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are located in the land use jurisdiction of another agency, and/or other reasons. In addition, because the MHMP has since been approved and adopted by the County, these off-site alternatives would be inconsistent with the MHMP land use plan, which designated the College Park site for mixed-use residential, commercial, limited _ industrial, school,and park development, and would be inconsistent with the goals and policies of the MHMP, particularly to provide an adequate supply of housing for all income groups in the community and to create a financially and fiscally viable community resulting in a positive economic impact on the County. — As indicated in the Delta College EK the off-site Antenna Farm alternative for the college was rejected from further consideration because the alterative site had no permanent water supply,was in the vicinity of high- _ pressure natural gas and crude oil pipelines, and had prohibitively high off-site infrastructure costs.Additional alternative off-site locations for the college were also considered in the Delta College EIR, including Califia, Cordes Business Park Eleventh Street,and Farmworld. These were rejected for schedule/high cost, unknown future approvals/entitlement situation,undesirable location, and flood/high cost reasons. See Chapter 5 of the Delta College Center at Mountain House Draft EIR,on file at the San Joaquin County Community Development Department(SJCCDD),for further discussion. 5.2.3 REDUCED PROJECT ALTERNATIVE The reduced project alternative was rejected because it would interfere with multiple goals and policies of the - MHMP and was found by the MHMP EIR to be infeasible. First, it would be inconsistent with the density and intensity of development planned for the site by the MHMP and for which utility infrastructure has been planned and in some cases(for instance, downstream storm drains)already developed. Second, it would interfere with the — MHMP jobs/housing balance and minimum job density goals of the MHMP because it would not provide the number of jobs required to balance jobs and housing within the greater MHMP community. Third,it would also be less effective in achieving the MHMP goals of accommodating a portion of the growth projected by the — County's General Plan 2010 and creating a positive economic impact on the County because it would result in fewer housing and business opportunities and reduced tax revenues for the County than would development of the site under the MHMP or College Park project. Finally, the community college represents an approved project,and reducing the size of the college would be inconsistent with that approval.Please refer to the MHMP EIR for a more detailed discussion of this alternative. 5.4 ENVIRONMENTALLY SUPERIOR ALTERNATIVE The State CEQA Guidelines require identification of an environmentally superior alternative from among the proposed project and the alternatives evaluated. Table 5-8 identifies whether each alternative would have"greater,"`lesser,""not comparable,"or"similar" impacts as the proposed project for each of the 13 environmental issues evaluated in this Draft EIR. The No- Project Alternative would have fewer impacts compared to the proposed project in 12 issue areas, greater impacts in 0, similar impacts in 0,and a not comparable impact in 1.The MHMP Buildout Alterative would have fewer impacts than the proposed project in no issue areas, greater impacts in eight, and similar impacts in four.The Traffic/Air Quality Reduction Alternative would have fewer impacts than the proposed project in three issue areas, greater impacts in one, and similar impacts in nine.Per Table 5-8,the No-Project Alterative would have the least environmental impacts, followed by the Traffic/Air Quality Reduction Alterative,the proposed project, _ and the WE"Buildout Alternative(which would have the greatest impacts). EDAW College Park at Mountain House Specific Plan III Draft EIR Alternatives to the Proposed Project 5-26 San Joaquin County