. 11 A new engine company is likely to be added to Station 3 with an existing company moved to Station 1. Economic&Planning Systems, Inc. 43 P:\121000\121062P/easanton\Report\121062Report FINAL.doc