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NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF AN INITIAL STUDY FOR A PROJECT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF A MASTER EIR TO:(E) Office of Planning and Research FROM:San Joaquin County 1400 Tenth Street,Room 121 Community Development Department Sacramento,CA 95814 1810 East Hazelton Avenue Stockton,CA 95205 Phone:209/468-3120 (%) County Clerk,San Joaquin Carty SUBJECT: Filing of Notice of Availability of an Initial Study for a project within the scope of a Master EIR in cot idiance with Section 15177 of the CEQA Guidelines. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the San Joaquin County Community Development Department has prepared an Initial Study of the project identified below. The Initial Study concludes: • That a Master EIR has been prepared for the project; • That all potentially significant impacts have been addressed in the Master EIR; • That the proposed project is a subsequent project within the scope of the Master EIR; • That the Initial Study for the project has found that there are no additional significant effects,nor any new additional mitigation measures or alternatives required fm the project that are not already discussed in the Master EIR and subsequent environmental documentation under the Master EIR; • That the proposed project does not require the incorporation of additional mitigation measures for the project;and • That the project incorporates or will incorporate all feasible mitigation measures set forth in the Master EIR. The facts supporting these findings are documented by the Initial Study prepared by the San Joaquin County Community Development Department. Project Title: Mountain House Revised Neighborhood 1 and J Project Location:The proposed project is located north of Byron Road and west of Central Parkway,immediately adjacent to the Alameda County/San Joaquin County boundary in Mountain House. (Supervisonal District 5). Project Description: The applicant is proposing a Major Subdivision application to create an age restricted residential community around a golf course setting in Neighborhoods I and J in Mountain House. The applicant is also proposing a Master Plan Amendment,and a Specific Plan Amendment to modify these documents and maps to accommodate the proposed subdivision. The project at buildout would have a projected population of approximately 4,350 persons and provide approximately 170jobs. The Major Subdivision would result in the creation of the following for the development of an age-restricted community(i.e.,a community where at least one member of the household is 55 years old or older,and no school age children are allowed to reside in homes):2,070 single family lots on 440 acres;3 parcels totaling 28 acres for multifamily development(e.g.,town homes,condominiums,garden apartments);parcels totaling 222 acres for an 18-hole golf course and various golf course related activities(i.e.,recreational facility,club house,practice facility,and maintenance yard);parcels totaling 26 acres for Dry Creek,detention basins,and open space;a 15-acre wetland parcel;numerous open space and park parcels totaling approximately 18 acres;and a Remainder Parcel totaling 416 acres.The total acreage of the project is 1,216.2 acres. Of the 2,070 single family lots,1,012 would be Residential,Low Density(R-L)lots,1,053 would be Residential,Medium Density(R-M)lots,and 5 would be Residential,Very Low Density(R-VL)lots.Approximately 336 multifamily(i.e.,Residential,Medium-High Density[R-MHj)units would be built. The park and open space parcels,which would be maintained by a Home Owners Association or a similar mechanism acceptable to the Mountain House Community Services District,would include a linear park/trail system through Neighborhoods I and 1 that would create a single continuous public connection between the North Community Park(on the east side of Central Parkway)and Old River Regional Park. The Master Plan Amendment would do the following:Modify various figures and tables(i.e.,acreage by Master Plan designation)to accommodate the proposed Major Subdivision;include R/MH parcels in Neighborhoods I and J and remove the"senior housing"label from the 5-acre R/MH site in Neighborhood H;eliminate the reference to the marina;amend the policy regarding improvements to Dry Creek by specifying that the waterway is to be left undisturbed within the jurisdictional limits of the Amry Corps of Engineers;allow the adoption of a Wetlands Management Plan prim to recordation of a Final Map(rather than at the Specific Pian);allow for storm water to be discharged to BMPs in the golf course;provide for fencing regulations along the Dry Creek corridor-Because the Master Plan land use map is the General Plan Community Plan 2010 map for Mountain House, any Master Plan map amendment automatically amends the General Plan map.(Note:There are no General Plan text amendments proposed for the Project) The Specific Plan 11 Amendment would do the following with respect to Neighborhoods I and 1:Revise the acreage by zoning district,including the introduction of R-MH zoning acreage;provide for multifamily housing;revise the pedestrian and automobile circulation systems;revise the golf/recreation center;revise the parks to include a linear park system with smaller neighborhood parks but slightly larger overall park area;provide that portions of the Dry Creek conveyance that are subject to Army Corps of Engineers regulatory jurisdiction will be left undisturbed;revise the flood system to allow the storrnrwater to Row to BMPs within the golf course prim to being routed to the take/BMP system within Neighborhood K;and provide for the filling of the areas directly behind the existing levee in a gradual fill-back to the limits of existing FEMA designation(to bring the project site out of the 100 year floodplain).In addition,the Specific Plan II Amendment would eliminate the senior housing restriction on the 5-acre R-MH site in Neighborhood H. It would also adjust the configuration of the R-MH and Regional Park acreages within Neighborhood K such that the same acreage for each land use would be maintained while accommodating a new access road from Central Parkway to the existing and future Old River home site lots.(It should be noted that this new access road would allow residents of the Old River home sites to reach their lots without having to travel through local streets within Neighborhood 1,thereby allowing Neighbmhoods I and J to be developed as a gated community.)