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61 Chapter1 Project Location The Austin Road Iandfill site is located 3 miles southeast of the City of Stockton (City). The site is 1 mile east of State Route (SR) 99, west of Austin Road, and approximately 2,000 feet south of the Northern California Youth Center facilities (Figure 1-1). Project Purpose To meet the long-term disposal needs of its existing and future population, the City is proposing to expand the Austin Road Landfill capacity. The existing landfill is expected to reach its planned capacity within 5 years if the current waste stream is maintained. Without the expansion prcject, the City willbefacedwith findingan alternativedisposal 1 2002. The proposed F.'• - ct would extend the life of the permitted landfill to 2053. Ile final environmental impact report (EIR) for the Austin Road Landfill Expansion Project (SCH 90020718) was certified by the Stockton City Council on September 6, 1994. The purpose of realigning Littlejohns Creek would be to maximize the area available for landfilling, reduce the overall cost of project design and implementation, and increase the habitat values of the creek corridor. 'Me landfill expansion project could be implemented without relocating the strewn channel, but with less than 50% of the proposed landfill expansion capacity and at a substantially higher cost. More importantly, the habitat values of the relocated channel would be much higher than they would be if the stream were maintained in its present location and constrained on both sides•. .levees and the surrounding . 1 '. The purpose of this document is to present the City's proposed resource mitigation and monitoring plan for filling a portion of the north branch of the south fork of Littlejohns Creek that Wetland Mitigation and Monitoring Plan for the Chapter 1. Introduction Austin Road landfill Expansion. U. S. Armr Corps of Engineers File 199400974 Cin' of Stockton 1-1 April 5. 1996