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County Board of Supervisors on July 12,2011. The Board upheld the Planning Commission's Use Permit approval and adoption of the Mitigated Negative Declaration and denied the appeal. On July 14,2011,the County filed a Notice of Determination for the Use Permit. i On August 10, 2011, Pilot filed a Petition for Writ of Mandate challenging the adequacy of the IS/MND. The Petition alleged that, in adopting the IS/MND and approving the Project, the County failed to comply with CEQA. The case was briefed for a hearing scheduled for May 4, 2012, in the San Joaquin Superior Court. After receiving Pilot's opening brief in the litigation, the applicant, facing potentially lengthy litigation filed by an economic competitor, successfully urged the County to jointly request that the Superior Court issue a writ of mandate directing the County to prepare a limited EIR for the Project. In doing so,they requested that the EIR ordered by the court be limited to the two issues for which Pilot claimed the IS/MND was deficient: traffic and air quality. In response to this request, the partes mutually agreed that the EIR could be limited in scope to traffic (project-specific and cumulative impacts), air quality (project- specific and cumulative impacts) and alternatives. On April 9, 2012, the San Joaquin Superior Court then signed and filed a Peremptory Writ of Mandate,which directed the County to prepare the limited EIR_ After the issuance of the writ, the applicant requested, and agreed to fund, the preparation of a limited EIR for the project, analyzing the Project's project-level and cumulative traffic and air quality impacts and alternatives, consistent with the requirements of the judgment and writ. C. PROJECT OBJECTIVES The general objective of the proposed Project is to construct a Love's Travel Stops location to serve existing travelers and truck traffic on SR 12 and 1-5 and other potential customers within nearby areas along these major thoroughfares. Specifically,the objectives include: • To develop a regional travel stop on commercially-designated land within the northern portion of the County that is consistent with County General Plan policy and zoning. • To create a high-quality travel stop commercial development near Interstate 5, a major transportation corridor. • To develop a property of sufficient size to accommodate a truck and auto fuel dispensing area, emergency fire repair and replacement services, convenience store, and fast-food restaurant to create a regional travel stop. • To provide a travel stop facility that maximizes its proximity to Interstate 5 for all buildings and tenants. • To construct a facility near a major freeway interchange in order to minimize traffic generation on local streets. • To construct a facility with access to adequate existing or anticipated utility infrastructure to support planned operations. Love's Travel Stops Environmental Impact Report 4 Findings of Fact and Statement of Overriding Considerations