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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project 4.18.3 Environmental Impacts and Mitigation Measures 4.18.3.1 Thresholds of Significance According to Appendix G of the CEQA Guidelines, recreation impacts are considered significant if implementation of the proposed project would: Increase the use of existing neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities such that substantial physical deterioration of the facility would occur or be accelerated; and, Include recreational facilities or require the construction or expansion of recreational facilities, which might have an adverse physical effect on the environment. 4.18.3.2 Methods of Analysis The potential effects of proposed project construction and operation on recreational use in areas likely to be directly or indirectly affected by these activities are qualitatively evaluated and presented herein. 4.18.3.3 Project Impacts and Mitigation Measures Impact 4.18-1: Increased use of existing recreational facilities, resulting in substantial or accelerated physical deterioration Impact Determination: less than significant Threshold: Substantial adverse effect on neighborhood and regional parks or other recreational facilities as a result of potential increased use According to the Economic Assessment of Demand and Urban Decay in the Stockton Area for Proposed Gill Medical Center(King 2020.) Report (Appendix J), the project is expected to generate approximately 600 onsite well-paying jobs, but does not propose new housing. This job growth could result in a potential indirect influence on the local population and place demands on parks in the area. However, the project area currently experiences a "leakage" of medical related jobs and patients seeking care due to the lack of nearby health care facilities. Leakage describes the phenomena of seeking a good or service outside of one's trade area (typically near one's residence or possibly near one's place of work).With regard to the medical care industry, many medical industry practitioners (especially nurses) who reside in San Joaquin County do not necessarily practice there, but rather work in these two alternative trade areas where there are more hospitals and medical office buildings.Therefore, most jobs generated by development of the Proposed Project are expected to be filled by existing residents in the Project area.While it is possible some Project employees may use county recreation facilities before or after working hours, such instances are expected to be consistent with current recreational use patterns. As such,the Project would not significantly increase the use of existing neighborhood or regional parks and recreational facilities such that premature physical deterioration of the facility would occur. Impacts would be less than significant and no mitigation is required. Recreation 4.18-2 October 2021