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i increased demand from all potential development on the airport site can be adequately accommodated through existing service agreements with service providers. Under the terms of existing agreements,the City of Stockton will provide water and receive and treat wastewater if the proposed project/activity is in conformity with the City of Stockton General Plan. Specifically, the Southern Water System Operation & Maintenance (SWSOM) Agreement ratified by the City of Stockton and the County in June 1959 and amended in June 1992 states that the City will administer, .+ operate, maintain, and expal7d all City and County water supply, storage, and transmission facilities in the area within the South Stockton Master Water Plan area. This area as described in the agreement includes all of the Stockton Metropolitan Airport property. Under the terms of the F. agreement, the City is to provide the water service, but the County, with establishment of a new County Service Agency, will be responsible,for constructing, operating, and maintaining distribution Ffacilities on the airport property. In the South Stockton sewer service area, the City generally provides sewer capacity to new F' development through annexation to the South Stockton Community Facilities District (CFD). However, because the airport is exempt from annexation to the CFD, it was necessary for the City ' f and the County to reach an agreement on an equitable connection fee in-lieu of the charges for annexation to the CFD. The Stockton City Council adopted the Airport Area In-Lieu Fee for airport sewer connection on July 1, 1996 The County Board of Supervisors approved the fee on July 9, 1996 The Airport Area In-Lieu Fee is composed of a treatment facility portion and a collection system portion. The County will provide solid waste disposal and drainage. The City will'be processing an'amendment to its General Plan to bring the General Plan Land Use/Circulation r Diagram designations into accord with the proposed land use,which will permit the City to provide water and wastewater services to the airport. Stormwater drainage will be addressed in accordance�r; with the Airport Master Drainage Plan, and terminal drainage will flow to Mansville Ditch. A County Service Area or similar district may be formed to facilitate water and wastewater service provisions without annexation of the airport to the City of Stockton. Formation of this district would require approval by the Local Agency Formation Commission (LAFCO). If water andlor wastewater service is provided by the City of Stockton to other than a public agency outside the City limits, LAFCO Out-of-Agency Service Review would be required under Government Code Section 56133. The other alternative would be to annex the affected area or areas to the City of Stockton. However, the County intends to form the County Service Area, if required. Fire protection will continue to be provided by the Montezuma Fire District, which currently has a station on the airport property that is accessed from Airport Way. Police protection will continue to be provided by airport police and the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department. USES OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT This environmental document is a program EIR as defined in Section 15168 of the State F CEQA Guidelines. San Joaquin County is the lead agency under CEQA for the proposed project. CEQA requires the County to conduct an environmental review of the proposed project before the rStockton Metropolitan Airport Project Chapter 3. Project Description Draft Environmental Impact Report 3-13 March 20, 1998 F.