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ANALYSIS Background Specific Plan I requires the construction of a permanent fire station in Mountain House when 1,800 dwelling units have been constructed and occupied (Specific Plan 1, Section 6.3, Implementation (c)). Condition No. 76 of the Village E and G Project Conditions of Approval refines this requirement, specifying that the fire station shall be constructed prior to the issuance of the 1,800'" building permit. To meet this requirement, staff estimates that the first permanent fire station in Mountain House would need to be completed within the next 12-14 months. (This estimate is based on an anticipated rate of 100 residential building permits issued per month, 852 residential building permits issued as of September 10, 2004, and a lag time of approximately 2-3 months before residential development commences in Neighborhood E.) The Use Permit for the fire station is being submitted to the Planning Commission at this time to give the Mountain House Community Services District (MHCSD) sufficient lead time to meet the timetable for constructing the fire station noted above and to facilitate the provision of on-site fire protection services to residents of the community. Consistency with Adopted Plans The project was reviewed for consistency with the General Plan (which includes Board Order B-00-437, pertaining to the General Plan 2010 Review, adopted April 11, 2000), the Mountain House Master Plan, Specific Plan I, and the Public Financing Plan. The conclusion reached by that analysis was that the project is consistent with these adopted plans. A more in-depth discussion of the consistency analysis that was performed is presented below. General Plan Consistency. The General Plan requires that "Fire stations shall be strategically located so as to offer fire protection to all portions of the community, consistent with standards for comparable communities in the County" (General Plan Fire Safety Policy No. 4 of Volume 1, Chapter 5, Part C). The Mountain House Community Services District ("MHCSD"), the agency authorized to provide fire service to Mountain House, has stated that the site of the proposed fire station meets its fire station location criteria and that both the site and the proposed fire station are consistent with its Fire Protection Plan. The Tracy Fire Department, which is under contract with the MHCSD to actually provide fire service to the community, also supports the decision to locate the fire station at the specified site. Since the intent of the General Plan language is to give fire districts the flexibility they need to provide fire stations at strategically located sites of their choosing, the Community Development Department has determined that the proposed fire station (including its location) is consistent with the General Plan. Master Plan Consistency. The Community Development Department has determined that the proposed fire station is consistent with all relevant Master San Joaquin County PA-0300259 Mountain House Community Development 7