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An existing gas and oil pipeline easement currently bisects the project site.The utility lines occupying the easements placed constraints on the placement of schools in the project site. California Department of Education (CDE) siting criteria require that: (1) schools proposed within 1,500 feet from high-pressure gas lines be studied for the potential to expose school children to hazards associated with such lines; and(2)schools be set back a minimum of 150 feet from power line easements carrying 230kV.To comply with these criteria,both schools were located in the northeast quadrant of Neighborhoods A/B away from the gas-line easement, with 2.5-acre parks between the schools and the power line easement. Each of the two proposed on-site schools would have access from a separate collector system,thereby reducing traffic impacts.Additionally,the proposed open space corridor would provide a safe pedestrian route to the schools for those students living within the Central Parkway loop.The design of the two schools,parks, and open space corridor has been endorsed by representatives of the LESD,who have been active in the school planning and the specific plan process. Before the development of the two proposed on-site K-8 schools and the K-8 school planned for the Specific — Plan II portion of Neighborhood D by the MHMP,new K-8 students to be generated by the proposed project may be temporarily assigned to another school(Lammersville School approximately 2 miles east on Von Sosten Road, Wickland School,or other schools). HIGH SCHOOL The project site is provided high school service by the Tracy Joint Union High School District(TUSD). Consistent with the MHMP,no new high schools are proposed at the College Park site under the proposed project. High school students generated by the proposed project would attend West High School in Tracy, located approximately 6 miles southeast of the project site.This would occur on an interim basis until such time as the new Mountain House High School is developed within the MHMP area. 3.8.5 COLLEGE COMPONENT The college component would include a 108.8-acre community college in the southwest portion of the College Park site(southwest comer of Neighborhoods A/B)to be named Delta College Center at Tracy/Mountain House. At buildout(2025),the college would include 557,000 gross square feet of development, 4,000 parking spaces, 12,000 students, and 532 faculty and staff(Figure 3-7 and Table 3-2). The SJDCCD certified an EIR for the college, and approved the college, in 2002. The County's approval power over the college is limited to amending the General Plan and MHMP to permit development of the college. Because a community college and changes in land-use configurations,designations, and densities are proposed, _ amendments to the San Joaquin County General Plan 2010 and the MHMP are proposed as part of the College Park project.The SJDCCD's participation in the College Park project is necessitated by its need to annex to the MHCSD to obtain water,sewer,and storm-drainage services. The site-specific impacts of the college were already evaluated and mitigated through the Delta College EIR process. The College Park EIR considers the overall off-site impacts(i.e.,traffic, air quality,infrastructure, land- use compatibility,etc.)of the college,together with those of the balance of the College Park project. See the Delta College EIR(2002),on file at both SJCCDD(18 10 East Hazelton Avenue, Stockton, California 95205)and the SJDCCD(5151 Pacific Avenue, Stockton,California 95207), for further information. EDAW College Park at Mountain House Specific Plan III Draft EIR Project Description 3-22 San Joaquin County