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C. Present Capacity of public Facilities and Adequacy-of Public Ser•tices Exisww public facilities and services are adequate for serving the needs of Ripon's population The Ripon Consolidated Fire District has adequate staff and facilities to provide for existing populations, and is in the process of platming for new joint facilities with the Ripon Police Department to better serve growing populations. Ripon's police deparanent also has adequate staff and facilities to provide for existing populations, and as mentioned above is in the process of planning for new joint facilities with the Ripon Consolidated Fire District. The City's water supply, wastewater, storm drainage and refuge collection services are also adequate to meet the needs of the existing population. The determinations included in Chapter 3 of this MSR show that public facilities and services are adequate to meet the needs of the current population_ and are master planned and continuous) being improved so as to meet the needs of future populations as well. D. Social and Economic Communities of Interest The residents of Ripon share social and economic interests with the adjacent communities of Manteca and Modesto as well as a variety of more local communities of interest, such as numerous businesses, schools. churches. public sector facilities and other Community Senice programs that serve the residents of this community. The existing social fabric of the City will not change substantially by the proposed rhes to the SOI. It is likely, however, that this change will be positive, bringing in new families and economic buying power as well as possible revenues that could help the City's budget. Expansion of industrial commercial and retail areas could bring jobs and economic growth into the City. s The City of Ripon shams a Sphere of Influence and Area of Interest boundary with the City of Manteca_w•hicb is directly west. Ripon has worked with the City of Manteca in developing a .. Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The purpose of the MOU is to develop a cooperative understanding of vfiere each city's ultimate boundary will be as each city expands towards the other. The D30U outlines the areas that are currently within the Manteca General Plan and Ripon General Plan area that were exchanged between the two cities. The MOU, which vas adopted by the City of Ripon on July 15, 2008 and the City of Manteca on July 21, 21)08, identifies issues of joint concern. including community separators, and sets forth both parties understanding as to how those issues may be addressed. Figure 24 illustrates the area of exchange agreed upon by the MOLT between the two cities. The areas that were exchanged between Ripon and Manteca actually lie outside the City of Ripon's SOI. however the exchanged areas are part of Ripon's proposed Area of Interest.