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The proposed project is a "project" as defined by CEQA and is not exempt from CEQA consideration. The County has determined that the project may have significant environmental effects and therefore requires preparation of an Initial Study. This Initial Study describes the proposed project and its environmental setting, discusses the potential environmental effects of the project, and identifies feasible mitigation measures that would avoid or eliminate significant environmental effects or reduce them to a level that would be less than significant. The Initial Study considers the project's potential for significant environmental effects in the following subject areas: • Aesthetics • Agricultural Resources • Air Quality • Biological Resources • Cultural Resources • Energy • Geology and Soils • Greenhouse Gas Emissions • Hazards and Hazardous Materials • Hydrology and Water Quality • Land Use and Planning • Mineral Resources • Noise • Population and Housing • Public Services • Recreation • Transportation/Traffic • Tribal Cultural Resources • Utilities and Service Systems • Wildfire • Mandatory Findings of Significance (including cumulative impacts) This Initial Study concludes that the project would have potentially significant environmental effects, all of which would be avoided or reduced to a level that would be less than significant with recommended mitigation measures. The project applicant has accepted all the recommended mitigation measures. As a result, the County has prepared a Mitigated Negative Declaration and has issued a Notice of Intent to adopt the IS/MND for the project. 1.3 Project Background The project site is within an unincorporated area of San Joaquin County southeast of Stockton identified as the Kennedy community. The Kennedy community has 888 parcels totaling approximately 774 acres (City of Stockton 2020). It consists of a mix of residential, commercial, industrial, agricultural, and institutional land uses, along with large parcels of vacant land. The project site currently consists of vacant land, other than two single-family residences, one adjacent to each of the proposed subdivision sites. The Kennedy community is bounded on its north, west, and south sides by the City of Stockton. The project site is currently zoned by the County as AU -20, Agriculture -Urban Reserve, 20 -acre minimum. The Agriculture -Urban Reserve zone is intended to retain in agriculture those areas planned for future urban development in order to facilitate compact, orderly urban development and to assure the proper timing and economical provision of services and utilities. The Stockton General Plan 2040, adopted in 2018, has designated the project Pock Lane Public Review Draft IS/MND 1-2 May 2022