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D. Growth Inducement <br /> The project will indirectly produce some mix of resi- <br /> dential, commercial, and industrial growth depending on <br /> the particular construction projects supplied by the <br /> excavation. The public sector will also be affected. <br /> Perr-,-,.anent and temporary employment will result from the <br /> project-. Temporary employment (5 years or leas) will <br /> be crcated at the excavation site and in the related <br /> construction activities. Permanent employment may be <br /> created in the commercial and industrial structures <br /> constructed. <br /> The project will enable an increase of housing stock. <br /> This, in turn, would tend to increase the resident <br /> population in San Joaquin County. <br /> Additional income would accrue to the private sector <br /> in the forms of profits and wages and to the public <br /> sector in the form of tax revenues. The additional <br /> income to local government would be offset to an unde- <br /> termined extent by the additional public services it <br /> will be required to provide. <br /> The grc:ath inducing effects described above could still <br /> occur in the absence of the proposed project. The <br /> availability of construction materials is not the sole <br /> detc.--r,?nant of whether a particular project is developed. <br /> Notab--.y, hcwever, is the fact that projects actually <br /> developed world be more expensive if the materials had <br /> to be imported from outside the County. Such added costs <br /> would likely he p^:sscd along to the final ccnsumer. <br /> E . Alternative^ to the Proposed Proi ect <br /> 1. No Pro,ect <br /> In the absence of this project, the land use would <br /> ba vrchan�cd. Areas occupied by overburden could <br /> con tinun- to be used for grazing while the areas <br /> ce rcred by tailings would retrain unsuitable for <br /> agricultura? uses. <br /> Nenrcnewabl.e resources, including minerals and energy, <br /> won,.d nct be consumod; nor would the air quality, <br /> traffic, or growth inducing impacts occur. <br /> Sand and gravel excavation activity would decline <br /> and eventually cease in the project vicinity when <br /> e.-cavation work at the existing site is completed. <br /> Ti�.cre may be additional development pressures at <br /> other sand and gravel deposit areas within and outside <br /> the County. <br /> -25- <br />