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Item No. 5 PC : 7-2-87 VR-86-5/UP-86-6 Page 4 STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROUND: The County Planning Division has been reviewing the Christian Life Center project for more than two years. The first project consultation took place in April 1985 with a preapplication conference. The next significant consultation did not occur until the end of June 1986, when the formal applications were submitted to the Planning Division. The Planning Division completed its prelimi- nary project and environmental reviews for the applications sub- mitted and then informed the applicant , in August 1986, that additional information would have to be provided before the Planning Division could consider recommending a Negative Declaration as the appropriate environmental documentation for the project . No additional information was submitted until May 1987 . In the time that lapsed in the period between August 1986 and May 1987 , the development outlook for the project and the vicinity changed dramatically. In the November 1986 general election, voters authorized the City of Stockton to assume land use planning jurisdiction over approximately 3 , 500 acres of land located in the unincorporated County. Three of the approved locations - containing a total of 650 acres - are located in the project vicinity. One includes 520 acres located along both sides of Morada Lane, between State Route 99 and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. A second ballot measure, Measure F, containing 64 acres, was approved for the Christian Life Center site. Measure E approved the 65-acre area located on the south side of Hammer Lane, directly opposite the Christian Life Center site. A 65-acre site is to be used for an expansion of the Stockton Auto Center, which developed within the City of Stockton and is provided with public City services. The November 1986 election was followed by five important events: 1 . The City of Stockton commissioned cumulative traffic impact and fiscal impact studies to identify problems and solutions for the development that is now foreseeable in the Stockton area. 2 . The owner of the Stockton Auto Center expansion site ini- tiated the steps necessary for development within the City of Stockton and is now in the process of preparing a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the expansion proposal .