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Administrative Draft Environmental Impact Report Gill Medical Center Project 6.3.3.3 Alternative 3: Connect to Public Utilities - Water, Wastewater and Storm Water Under this alternative, the onsite areas reserved for water, wastewater and storm water utility construction would no longer be required and the Project development footprint could be reduced accordingly, benefiting active agriculture. As shown on Figure 6-2, all pipeline extensions required to connect the Project site with the nearest available water, wastewater and storm water utilities would occur within existing road right-of-way and would have no direct impact on active agriculture. Therefore, Alternative 3 would decrease the loss of active agricultural land compared to the proposed Project and is superior for this issue. 6.3.3.4 Alternative 4: Alternative Site Location—Stockton Economic and Education Enterprise Zone (Eight Mile Road at 1-5) Alternative 4 would relocate the Project site to a suitable location within the City of Stockton Economic and Education Enterprise Zone located north of Eight Mile Road and east and west of 1-5 as shown in Figure 6-2. Existing conditions at the alternative site location are similar to the Project site in that it is mostly level and currently in agricultural production.Thus, Project development at the alternative site would be subject to similar agricultural land preservation as the proposed Project, although related mitigation would be guided by city rather than county policy. Because the alternative site is located within the City, the Project would be required to connect to City of Stockton utilities.This would reduce the construction footprint compared to the proposed Project, resulting in a slight reduction in impacts to active agriculture. Therefore, Alternative 4 would slightly decrease the loss of active agricultural land compared to the proposed Project and is superior for this issue. 6.3.4 Air Quality 6.3.4.1 Alternative 1: No Project Alternative Under the No Project Alternative, the proposed hospitals and medical office buildings, onsite circulation, parking, water, wastewater and storm drain improvements would not be constructed and the proposed Project medical services would not be offered at the Project site. As such, when compared to the proposed Project, the No Project Alternative would have no air quality impact thereby eliminating construction and operational emissions of the proposed Project. Thus, the No Project Alternative is considered superior for the issue of air quality. 6.3.4.2 Alternative 2: Reduced Project— Phase 1 Hospital Only As shown in draft EIR Chapter 4.0, Tables 4.5-4 and 4.5-6, proposed Project construction and operation would not generate emissions that would exceed SJVAPCD significance thresholds. Furthermore, the Project would reduce construction-generated emissions below what is required in Rule 9510 and would similarly reduce operational-generated emissions or offset the emissions with payment of a fee, which is Alternatives 6-11 October 2021