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Item No . PC : 7-2-87 VR-86-5/UP-86-6 Page 3 STAFF ANALYSIS BACKGROUND: The County Planning Division has been involved with the Christian Life Center project - on an on-again, off-again basis - for more than two years . The first project consultation took place in April 1985 with a preapplication conference . At that time, the Planning Division informed the applicant that a traffic study would be necessary to address adverse project impacts on the local and State transportation system. The next significant con- sultation did not occur until the end of June 1986, when the traffic report and formal applications were submitted to the Planning Division. The Planning Division completed its prelimi- nary project and environmental reviews for the applications sub- mitted and then informed the applicant , in August 1986 , that additional information would have to be provided before the Planning Division could consider recommending a Negative Declaration as the environmental documentation for the project . No additional information was submitted until May 1987 . In the time that lapsed in the period between August 1986 and May 1987, the development outlook in the project vicinity changed dramati- cally. In the November 1986 general election, voters authorized the City of Stockton to assume land use planning jurisdiction over approximately 3 , 500 acres of land located in the unincor- porated County. The owners of the property involved in the elec- tion had asked the City Council to place the ballot measures before City of Stockton voters so that their properties , osten- sibly, could be developed with urban uses and receive the benefit Of City public services for sewage disposal , water supply, and storm drainage. Two of the approved ballot measures - containing a total of 650 acres - are located in the project vicinity. One measure includes 520 acres located along both sides of Morada Lane, between State Route 99 and the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks. The second approved ballot measure, Measure H, con- taining 130 acres, includes the Christian Life Center site . Also approved in Measure H is a 65-acre area located on the south side of Hammer Lane, directly opposite the Christian Life Center site . A 65-acre site was contemplated for expansion at the existing Stockton Auto Center, which developed within the City of Stockton and is provided with public City services . The November 1986 election was followed by three important events : 1 . The City of Stockton commissioned cumulative traffic impact and fiscal impact studies to identify problems and solutions for the development that is now foreseeable in the Stockton area.