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V. Alternatives to the Project Land Use.Plans, and Policies The No-Project Alternative is consistent with current applicable plans and policies. It would involve alteration to the CYA parcel but not the Brocchini parcel. As such,fewer land use impacts would occur under this alternative than with the project. Prime farmland on the Brocchini parcel would not be altered under this alternative,and as such would still be available for productive agricultural use. The No-Project Alternative would not affect the Stockton Metropolitan Airport. Visual and Aesthetics There would be no change in the permitted height of the site. Without the proposed vertical expansion to serve as a visual screen,however,the existing Forward,Inc. Landfill to the south of Austin Road Landfill would be more visible from the north in future years. Visual impacts under this alternative would be less than with the project. Under this alternative,the landfill would be built to half the height of what is proposed. The same structures would be added to the site, therefore the same adverse light and glare impacts would occur under this alternative. Community Services and Utilities The No-Project Alternative would not require any new services to the project site, nor would it alter current site demand for these services. Transportation and Circulation The No-Project Alternative would not increase local traffic;however total truck miles traveled without the project would be more than with project implementation because waste generated in the City of Stockton would be hauled longer distances for disposal. Collection trucks currently traveling from the City of Stockton to Austin Road Landfill and back travel approximately 16 miles round trip. Collection trucks traveling from the City of Stockton to the Lovelace Transfer Station and back would also travel approximately 16 miles round trip. It is anticipated that the waste from several collection trucks would be consolidated into a larger transfer truck to reduce the number of vehicles driving to the distant landfill. The transfer trucks originating from the Lovelace Transfer Station would have to travel an additional 64 miles(round trip)to dispose of the waste at the Foothill Landfill. Highway truck traffic would increase due to waste haulers transporting refuse from the transfer station to Foothill Landfill. Similarly, some increase in local traffic would occur in the vicinity of the transfer station instead of at Austin Road Landfill. VA