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blockage of the Henderson Road at-grade railroad crossing. His assessment has identified no reason why MHFD would be unable to service this property. (Refer to Mountain House Fire Chief Letter Exhibit 5) It should also be noted per discussions with Southern Pacific Railroad it was determined that the Byron Highway Spur is no longer an active through route, it ends in Tracy. The railroad spur is only used for intermittent train car staging. Southern Pacific Railroad was not able to provide train traffic, frequency, or total count data for that section of track. However, in the twelve months Pinnacle Ridge has been occupying the subject property, train cars have only been stored in the vicinity once. The utilization of this section of track is very low and it appears unlikely it would create access issues at the Henderson Road at grade crossing. Emergency vehicles could also access the site from alternate routes including Wickland Road and Reeves Road in the rare event that Henderson Road is blocked. Upon detachment of the annexation area from the Tracy Rural Fire Protection District (TRFPD), the current assessment and property tax allocated to TRFPD will be re-allocated to MHCSD. The total loss in revenue to Tracy Rural would be approximately $892.93 annually including the loss of assessment and property taxes. SCHOOLS: Public education is provided by the Lammersville Joint Unified School District, which operates Mountain House High School and five elementary schools — Wicklund, Hanson, Cordes, Bethany, and Sebastian Questa. The school district offices are also located within the MHCSD. No new students will be generated by the proposed industrial use planned for the annexation area. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL: Garbage service and recycling are provided by West Valley Disposal Services under a franchise agreement with the District. Services include weekly garbage pick-up; and commercial services including bin and debris boxes; corrugated cardboard and white paper recycling; and wood, plastic and glass recycling. The company also sponsors Annual Spring Cleanup and Leaf Season services at no charge. For the annexation area, a trash enclosure is being provided that is designed to house the appropriately sized collection bin for solid waste management on-site. ELECTRICITY: Electrical service to the Mountain House community is provided by Modesto Irrigation District (MID) through a dedicated 69 kV transmission line from the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) Switching Station near Tracy to the Mountain House Sub-station. MID currently serves 121,000 electrical customers of which 4,500 are in Mountain House. This service began on January 1, 2001. New electrical service is available and will be extended to serve new development under existing franchise agreements. The annexation area will be served via MID overhead existing service lines along Bethany Road. A "drop service" will be provided from an existing power pole and go underground to a transformer on-site to provide electric service to the new building. The existing building on-site already has electric service. Page 6