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greater proportion of its residential units as higher density residential units than the proposed project. Under this alternative and the proposed project,the public facility uses would be the same. The concept plan for this alternative is presented as Figure 5-1. In addition, a transit program would be implemented as part of this alternative to encourage mass transit use and to reduce reliance on the automobile. A transportation demand management(TDM)coordinator would be designated by the College Park developers and would coordinate implementation of the trip-reduction measures identified in Table 5-4 and market a Transportation Management Association(TMA)Center in College Park.The trip-reduction measures would be _ implemented immediately after occupancy of the 500th home on the project site.The TDM coordinator,TMA, and trip-reduction measures would be funded by the College Park developers until such time as the individual developments within College Park would be able to take over the funding responsibility on a fair-share basis. In addition to the above,two 30car park-and-ride lots would be provided by the College Park developers within the project site(one along Grant Line Road and one along Mountain House Parkway within the vicinity of future transit stops)and would be maintained on a fair-share basis by all development in College Park.Implementation of the trip- reduction program above would reduce trips associated with this alternative by approximately 5%(T JKM Transportation Consultants 2005c).This trip reduction would be in addition to the trip reduction associated with the changes in land uses under this alternative(see"Transportation"subsection below for further discussion). — The Traffic/Air Emission Reduction Alternative provides a scenario designed to reduce traffic generation and trip length as compared to the proposed project,and reduce the significant and unavoidable traffic and air quality _ impacts.This alternative would also reduce some of the public utility,public service,park demand,traffic noise, drainage,and water quality impacts that would otherwise occur under the proposed project,although this alternative would not avoid any of the significant and unavoidable impacts of the proposed project(traffic impacts on area freeways and Altamont Pass Road,air quality impacts in terms of TACs and regional emissions, farmland conversion). Because this alternative would increase the ratio of on-site jobs to housing called for under the MHMP,an amendment of the jobs/housing ratio policies would be required to permit this alternative. Otherwise,the same entitlements being sought for the proposed project would be required for this alternative(i.e., amendment of the County's General Plan to permit development of a community college; amendment of the MHMP to add a public — college designation,consolidation of neighborhoods,realignment of Central Parkway, and amendment of the acreages of multiple other land use designations; amendment of the MHCSD Utility Master Plans for stormwater, water,and wastewater improvements; and amendment of the Consolidated Development Title to address changes — of development standards). IMPACT ANALYSIS Land Use and Agriculture Like the proposed project,the Traffic/Air Emissions Reduction Alternative would convert the project site from — agricultural and residential uses to mixed urban uses,remove the existing irrigation canals,develop new urban uses adjacent to existing uses,and develop new unlike urban uses adjacent to one another. Approximately the same total acreage would be affected under this alternative as under the proposed project(including the same off- site infrastructure sites and the Pombo property). This alternative would cause similar significant conflicts with existing uses(i.e.,public safety hazard from on-site irrigation canals), similar significant conflicts between proposed uses, similar significant conflicts with existing agricultural zoning, and a similar significant and unavoidable conversion of approximately 759 acres of Important Farmland to urban uses as the proposed project. [Similar] EDAW College Park at Mountain House Specific Plan III Draft EIR Alternatives to the Proposed Project 5-16 San Joaquin County