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Residential housing is located beyond the agricultural lands surrounding the WQCF site along West Yosemite Avenue,McKinley Avenue, South Airport Way, and SR 120. These areas consist primarily of single-family homes. The general character of the surrounding area is described below. ► North: West Yosemite Avenue, a two-to four-lane roadway, is located immediately north of and perpendicular to the WQCF property. Commercial development and several residences are located along West Yosemite Avenue. Row crops,commercial warehouse buildings, and a few residences are visible from the WQCF site. ► East: Areas to the east of the WQCF site include row crops and an orchard. Rural residences along West Yosemite Avenue and South Airport Way are visible in the background. ► South: Row crops, an orchard,high-voltage power lines, and a recreational softball complex are located south of the WQCF site. Traffic along SR 120 and Coast Ranges can be seen in the background. ► West: Areas to the west of the WQCF site include row crops,the UPRR tracks, and scattered residences along McKinley Avenue. High-voltage power lines,traffic along SR 120, and the Coast Ranges are visible in the distant background. REPRESENTATIVE VIEWPOINTS Views of the WQCF site from surrounding areas are limited because of the relatively flat surrounding topography and the presence of existing row crops, orchards, other vegetation, and commercial and residential buildings. Distant views of the site are obstructed by surrounding orchard trees,row crops,residential and commercial development. Open views of the WQCF site are generally limited to roadways in the project area. Representative off-site areas with views of the project site can be defined by four viewpoints. These viewpoints represent areas where publicly accessible direct views of the site were available (Exhibit 4.2-1). Implementation of the proposed project would also result in the construction of several influent pumping stations. Specific pumping station locations are not known at this time,but the pumping stations would be similar in appearance to the existing facility at Woodward Park. Therefore,views of the Woodward Park pumping station constitute representative views for the pumping stations proposed as part of this project. The analysis presented below describes anticipated visual changes of the project sites from key,representative viewpoints. The general nature of existing views of the WQCF site and Woodward Park pumping station from the key representative viewpoints is described below. Views from West Yosemite Avenue (Viewpoint 1) A public access road connects the WQCF site to West Yosemite Avenue, located approximately 500 feet north of the site. West Yosemite Avenue is a two-to four-lane street running in an east-west direction.Views of the northern portion of the WQCF site from West Yosemite Avenue are mostly blocked by existing residences, commercial buildings, and vegetation. However,brief views of the site are available to motorists traveling along West Yosemite Avenue.From this viewpoint,row crops are visible in the foreground, and several WQCF structures including digester tanks and biotowers are visible in the background(Exhibit 4.2-2,Viewpoint 1). Views from South Airport Way (Viewpoints 2, 3, and 4) South Airport Way is located approximately 2,000 feet east of the WQCF site and is a well-traveled roadway providing direct access to SR 120. From the northern portion of the South Airport Way SR 120 overpass,the WQCF site is visible in the distant background beyond the Stadium Center shopping center, orchards, and row crops (Exhibits 4.2-2 and 4.2-3,Viewpoints 2 and 3).New construction associated with the Stadium Center EDAW Manteca WQCF and Collection System Master Plans EIR Visual Resources 4.2-8 City of Manteca