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5.10 SOCIOECONOMICS Assuming an average family size of 2.76 persons per household for Lodi (DOF,2008a) would imply the addition of approximately 4 children to the local schools. This would constitute a negligible (about 0.01 percent in Lodi Unified School District) increase in school enrollment. Assuming that all 5 operational employees reside outside the City of Lodi and using the average family size of 3.06 persons per household for San Joaquin County (DOF, 2008a) would imply the addition of about 5 students to the local schools serving the project area. This,again,would constitute a negligible and less than significant (about 0.02 percent in Lodi Unified School District) increase in school enrollment. Any development (industrial or commercial)within the Lodi Unified School District is currently charged a one-time assessment fee of$0.47 per square foot of principal building area (Brum,2008). Based on 5,000 square feet of occupied structures,the LEC will pay $2,350 in school impact fees. The payment of these fees,as described in Section 5.10.7, ensures impacts on education will be less than significant. 5.10.3.4.7 Impacts on Public Services and Facilities Project operation will not make any new significant demands on public services or facilities even if all of the operational employees reside in Lodi. The SJSO did not express any concerns about increased service demands during plant operations (Picone,2008). The LEC's operation is not expected to result in significant impacts to the WFPD (Kirkle,2008; Martin,2008). LEC's operation would not create significant adverse impacts on medical resources in the area due to the safety record of power plants and few operations staff. 5.10.3.4.8 Impacts on Utilities LEC operation will not make significant adverse demands on local water,sanitary sewer, electricity, or natural gas because adequate supply and capacity currently exist. 5.10.4 Cumulative Effects Cumulative socioeconomic impacts could occur if the construction schedules for additional large projects overlap creating a demand for construction workers that exceeds the capacity of the local labor force;thus,creating an influx of construction workers that would result in impacts to local housing,schools,and/or public services. A cumulative impact refers to a proposed project's incremental effect together with other closely related past,present,and reasonably foreseeable future projects whose impacts may compound or increase the incremental effect of the proposed project (Public Resources Code §21083; California Code of Regulations,title 14, §§ 15064(h),15065(c),15130,and 15355). Cumulative socioeconomic impacts may occur when more than one project has an overlapping construction schedule that creates a demand for workers that cannot be met by local labor,resulting in an influx of non-local workers and their dependents. Since the majority of the construction workers will reside primarily in the San Joaquin County and live within commuting distance,no adverse impact to local schools or housing is anticipated. Although there are a number of projects that are currently under development in the vicinity of CECP(see Section 5.6,Land Use) that could potentially have an adverse cumulative socioeconomic impact,most of these projects have not advanced to the point where enough is known about them in terms of construction workforce requirements or construction schedule. For additional cumulative effects the reader is referred to Section 5.6,Land Use. 5.10-20 SAC/371322/082330013(LEC_5.10_SOCIOECONOMICS.DOC)