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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Project Brief This document is an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the Pock Lane Subdivisions Project (project). The project is located on 2706 and 3009 Pock Lane, south of the City of Stockton in unincorporated San Joaquin County, California (Figures 1-1 through 1-5). This IS/MND has been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). For the purposes of this CEQA analysis, San Joaquin County (County) is the Lead Agency for the project. The project proposes tentative maps for two residential subdivisions on three parcels totaling approximately 42.3 acres. The proposed 2706 Pock Lane subdivision would subdivide one parcel into 96 lots for single-family residences. The proposed 3009 Pock Lane subdivision would subdivide the other two parcels into 108 lots, also for single-family residences. The installation of streets and other supporting infrastructure is proposed for both subdivisions. The project would require County approval of two Tentative Subdivision Maps, one for each proposed subdivision, as well as rezoning the project site from its current zoning of AU -20, Agriculture -Urban Reserve, to R -L, Low Density Residential. 1.2 Purpose of Initial Study CEQA requires that public agencies document and consider the potential environmental effects of the agency's actions that meet CEQA's definition of a "project." Briefly summarized, a "project" is an action that has the potential to result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment. A project includes the agency's direct activities as well as activities that involve public agency approvals or funding. Guidelines for an agency's implementation of CEQA are found in the "CEQA Guidelines" (Title 14, Chapter 3 of the California Code of Regulations). Provided that a project is not exempt from CEQA, the first step in the agency's consideration of its potential environmental effects is the preparation of an Initial Study. The purpose of an Initial Study is to determine whether the project would involve "significant" environmental effects, as defined by CEQA. If the Initial Study does not identify significant effects, then the agency prepares a Negative Declaration. If the Initial Study notes significant effects and identifies mitigation measures that would reduce these significant effects to a level that is less than significant, then the agency prepares a Mitigated Negative Declaration. If a project would involve significant effects that cannot be readily mitigated, then the agency must prepare an Environmental Impact Report. The agency may also decide to proceed directly with the preparation of an Environmental Impact Report without an Initial Study. Pock Lane Public Review Draft IS/MND 1-1 May 2022