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Y PURPOSE The purpose of the Interstate 5/Bud Road Interchange and Road Specific Plan is to specifically establish the legal description of the planned roadway alignments and necessary rights of way for the new interchange, new Bird Road roadway extension, and connections to the existing roadway system. The actual design and specific locations of the interchange, including the overcrossing.at Interstate 5 and the extension of the new roadway from Bird Road to Gaffery Road, will be guided by this Specific Plan. In addition to the establishment of the specific roadway alignments and right of way requirements, this Specific Plan, consistent with State guidelines, will also identify a financing plan for the construction of the Specific Plan improvements. A detailed description of the proposed project and it's setting and background are included in the following sections. The project study area is Illustrated in Figure 1. i PROJECT SETTING i The project area is located in the southwest quadrant of San Joaquin County near the town of Vernalis. The project area is bounded by Interstate 580 and Interstate 5 to the south, Highway;132 to the north, Bird Road to the west and the California Aqueduct to the east. In addition, Interstate 5 bisects the project area north of the Interstate 5/580 junction. Hospital Creek flows west to east through the project area and several high j pressure gas and petroleum pipelines cross the project area from the west to southeast. As a result of the significant aggregate deposits found in both the Hospital Creek and Lone Creek alluvial j plains, a number of mining and construction companies have desired to locate in the Vernalis area to take advantage of this regionally significant source of sand and gravel. These companies would process this material for use as construction aggregate, asphalt concrete, and portland cement concrete. Currently, land uses within the study area primarily remain in agricultural uses with only limited mining for sand and gravel occurring on the Brown Sand property. Recently, interest and commitments by other companies to process this material have and are being made. The Brown Sand property comprises approximately ±480 acres and is located in San Joaquin County to the south of Blewett Road and west of Interstate 5. In addition to the Brown Sand mining operation, there are four other locations with planned and/or proposed aggregate mining uses. They are listed below with the status of their activity: • Teichert Aggregates has recently obtained a Use Permit but has yet to initiate mining aggregate on t 800 acres in San Joaquin County. � I • Granite Construction Company has obtained a Use Permit from Stanislaus County and anticipates mining aggregate on t 300 acres by 1998. Project Description Page 1 Interstate 5/Bird Road Interchange and Road Specific Plan I