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NARRATIVE DISCUSSION a) Findings on Biological and Cultural Resources. The project's potential biological resource and cultural resource impacts were described in Sections 3.4 and 3.5, respectively. Potentially significant environmental effects on biological and cultural resources were identified, but implementation of mitigation measures that would be incorporated within the project would reduce these effects to a level that would be less than significant. The mitigation measures are described in Sections 3.4 and 3.5 and are listed in Table 1-1. b) Findings on Cumulatively Considerable Impacts. CEQA Guidelines Section 15130(a)(1) states that a "cumulative impact" is created by the combination of a proposed project with other past, present, and probable future projects (or programs) causing related impacts. Cumulative impacts can result from individually minor, but collectively significant, projects taking place over time (CEQA Guidelines Section 15355[b]). The analysis of cumulative impacts is to be based on either 1) a list of past, present, and probable future projects producing related or cumulative impacts, or 2) on a summary of projections contained in an adopted general plan or related planning document, or in a prior certified environmental document which described or evaluated regional or area -wide conditions contributing to the cumulative impact. For this IS/MND, the projection approach is used, using the San Joaquin County General Plan. However, it should be noted that another residential project, the Windstone development consisting of 40 single-family residences, is proposed by Visionary Home Builders at 2432 Pock Lane, which is within the City of Stockton, north of the project site. Most resource topics were dismissed from consideration in the analysis of cumulative impacts for one of the following reasons: significant cumulative impacts do not exist, the project would not have the potential to make a considerable contribution to any significant cumulative impacts, or insufficient information exists to reach a conclusion regarding these topics without significant speculation. Resource topics for which there is a potential for cumulatively considerable impacts, based on the County General Plan EIR, include agricultural resources, air quality, historic resources, water systems, and transportation (San Joaquin County 2014). As analyzed in Section 3.2, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, the project would convert Farmland of Statewide Importance, which would contribute to Farmland conversion in the County. However, this conversion would be consistent with existing zoning for the project site, which anticipates conversion of the land to urban uses. Impacts of Farmland conversion were analyzed in the County General Plan EIR, and the project would have no impacts that are different from those identified in the EIR. As discussed in Section 3.3, Air Quality, the project would not make a cumulatively considerable contribution to air quality issues. As there are no historic resources on the project site (see Section 3.5, Cultural Resources), there project would not have a cumulatively considerable impact on this issue. Section 3.19, Utilities and Service Systems, notes that Cal Water can adequately provide the project water even during Pock Lane Public Review Draft IS/MND 3-75 May 2022