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Circulation Chapter III of the Special Purpose Plan identifies a required"backbone"of streets throughout the site. In the Airport East area, these backbone streets include Qantas Lane, Giannecchini Lane, Pock Lane, and"B" Street. Each of these roadways will connect with Arch-Airport Road to allow for an even dispersal of traffic. These streets will be supplemented by a potential grid of internal streets. While the locations and dimensions of these"backbone"streets are fixed under the approved Special Purpose Pian, the pattern of the internal streets is flexible and will respond to the land use and traffic needs. Environmental Determination An Environmental Impact Report, No. ER-96-1,was prepared for the Airport General Plan Amendment and other related applications that were approved by the Board of Supervisors in September 1998. The E1R addressed the following issues: land use, drainage and water quality, vegetation and wildlife, transportation and circulation,air quality, noise, public services and utilities,cultural resources,and other resources (geology,soils and seismicity,energy and natural resources,aesthetics,and housing). The EIR identified the following significant,unavoidable,adverse impacts: conversion of prime farmland;air quality impacts P during construction and operation,as well as on a cumulative level; and noise resulting from cumulative f traffic. Based upon this, a Statement of Overriding Consideration was prepared and approved when the Board certified the EIR and took action on the project applictions. The EIR was prepared at a General Plan level of detail, addressing impacts from implementing the General Plan and Airport Master Layout Plan. Insufficient details regarding the actual development components were available to provide more detailed environmental review. As a result, implementation of the General Plan via the proposed Special Purpose Plan has required subsequent environmental review to ensure that all phases of the project,including planning,construction,and operation,are included. The County retained the environmental consulting firm of LSA to prepare the environmental review for the Special Purpose Plan and Development Title Text Amendment. An Initial Study was prepared which included a revised Traffic Impact Analysis prepared by Rajappan and Meyer and a revised Air Quality Analysis prepared by LSA. The Initial Study concluded that all project related impacts can be mitigated to less-than-significant levels,and a Negative Declaration has been prepared for consideration. The Initial Study was circulated by the State Clearinghouse to State agencies for a 30-day review and comment period. No comments were received as a result of this review. When the EIR was prepared and certified,the Airport Master Layout Plan showed the Airport passenger terminal relocating to a site within the Airport East property. Plans to relocate the airport terminal were subsequently abandoned after the EIR was certified and action was taken on the General Plan Amendment and other various applications. The Special Purpose Plan being considered shows the terminal remaining at its existing location,as is now planned. The EIR evaluated impacts based on the relocation of the terminal,which is no longer proposed. As a result,when preparing the environmental analysis for the Special Purpose Plan, the traffic and air quality models were redone to include this change. Keeping the terminal at its existing location did not result in any significant, unavoidable,adverse impacts. As discussed previously in the section on application processing,the Special Purpose Plan and accompanying environmental review are predicated upon proposed development intensities. The development intensities form the basis for calculating traffic,air quality impacts,and infrastructure demands. The development intensities are as follows: San Joaquin County TA-00-9, PP-00-21San Joaquin County I Community Development Page 14 i