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2 SUMMARY 2.1 INTRODUCTION ~ This summary is provided in accordance with California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA)Guidelines Section 15123. According to Section 15123 of the State CEQA Guidelines, "an EIR shall contain a brief summary of the proposed actions and its consequences.The language of the summary should be as clear and simple as reasonably practical."As required by the State CEQA Guidelines,this section includes a summary description of the proposed project,a synopsis of environmental impacts and recommended mitigation measures(in tabular form), identification of the alternatives evaluated and of the environmentally superior alternative, and a discussion of the areas of controversy associated with the project.This summary also includes the level of significance of each identified impact before and after mitigation implementation. 2.2 SUMMARY DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ACTION 2.2.1 PROJECT BACKGROUND The College Park project site is located in the southwest comer of unincorporated San Joaquin County approximately 3 miles west of the City of Tracy. College Park is the third of three specific plans proposed under the Mountain House Master Plan(MHMP)that was adopted by San Joaquin County in 1994.The College Park at Mountain House Specific Plan III,hereinafter referred to as College Park(or,the proposed project), would allow for development of approximately 815 acres in the southern portion of the MHMP area.Development would consist of a mix of residential,neighborhood commercial,office commercial, light industrial, schools, parks, an open-space corridor, and a community college. The proposed project would change the land uses previously approved for the project site in the MHMP.The proposed changes resulted from detailed site analysis and planning,changes in market conditions, school siting issues,and purchase of a portion of the project site by San Joaquin Delta Community College District.The major differences between the College Park project and the existing MHMP are that the proposed project would develop less residential, commercial,office, and industrial uses, and the proposed project would develop a community college.The MHMP identifies development of more residential and commercial, office, and industrial uses but does not identify the development of the community college. The project site includes a mixture of single-family residential,agricultural(productive and fallow), and infrastructure uses.The majority of existing residences would remain, and all vacant properties on the project site would be converted to urban uses under the proposed project. 2.2.2 PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES The following goals are established by the MHMP for the whole Mountain House community and are applicable to the proposed College Park project: Create a high-quality environment where people of all economic levels can live and work; ► Develop a distinct and unique new community that is separate from existing communities; r ► Develop Mountain House as a community that will accommodate a portion of the growth projected by the San Joaquin County General Plan 2010 in an orderly,well-organized development pattern; and Provide for a lifestyle that is less reliant on the automobile,more directed toward activities within the local community and neighborhood, and more oriented toward the use of transit,bicycle,and pedestrian transport. College Park at Mountain House Speck Plan III Draft EIR EDAW San Joaquin County 2-1 Summary