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i Page 46 IV. ENVIRONMENTALANALYSIS OF NEW OR CHANGED INFORMATION I This chapter included revised or new analyses of Land Use;Transportation and Circulation;Vegetation and Wildlife;and Hydrology,Geohydrology,and Water Quality. These are identified with the same section organization designators as in the 1994 EIR LI A. LAND USE,PLANS,AND POLICIES Introduction This section updates the discussion of General Plan designations and zone classifications,regulatory and monitoring responsibilities,and Impact A.2 of the 1994 EIR.,regarding loss of agricultural land. The remainder of the 1994 EIR's analysis of land use,plans and policies,including Impacts and Mitigations A.1,A.3,A.4,A.5,and A.6,remains�unchanged. The landfill expansion project analyzed in the 1994 EIR was in a noncontiguous island of the city limits of the City of Stockton(see section III. Project Description,Background). Because the City of Stockton proposes to sell the permitted landfill to a private firm,the jurisdiction of the land occupied by the landfill and proposed expansion area would revert from the City to the County of San Joaquin. This would change regulatory and monitoring responsibilities from the City to the County,and require changes in the City's and County's General Plan designations and zone classifications. The project would require a County General Plan Amendment,change of zone classification,and Use Permit;as well as changes in the City of Stockton General Plan and zoning designations. The project would be in the County,and therefore the EIR focuses on its compliance with County plans and policies,however the City also will use this EIR in its land use plan and zoning changes. Therefore, this analysis also updates the project impacts with respect to the City's agricultural/open space/habitat land policies. When the 1994 EIR was being prepared,the City of Stockton was considering the adoption of an ordinance to mitigate effects of development on agricultural land and habitat,but had not yet taken final action. Since then, the City of Stockton adopted a Habitat/Open Space Conservation Fee. This section updates the analysis of Impact A.2 to incorporate the City's Conservation Fee as well as compliance with relevant County policies. SettinE City of Stockton d Current Land Uses the As discussed in III. Project Description, Site Description, Project Locationan , J existing Austin Road Landfill occupies 182.5 acres. The proposed 219-acre expansion area consists of three parcels;the 125-acre CYA parcel,the 83-acre Brocchini parcel, and the 11-acre Triangular Property. j The Austin Road Landfill is located outside of the city limits of the City of Stockton and is surrounded by unincorporated County of San Joaquin territory. State law allows cities to annex non-contiguous parcels up to 300 acres in size if they are used for public purposes. The non-contiguous parcels containing the existing landfill were annexed by the City from San Joaquin County in 1994. Part of the proposed expansion area(the Brocchini parcel,the Triangular Property,and the southernmost 20 acres of the CYA parcel)was annexed in 1997. These annexed parcels total approximately 297 acres. Another approximately 105 acres of the proposed expansion project(the northern portion of the CYA parcel) remained in the unincorporated County area. GRASSETTI ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING