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Statement of Fact: Conflict with policies of the plan have been mitigated through the revision of the text of the Plan as delineated in Attachment B, especially Policy 11 under New Town Policies. 2. Impact 4.2-1: The project would conflict with many of the County's proposed policies of the Revised Draft General Plan 2010 as well as with policies of the adopted Land Use/Circulation Element of the General Plan. Mitigation 4.2-1(k): If a Community Commercial area is to be located north of Byron Road, more mixed uses should surround this designation. Altematively, only one Community Commercial district should occur. Finding: Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the FEIR to a nonsignificant level. Statement of Fact: The 'mitigated' or revised land use diagram which is the subject of this amendment has made the revisions required in this impact and mitigation measure. 3. Impact 4.2.-2: The project could result in the redirection of growth away from urban and rural communities identified in the County General Plan. Such redirection of growth could have significant fiscal ramifications for existing urban and rural communities. Mitigation 4.2-2: This mitigation language recommends redesignating lands around the Tracy Planning Area in the General Plan 2010 process. Finding: Changes or alterations have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the FEIR to a nonsignificant level. Statement of Fact: This impact and mitigation measure should have been qualified by staff prior to publication of the Draft EIR. The underlying assumption that the proposed Mountain House new town would attract growth away from the City of Tracy over the 20-year planning period is not accurate. Some amount of growth may be attracted by the Mountain House project away from the City in the short term. However, by the end of the 20-year planning period, the net effect upon the Tracy Community is not anticipated to be significant. Under the Proposed Project scenario for the County's Draft General Plan 2010, new community development is viewed as a phenomenon which would generate additional housing supply within the County. In other words, the amount of growth projected to occur within the Tracy Community (i.e., the current City limits and fringe areas) under the proposed project scenario would be the same with or without the development of Mountain House. C. WATER SUPPLY 1. Impact 4.4.1-4: The projected available supply of water to the project site is less than the project demand and could result in an inadequate water supply for the project. Mitigation 4.4.1-4(d): Overall water demand could be decreased by a reduction in project density. Finding: Changes or alteration have been required in, or incorporated into, the project which avoid or substantially lessen the significant environmental effect as identified in the FEIR to a nonsignificant level. Attachment C-1 C1-3 (PC: 4-9-92)