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J the area. The Department of Public Works' Water Resources Coordinator has stated that there is not a significant difference between the water usage for a single-family residence and irrigated agricultural land. Water quality is not expected to be adversely affected because both individual wells and septic systems will be required to comply with all applicable standards of Public Health Services. • Drainage: The opponents of the project indicated that if the project is allowed to use the existing drainage facilities for the Forest Lakes subdivision to the south of the project site, localized flooding will occur. The Department of Public Works, in its recommended Conditions of Approval, is requiring the developer to construct a separate community detention pond on the project site with terminal drainage for the project. The recommended conditions also include the requirement for hydraulic analysis to evaluate the impacts of the project's drainage on both up and downstream property. The revised tentative map in the staff report shows a designated storm detention pond, as required by the Department of Public Works. • Fire and Sheriff Services: The letters of opposition state that the project will adversely increase the response times for both the Forest Lake Fire Protection District and the Sheriff's Department. The issue of fire protection has already been reviewed in the staff report. The project is not expected to have significant, adverse impacts on the provision of services by the Sheriff's Department because the site is adjacent to an existing, similarly developed rural residential area and because there is through access between Lower Sacramento Road and the West Frontage Road of State Route 99. The Sheriff's Department did not respond to the application referral for this project. • School Facilities: The opponents to the project state that the project will overburden the facilities of the Gait School District. As noted earlier in the staff report, the Galt Joint Union School District has responded to the application referral by stating that its facilities are currently overcrowded and that it requests no action be taken without an agreement with the developer to mitigate the project's impacts on the District. The applicant has been in contact with the school district; however, no agreement has yet been reached. • Traffic/Circulation: Opponents to the project state that the project will worsen existing traffic problems on Lower Sacramento and substantially increase the probability of accidents on that road. The subdivision's internal street will provide through access between Lower Sacramento Road and the West Frontage Road of State Route 99 and will be constructed as part of the first phase of the project. In its review of the project,the Department of Public Works determined that the number of trip ends would not warrant the preparation of a traffic study. • Noise: One of the letters of opposition suggests that the project will result in higher noise levels in the area. A residential subdivision is generally not considered a significant noise generator because of its lack of commercial and industrial activities. The concern about noise raised in the Initial Study deals with the fact that portions of the project site are located within the 65 dB Ldn noise contours of both Lower Sacramento Road and the West Frontage Road of State Route 99 and the effects that may be felt by future residents of the subdivision. In order to ensure compliance with the Development Title's Performance Standards for noise, the recommended Conditions of Approval require the developer to have an acoustical study prepared and necessary mitigation features installed prior to approval of a map on the project. San Joaquin County SU-93-2/Dodds Community Development Page 6