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Both the Tracy Joint Union High School District and the Jefferson School District have recently enacted legislation under AB2926 (January 28, 1987 and March 19, 1987 respectively) which prohibits the county's issuance of building permits without school authorized certificates of compliance. This certificate requires a fee from the developer of $1.50 per square foot which goes in support of both school districts. This fee is allocated to schools at $0.37 a square foot for high school and $1.13 for elementary education (Hawkins, 1987). At present, these funds provide only one quarter of the necessary funds to support the high school district (Blakley, 1987). Additional funding for schools may occasionally be obtained from the State but this is a lengthy process which may take several years of crowded schools before funding is made available. The State encourages school districts to seek alternative funding; this may include the use of the Mello-Roos Bill which was enacted in 1982. This bill allows special tax districts to be established prior to land development to fund for specifically defined facilities. This tax district of "Community Facility District" increases taxes to the identified area of development needing particular facilities, such as schools. This tax will offset the bonds needed for construction of the facilities (Blakley, 1987). At present, Tracy Public Schools and the Jefferson School District are negotiating the formation of a community facility district within the City of Tracy to offset the need for new schools (Blakley, 1987). Road Maintenance and Street Lighting. All roads in the unincorporated areas of Tracy are maintained by the County of San Joaquin. At present, the roads serving the proposed project and study area are considered adequate to serve the existing rural uses (Gau, 1987). The County has no requirements for the provision of street lighting in rural residential areas (Gau, 1987). Parks and Recreation. The San Joaquin County Parks and Recreation Department operates and maintains a total of 1003 acres of parkland in the County. Of this total acreage, 513 acres are undeveloped. There are two park facilities accessible to the project study area. These are Larch Clover neighborhood park and Durham Ferry State Recreation Area (considered a regional park by the Department). Larch Clover consists of approximately 4 acres and provides a community center operated by the Department of Aging and Community Services (Ogata, 1987). Durham Ferry Regional Park is a relatively new park consisting of 207 acres and is still under development. These two parks have a relatively low attendance (Ogata, 1987). IMPACTS Water Supply. Development of 14 residential homes would require approximately 4,900 gallons of water per day, assuming 350 gallons per household (Gau, 1987). The applicant for the Trains, Brothers development is proposing to use individual wells on site. However, the County Development Policies would require a community water system. It is expected that there is available capacity to deliver the required amount of water if individual wells or deep community wells are drilled (Gau, 1987). However, the Local Health District is concerned about the quality of the water in the project vicinity, as trichloroethyline has been found contaminating water approximate) o - us, mile away at the Tracy Defense Depot (Kaufman 7). The health strict recce omm'enrs test wel�wiji'ne�e 'io a drilled to demonstrate that the water quality meets the appropriate standards and that there is available 3.4-3