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3 – Project Description Draft Environmental Impact Report February 2021 14800 W. Schulte Road Logistics Center 3-3 As provided by Section 15130(b) of the CEQA Guidelines, the following elements are necessary to an adequate discussion of cumulative impacts: • Either: (A) a list of past, present, and reasonably anticipated future projects producing related or cumulative impacts, including those projects outside the control of the agency; or (B) a summary of projections contained in an adopted general plan or related planning document that is designed to evaluate regional or area wide conditions. Any such planning document shall be referenced and made available to the public at a location specified by the lead agency. • A summary of the expected environmental effects to be produced by those projects with specific reference to additional information stating where that information is available. • A reasonable analysis of the cumulative impacts of the relevant projects. An EIR shall examine reasonable options for mitigating or avoiding any significant cumulative effects of the proposed projects. For the analysis of cumulative impacts associated with the Project, a cumulative project list was developed through consultation with San Joaquin County Department of Public Works, Transportation Engineering Division staff during the traffic scoping process for the Traffic Impact Analysis prepared for the Project (Appendix F). The cumulative projects list is included in Section 6.0 of the Traffic Impact Analysis. 3.3 Project Objectives Purpose and Need Due to its strategic transportation access points, including a deepwater port and cargo-centric airport in Stockton within the Northern California Megaregion, San Joaquin County is expanding its status as a desirable setting for warehouse and logistics uses, particularly in and around the cities of Lathrop and Tracy (SJCOG 2021). Some notable companies with distribution centers in San Joaquin County include Ashley Furniture, Medline, Lowe’s, Ryder, John Deere, UPS, and Amazon. This industry employs more than 20,000 workers in San Joaquin County. In the decade after the Great Recession, the growth of transportation, warehousing, and utilities has outpaced all other industries in the region. This industry sector grew 74.3% in the 5 years from 2013 to 2018, nearly twice the rate as the next highest growing industry (construction) (SJCOG 2021). Along these lines, the Project will also assist in balancing the region’s jobs:housing ratio by attracting development of warehousing and distribution centers, which can provide hundreds of jobs per million square feet of development. Conventional and e-commerce retailers are continuing to embrace the strategy of creating and staffing large regional fulfillment centers, with the goal of quickly responding to online consumers. Because of its available land and infrastructure for large logistics facilities, many companies are locating their regional operations in this area of San Joaquin County. As such, the Project would help meet the needs of the growing logistics sector while producing new jobs in a region that historically may have been considered light on jobs and heavier on housing.