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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project and outpatient surgery services. Alternative 2 would improve the near-term availability of these services in the currently medically underserved north Stockton area, although not to the degree that would occur under full buildout with Phase 2 facilities.As a result, over the long term until additional medical facilities are developed in the area, patients and health care workers residing in the north Stockton area would continue to travel to the Sacramento area and the greater Bay area, where there is a higher number of high-quality medical facilities and personnel as well as a greater number of specialists and medical related job opportunities. Thus, Alternative 2 would likely reduce region wide VMT in the short term only. Table 6-1 identifies the approximate amount of GHG emissions generated under the Reduced Project Alternative, as derived from Appendix D, compared with the emissions generated under the Proposed Project. Table 6-1:Alternative 2 Reduced Project Emissions Comparison Emissions Source Proposed Project Alternative 2 Difference CO2e(Metric TonsNear) CO2e(Metric TonsNear) Area Source Emissions 0 0 0 Energy Source Emissions 978 182 -796 Mobile(automotive) 7,099 1,824 -5,275 Mobile(helicopter operation) 152 0 -152 Solid Waste Emissions 1,282 246 -1,036 Water/Wastewater Emissions 58 11 -47 Total Emissions 9,569 2,263 -7,306 As shown, compared to the Proposed Project, the Reduced Project Alternative would result in 7,306 less metric tons per year of CO2e, a 76 percent reduction. However, unless other more strategically located hospitals are constructed in the north Stockton area, as discussed above, over the long-term Alternative 2 would have effects similar to the No Project Alternative because medical patients and workers in the medically underserved north Stockton area would be forced to continue to travel to existing hospitals and job opportunities in the greater Sacramento and Bay Areas. In summary, compared to proposed Project buildout, this Alternative would reduce VMT and GHG emissions compared to the proposed Project in the short term, however medical patient and worker VMT and related GHG emissions in the north Stockton area would remain mostly unchanged in the long term under Alternative 2 compared to existing conditions. Alternatives 6-8 October 2021