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All the lands shown in the summary above are within the adopted sphere of influence (SOI) for the LID. Not all the lands within the current SOI are being proposed for annexation at this time however and the acreage total shown in Table 1 is a total of acreage as indicated by the San Joaquin County Assessor's Office. The total metes and bounds boundary description of the annexation includes the true total of all acreage proposed for annexation (which includes open space, water and other features not necessarily included in the Assessor's calculations). This description is included with Exhibit"A"; a map showing the proposed annexation area is provided as Exhibit"E". The LID was established 2002 to provide principally utility services; specifically, sewer, water, electricity, gas and telecommunication services. LID was first envisioned as a public service provider for the River Islands at Lathrop mixed used development approved by the City of Lathrop in 2003. Consistent with the River Islands project approvals and Development Agreement with the City of Lathrop, LID is an integral part of the infrastructure program for the River Islands development. LID is part of a joint powers authority (with Island Reclamation District No. 2062, known as the River Islands Public Financing Authority or "RIPFA" for short). LID, through RIPFA has already issued over $29 million dollars in public debt for the design and construction of major water and wastewater facilities for the River Islands project. RIPFA will continue to be an important financing vehicle for additional River Islands and LID infrastructure. A. Background Lathrop Irrigation District("LID") was formed in November 2002 by a unanimous registered voter election and approved by the San Joaquin County Local Agency Formation Commission("LAFCO"). This initial formation of LID included over 236 acres of land on the Stewart Tract, an area approved for development by the City of Lathrop within the River Islands project described above. At the time of formation, LAFCO approved 5,668.5 acres on the Stewart Tract be included in LID's SOI. This additional acreage encompasses areas outside the River Islands development area. The area proposed for annexation does not include the entire SOI area(Exhibit"B"). Exhibit "B"also shows the current LID boundaries. At the time of formation, LID stated in its 2002 Plan for Services that it fully intended to annex land to its boundaries consistent with its SOI. LID first made such a request to LAFCO in December 2003. However, due to comments submitted by Pacific Gas and Electric("PG&E") regarding the adequacy of the proposal and initial study, LID withdrew its initial request in order to provide more detail as to its proposal and to request environmental review by San Joaquin County, which under Public Utilities Code Section 9607 (e),must be the lead agency under CEQA for such a request. LID, at the request of 100%of the affected landowners within the annexation area, have petitioned LAFCO to annex all additional lands within LID's SOI for the primary purpose of providing water, sewer,recycled water,telecommunication and electrical services. 3