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III. ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING,IMPACTS,AND MITIGATIONS Knowledge of the environmental setting(existing conditions)is critical to the assessment of environmental impacts. CEQA Guidelines Section 15125 requires "a description of the environment in the vicinity of the project,as it exists before the commencement of the project, from both a local and regional perspective." In order to create a point of reference for assessing the environmental impacts of the proposed project,this EIR describes the local and regional setting,including the manner in which the property is currently being used. In this section the environmental impacts of the proposed project are identified and classified as Significant, Adverse,or Beneficial. According to CEQA Guidelines Section 15382,a significant impact is ". . . a substantial, or potentially substantial, adverse change in any of the physical conditions within the area affected by the project. . ." For each category of physical conditions evaluated in this EIR,criteria for significance have been developed,using the CEQA Guidelines, City of Stockton standards and policies,or the significance thresholds of federal,state, regional,or local agencies. Impacts classified as Significant meet the criteria for significance developed(and presented in this section)for each category of physical conditions. Impacts that are adverse but not significant(because they do not meet the significance criteria) are labeled Adverse. Impacts that have a beneficial effect on the environment are labeled Beneficial. CEQA Guidelines Section 15126(c)states that an EIR ". . . shall identify mitigation measures for each significant environmental effect. . ." Mitigation measures are not required for environmental impacts that are adverse but not significant. In this EIR,mitigation measures are identified(where feasible)for all of the impacts labeled Significant, and for some of the impacts labeled Adverse. Each impact identified is numbered; mitigation measures identified for that impact are assigned the same number. As required by CEQA,each mitigation measure is classified as Proposed as Part of the Project,or Identified in(preparation of)this Report.