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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project 6.3.2.3 Alternative 3: Connect to Public Utilities - Water, Wastewater and Storm Water Under Alternative 3, the Project would connect to City of Stockton for water, wastewater and storm water utilities and onsite utilities would not be constructed as proposed. This would result in a reduced onsite construction footprint and new offsite utility construction. While elimination of planned onsite water, wastewater and storm water facilities would reduce site development by approximately 3.7 acres, connection to City services would require trenching and installation of approximately one mile of pipeline under West Lane and 1.2 miles under Eight Mile Road, resulting in substantial construction related VMT, construction GHG emissions, and GHG emissions from increased idling and delays that would be experienced by regular traffic using these roads. Since the pipeline facilities would be placed under existing roads, these roadways would need to be trenched and the demolished asphalt and excess soil material hauled offsite. Once the pipelines were installed, West Lane would need to be repaved. Since under the proposed Project water, wastewater and storm water utilities would be constructed onsite and thus not require such intensive construction activities, the GHG emissions and VMT produced under Alternative 3 during construction would be greater than the Proposed Project. Following buildout operational VMT would be similar between this alternative and the proposed Project, however, the Project proposal to construct water, wastewater and storm water utilities onsite would require less electricity for pumping, and thus less operational GHG emissions. In summary, while connection to public utilities would reduce onsite construction related GHG emissions, this reduction is expected to be more than offset by GHG emissions generated due to pipeline extensions necessary to serve the site. Additionally, due to the length of required pipeline construction, related VMT would also increase compared to the proposed Project. Finally, long-term operational GHG emissions would increase under Alternative 3 compared to the proposed Project due to greater pumping requirements for offsite wastewater transmission/treatment. Long-term operational VMT would be similar to the proposed project. 6.3.2.4 Alternative 4: Alternative Site Location—Stockton Economic and Education Enterprise Zone (Eight Mile Road at 1-5) Alternative 4 involves relocating the Project site to a suitable location within the City of Stockton Economic and Education Enterprise Zone, an approximately 3,000-acre area located north of Eight Mile Road and east and west of 1-5 as shown in Figure 6-2. According to the Envision Stockton 2040 General Plan (City of Stockton. December 4, 2018.), development in this Enterprise Zone is intended to support the City's economic development goals by attracting new businesses, industries, and/or educational institutions that provide high-quality jobs to the local workforce. By bringing major job-generators to Stockton, this designation supports the City's Economic Development Strategic Plan and State Executive Orders regarding GHG reduction, Senate Bill (SB) 32, and the San Joaquin Sustainable Communities Strategy. It is not the intent of this policy to discourage development in other areas of the city.The Economic and Education Enterprise designation is specifically Alternatives 6-9 October 2021