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Item No. 5 PC : 3-17-88 GP-88-12/ZR-88-10 Page 4 AREA/NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY: Although the underlying project is a jet engine and airframe repair facility, no specific development project is authorized by virtue of the General Plan Map Amendment and Zone Reclassification. However, in order to assess the effects of the project , staff analysis addresses the known issues related to the proposed project . The primary issues relate to the proximity of the subject property to the Stockton Metro Airport and area traf- fic and circulation. Noise: The project site will be subject to noise from aircraft opera- tions at the airport and vehicle noise from State Route 99. As proposed, repair work would occur within enclosed buildings, so that noise from off-site is not expected to be a problem. Jet engine testing on-site will occur within an enclosed sound- baffled test cell , so this noise would not be heard outside the facility. Traffic and Circulation: Concerns have been expressed by the Department of Public Works, the San Joaquin County Council of Governments, and Cal-Trans as to the traffic generated by the project and the effects on area road/freeway facilities. In order to address these concerns, the applicant retained TJKM Transportation Consultants to pre- pare a traffic analysis for the project . This study concludes that initially (50 employees) the project will have minimal effects on area traffic, but at full operation (250 employees) , the project will cause additional traffic impacts that should be mitigated. Initially, this would entail a left-turn lane on the Highway 99 West Frontage Road at the project entrance. Cumulatively, this project and other development in the area will cause the street system to exceed capacity in several locations. Although the Aero Turbine project is expected to add only one-fourth of one percent to the cumulative p.m. peak hour traffic, some mechanism should be developed to pay for future street improvements. Specific measures can be developed at the permit review stage. One such measure should be the extension of the west frontage road south to French Camp Road. Land Use : The subject property is adjacent to the main airport runway, which would appear to be compatible with the proposed use. To the south and west are existing agricultural operations