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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project The purpose of Phase 1 development is to provide an OSPHD 1 full-service hospital for labor and delivery services including Alternative Birthing Services (ABC), which currently do not exist in the San Joaquin County. In addition to these services, Phase 1 would have an in- and outpatient surgery center, emergent care services, radiology center, lab, pharmacy and nursery. The purpose of Phase 2 development is to add to the hospital campus by incorporating an additional OSPHD 1 100-bed hospital and medical office building.The Project would add additional value to the medical landscape of San Joaquin County by providing needed medical services during pandemic times like those experienced with COVID-19. In 1994 Drs.Jasbir and Param Gill purchased the Project site from the City of Colfax. The Project site is now owned by the Jasbir S. Gill Family Limited Partnership. At the time of purchase, and for decades prior, the property was used for cattle grazing. In 1995, the Project site was planted with vineyard and remains planted today. 3.3.1 Site Selection The proposed Project would provide needed medical infrastructure to San Joaquin County.The Project is centrally located between State Route 99 (SR99) and Interstate-5 (1-5), between Stockton and Lodi, and just northeast of the Eight Mile Road/West Lane intersection. Both Eight Mile Road and West Lane are heavily traveled thoroughfares. West Lane carries traffic between Lodi (where is becomes Hutchins Street in the southern part of the city) and Stockton (where it becomes Airport Way in Stockton, south of Harding Way). Eight Mile Road is a major arterial transporting traffic between SR 99 and 1-5 on the northern edge of Stockton. The project site was selected for several reasons. First, its location between the cities of Lodi and Stockton is ideal to serve residents of the greater Stockton and Lodi area, as well as those in eastern San Joaquin County—which has no hospital services. Second, because the Gill Family owns the project site, it can invest capital into the infrastructure necessary for a project of this magnitude, rather than having to divert capital into land acquisition. Third, the Project site's frontage on three major roadways (West Lane, Eight Mile, and a driveway access to Ham Lane) allows several opportunities for public and emergency access to the site. Fourth, its relative proximity to both major north/south freeways in the County enhances public access (State Route 99 is approximately 1.5 miles to the east and Interstate 5 is just over 4 miles to the west). Fifth, as discussed above, while the project site is designated AG-40, the proposed hospital campus use is consistent with the Development Title "Public Services— Essential" use type and, as such, the Project can be conditionally permitted without the need for a zone reclassification and/or General Plan amendment. Finally, while located in unincorporated San Joaquin County, the properties immediately to the south include commercial/industrial and residential uses (fronting on Eight Mile Road) and the City of Stockton recently approved a development application for Tra Vigne, a mixed use project which would extend the City limits north to the intersection of Eight Mile Road and West Lane.Thus, the Project is adjacent to a developing area in the region. 3.4 Project Objectives The Project objectives include the following: Section 3.0 Project Description 3-7 October 2021